Senior Software Developer at Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company

Role Purpose

• This role is Responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of new software systems, update existing software and conduct feasibility studies on company systems.
• He is also responsible for writing codes, applications, create reports, and mentor the junior developers; building performance web apps on both the iOS and Android platforms as well as collaborating with the solutions delivery team.

Responsibilities

• Develop software solutions by studying IE information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle
• Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development and proposed solutions
• Update job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques and computing equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations
• Review and study the functional requirements for new application systems and assess the options for implementation.
• Work closely within a single scrum team to build features in support of the IE products
• Provide senior-level proficiency and direction on the following tech stack based on any of the three specialization below.
• Identify reusable functionality to build into common, reusable components that can be leveraged across the application.
• Collaborate with the back-end development teams to build app functionality according to product requirements and design specs.
• Work with Product and Design teams to deliver intuitive, engaging, and simple interfaces for applications targeting mobile, tablet and web platforms.
• Work with modern tools including Slack, GitHub, Google Docs, etc
• Complete two-week sprints, and participate in sprint retrospectives and daily stand-ups
• Participate in peer code reviews and pull requests
• Protect operations by keeping information confidential
• Provide information by collecting, analyzing and summarizing development and service issues
• Accomplish engineering and organization mission by completing related results as needed
• Support and develop software engineers by providing advice, coaching and educational opportunities
• Maintain an awareness of new developments in Information Technology and its applications in the electricity sector and, ensure that the company makes the best use of any such developments.
• Monitor department’s performance through Key Performance Measures.
• Ensure provision of adequate resources for various activities of the department.
• Comply with Quality Management System / Occupational Health & Safety requirements including objectives and applicable regulations relating to assigned jobs.
• Assist in Carry out any other duties as requested by the Head of Department.

Specialization:

• Fullstack (Web and Mobile App)
• Fullstack
• Phython/Django

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science
• 7-10 years experience in management/implementation of IT application systems, preferably in an electricity utility
• Masters degree is an added advantage.

Specialization
Fullstack (Web and Mobile App):

• Experience in developing mobile and web application
• Expertise in front-end technologies, including JavaScript, CSS3 and HTML5 and third-party libraries such as React Js, React Native, jQuery and LESS
• Good knowledge of server-side programming languages like NodeJS
• Familiarity with DBMS technology, including SQLServer, Oracle, MongoDB and MySQL and caching mechanisms such as Redis, Memcached and Varnish
• Strong knowledge of UI/UX and basic prototype design
• Experience working with IIS, Nginx or Apache servers with a solid background in Linu.

Java:

• Substantial experience in architecting and developing complex n-tier Java/J2EEapplications, designing and developing applications using JSP, Servlets, Spring Core, Spring MVC and JavaScript, ORM Frameworks (e.g., Hibernate) and Java Development IDE (e.g., Eclipse), Subversion.
• Experience with SQL or NoSQL databases like Oracle. SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB.
• Experience with the large and disparate data set.
• Creating Web Services and RESTful services with Web API. Familiarity with Linux and Windows operating systems.

Phython/Django:

• Prior experience as a Python Developer
• Good knowledge of Django, Flask or similar Python frameworks
• Familiarity with front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Knowledge of ORM (Object Relational Mapper)

Technical Competencies:

• Strong OOP or Functional Programing and modeling skills.
• Experience building complex web systems that have been successfully delivered to customers.
• Experience developing software utilizing workflow or ESB software.
• Experience with professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and operations.
• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Experience in using automated testing frameworks and system monitoring tools.

Behavioral Competencies:

• Communication and Interpersonal Relations
• Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Managing Resources
• Business Focus
• Supervisory / Managerial Skills.