Software Developer at Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC Plc)

Job Description

• The role of this job holder is to actively participate in the ideation, development, testing and maintenance of application and systems software in line with fast paced business requirements; work on delivering road-maps of developed software and systems through accurate planning and interaction with stakeholders, and adhere to strict development rules, reviews, testing and production environment implementations.

Key Roles / Responsibilities

• Ensures high availability of services to end users.
• Ensures that any software that is developed adheres to onboarding requirements before being released.
• Maintains systems and software, releasing updates and patches in response to security vulnerabilities and feature updates.
• Ensures bugs are resolved within team defined SLOs.
• Keeps abreast with business requirements and prioritizes projects and roadmaps.
• Provides inputs to budget preparation, tracking, and reporting.

Education

• B.Sc. in Computer Science or related field with four (4) years relevant working experience.
• Software development certifications
• Network certifications a plus

Experience:

• Work in a software development team in a medium to large sized organization
• Good work knowledge of one (or more) general purpose programming language including Java, C / C++, Objective C, Python, JavaScript, or PHP
• Work experience in socket development – i.e. TCP / IP stack development (DNS, DHCP, etc.) and authentication systems i.e. LDAP / AD Integration
• Practical knowledge in working under the agile software development environment
• Work experience in a distributed version control environment with automated code review tools, Sandbox testing and pushing code to the production environment
• Interest and ability to learn other coding languages as required

Other Required Knowledge:

• web application development, Unix / Linux environments, mobile application development, distributed and parallel systems, machine learning, information retrieval, natural language processing, networking, developing large software systems, and / or security software development.

Required Skills / Competencies:

• Developed people skill.
• Good Project Management skills, especially with Agile Methodology.
• Good analytical, organizational & multi-tasking skills.
• Good communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivated with focus on results