Senior Backend Engineer (Java EE/Spring) at iRecruiters Africa Limited

• The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in software development and agile methodologies.
• S/he should be able to work independently with little or no supervision with excellent organization and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of technical solutions from coding, and release, to production.
• Design and improve the maintainability of the code base through innovative design.
• Use technical skills to build amazingly exciting world-class products.
• Constantly communicate with diverse internal and external stakeholders in embracing agile practices.
• Seek to understand how the business works to identify risks (in code, features, and design).
• Diagnose complex issues across various levels of the stack.
• Understand the business context deeply and leverage engineering knowledge to propose creative solutions to problems.
• Work collaboratively to complete projects, showcase progress, and address problems.
• Mentor and coach junior and intermediate engineers within the Engineering team.
• Constantly improve to keep pace with new innovations and technologies.
• Balance deep work with cross-team collaboration.

Requirements

• A degree in Computer science, Software engineering, or any related field from a reputable University.
• 7+ years’ experience working in the financial technology or banking sectors.
• Knowledge of Object-oriented Programming concepts.
• 5+ years of cognate experience working with Java EE/Spring
• Good understanding of relational databases, and agile methodologies
• Working knowledge of core data structures and a passion for Software Development
• Test-driven development (TDD) experience
• Experience working with AWS, architecture, and design principles
• Strong team leader and player, with the ability to improve knowledge and skills
• Good Interpersonal, stakeholder management, and communication skills