Senior Software Developer at Freeme Digital

Reports to: General Manager

Department: IT Department

Main purpose of job:

Under the supervision of the General Manager and with operational reporting accountability to the Head of Business Affairs & Operations, you will primarily work as a Lead Developer and Technical Team Lead for FreeMe Digital Limited. As the Senior Software Developer, you will be responsible for managing the delivery of your work as well as any developers that work under you. You will also serve as a mentor and technical resource to FreeMe Digital.

Main responsibilities including but not limited to:

• Interfacing with Senior Management to understand their business, goals and visions for products being supported by the company.
• Performing high quality work that not only meets the need of the company, but surpasses it.
• Ensuring that our developers are able to understand the business context and value of their tasks, as well as how it impacts users.
• Prioritizing the work that your team is responsible for to ensure that you’re always working on the highest value work that helps the company meet their objectives.
• Working with our tech team to decompose high level stories into smaller, specific tasks and provide high level design support to help them understand how to solve specific coding challenges.
• Provide technical guidance and oversight to ensure that the work delivered is in accordance with the technical standards of the company.
• Encouraging a collaborative team environment
• Regularly reporting the status of your team to Senior Management staff

PERSON SPECIFICATION:
Knowledge/ Education:

• Have a degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field from an accredited university.
• Are able to pass a Tech Skills Assessment.
• Experience working alongside creative & marketing teams.

Skills/Experience:

• Have at least 5 years of experience working in software development.
• Is proficient in at least one of the following stacks: Ruby/Ruby on Rails, PHP/Laravel, Python/Django, Java/Android, JavaScript/MEAN/PEAN/PREN.
• Have built iOS or Android mobile apps.
• A strong desire to mentor other developers.
• Have strong leadership skills.
• Active in the Nigeria technology ecosystem, have good, well established and relevant industry relationships

Personality/ Character:

• Have a vibrant personality and exceptional communication skills (English, verbal and written).
• Highly organised with ability to work well under pressure and meet set deadlines.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills.
• Have the ability to build rapport and communicate with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Must have a passion for media, music and entertainment and how technology can be leveraged to add value to these industries.