Backend Developer at Uniccon Group

JOB SUMMARY

• The Back end  Developer who is analytical, results-driven who will work with team members to troubleshoot and improve current back-end applications and processes.
• The Back end developer  will use his or her understanding of programming languages and tools to analyze current codes and industry developments, formulate more efficient processes, solve problems, and create a more seamless experience for users.
• You should have excellent communication, computer, and project management skills.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate actively in requirements gathering and analysis
• Work with business analyst to determine the best part of solutions to be implemented
• Actively participate in requirement gathering process
• Collaborate with the relevant teams and departments to produce software design and architecture
• Write clean, readable and testable code that is scalable and well documented
• Review code from junior and intermediate developers.
• Maintain, update, refactor and debug new and existing codes
• Test and deploy applications and systems
• Serve as an expert within your area of competence
• Provide technical support when necessary
• Keep up to date with the terminology, concepts and best practices for coding
• Develop ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends
• Record and report data to the appropriate parties, such as clients, leadership or management
• Commit to continuous improvement, education and training to remain current on best practices, new programming languages, and to better assist other team members
• Take lead on projects when necessary.
• Mentor new developers.
• Appraise the performance of junior and intermediate developers.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other related fields
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in backend software development using PHP and MySQL or any other backend languages
• 2+ years experience working with Laravel and/or Lumen or Express or Django and/or Django Rest Framework
• Experience in NodeJS, ReactJS and MongoDB would be a plus
• Candidate must reside in Abuja 
• must be willing to work full time on site 

Job Knowledge

• Create and consume RESTful APIs
• Skills/Competencies
• Working knowledge of PHP, Laravel/Lumen,
• Javascript, Node.js, MySQL and MongoDB
• Working understanding of frontend web
• technologies like HTML5, CSS3 and VanillaJS
• Proficient knowledge of version control & SSH
• Deep technical understanding of RESTful API’s
• Working experience with cloud hosting platforms