Senior Software Developer at Mecer Consulting Limited

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy full-stack or backend solutions for web, mobile, and USSD applications.
• Ensure adherence to security, scalability, testability, and auditability standards.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code using Git-based workflows.
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and project managers to implement user-centric features.
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical mentorship to junior developers.
• Oversee outsourced builds—validating deliverables, ensuring maintainability, and enforcing quality standards.
• Work with cross-functional teams to integrate APIs, dashboards, payment gateways, and legacy systems.
• Support user acceptance testing, continuous integration (CI), and continuous delivery (CD) pipelines.
• Manage performance monitoring, optimization, and production deployment.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of hands-on software development experience with a strong record of delivering production systems (web/mobile/USSD).
• Proficiency in backend technologies such as Node.js, Express, NestJS, Python (FastAPI/Django), or Java/Spring.
• Strong grasp of modern frontend frameworks like React or Next.js.
• Experience with API design and integration (REST/GraphQL), authentication/SSO, and secure data handling.
• Solid understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL, SQL) and BI/dashboard integration (Metabase, Power BI).
• Familiarity with integrating AI components (chatbots, OCR, NLP pipelines) into applications is a plus.
• Experience working with government tech stacks, data platforms, or civic systems.
• Understanding of secure coding practices, logging/audit trails, and performance optimization.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps tools and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Docker, DigitalOcean).
• Working knowledge of ISO standards, NDPA/PII handling, and access controls is an advantage.
• Familiarity with testing frameworks such as Jest, PyTest, or JUnit.
• Excellent teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Professional certifications in software development, DevOps, or cloud technologies are an added advantage.