Senior Software Engineer, JAVA (Financial Technology Firm) at iRecruiters Africa Limited

Job Summary: Our client is seeking to hire a senior software engineer with specialty in core Java or/and Spring booth to work with our backend engineering team to complement the technical skills needed to serve as a key contributor in building and maintaining our core infrastructure and products development launch and scale.

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 an excellent organization and problem-solving skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of technical solutions from coding, release, to production.
• Write clean and scalable codes to develop functional applications.
• 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 work 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.
• Work alongside front-end developers to produce efficient and user-friendly systems.
• Work on other tasks as assigned by the Engineering Leadership.

Key Requirements:

• B.Sc/BA degree in Computer Science or any related field.
• 8+ years of cognate experience working with Java EE/Spring, with at least 3 years’ experience as a Senior Software Engineer
• Knowledge of Object-oriented Programming concepts.
• Good understanding of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL databases and agile methodologies.
• Working knowledge of core data structures.
• 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.
• Strong passion for Software Development. Desired Skills:
• Ability to use system monitoring tools (e.g. New Relic) and automated testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with various operating systems.
• Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude.
• Ability to work independently.