Software Engineer - Backend + Full Stack at Evince Nigeria Limited

Job Description

• We are looking for software engineers with a passion for applying best practices and creating new things.
• You will design, implement and test solutions in various spaces from manufacturing to payment.
• You will be part of a small and agile team of professionals building world class solutions from Nigeria.

Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:

• Participate in solution workshops and write technical documentations as required
• Develop solutions, both new and existing
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting, resolve bugs from a issues database

Profile

• Preferably a university degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields.
• Strong understanding of file i/o, socket and network programming, concurrency and multi-threading.
• Must have a strong analytical skillset and be courageous enough to take on new challenges and learn new things quickly.
• A high level of commitment to the job
• A passion for software engineering
• An open mindset i.e. a desire to learn and to impact your colleagues and the rest of the world.
• Good understand of developing and running micro-services is a plus.

Required skills:

• Good knowledge of one or more programming languages including but not limited to java, c#, scala, python, javascript, Golang.
• A good knowledge of developing enterprise solutions with JEE or Node or some other JVM based web frameworks (Grails, Vert.x, Spring, Lift, Cascade, Conjure etc.) is required. Alternatively, candidate should be able to demonstrate good strength in asp.net, Django, Flask etc.
• A very good understanding of one or more relational database management system (MySQL, PotgreSQL, MSSQL Server, Oracle) or NoSQL database system.
• A good knowledge of html and css is essential, some knowledge of popular javascript frameworks like jQuery and Angular is desirable.
• You have contributed to one or more solution in use by customers.
• Experience with object oriented designs and development
• Good knowledge of programming standards
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English
• Knowledge of restructured text is welcome

Additional skills:

• Candidate must have a good working knowledge of some source control tools i.e. git, mercurial, svn.
• Candidate must know how to write unit tests
• A good understanding of build tools and continuous integration is an added advantage
• Candidates should have a good understanding of private cloud infrastructures, preferably Google Cloud Platform, AWS or Microsoft Azure
• An understanding of cloud technologies including container technologies is an added advantage
• Candidates must be willing to help with troubleshooting escalated issues in a timely manner
• A working knowledge of Linux.