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  • Posted: Apr 21, 2020
    Deadline: Apr 30, 2020
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    Youverify is building trust in Africa by helping businesses and individuals confirm identity and physical addresses. Using artificial intelligence, Youverify confirms a user’s identity document and compares it with their facial biometrics. This information can be cross-checked against more than 300 databases locally and globally. Youverify in partnership with over 20,000 field verification officers verifies physical addresses all over Sub-Sahara Africa in less than 48 hours. We bridge the gap in Africa's digital industry by providing one API for identity and physical address verification.
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    Software Engineer (Backend)

    Job type: 2 Contract and 1 Full-time

    Detailed Description

    • This is a unique opportunity to work in a fast-growing scale up and product driven environment using new technologies and frameworks as we continue building our ID verification solution.
    • We are looking for a Software Engineer (Backend) to join the Technology team to build the next-generation applications to solving complex problems and work with a world-class engineering and product team to deliver innovative products for our users.

    Job Responsibilities

    • Design and implement new features and enhancements using NodeJS.
    • Fix bugs assigned during the sprint planning process.
    • Design, innovate and solve complex problems inherent in operating a high scale classifieds platform.
    • Play a key role in reviewing and approving the work of your peers as part of the software development process.
    • Interact with product owners, partners and business stakeholders to understand and develop requirements
    • Debugging and Improvement of existing systems.
    • Expand our micro-services architecture
    • Management of all 3rd party tool relationships and integrations from a technical aspect. i.e. SMS providers, Email, APIs, Finance tools, Marketing tools, Business tools, AWS etc.

    Requirements

    • 2+ years experience working with NodeJS
    • Bachelor or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or related field
    • Comfort working within agile methodologies and experienced in estimation and time management
    • Intermediate understanding of unit and integration testing, and testing frameworks/libraries Ч Mocha, Jest etc
    • Strong preference for test-driven-development (TDD) and understands its importance
    • Experience having worked with at least one Web Framework for your language of choice
    • Comfort and familiarity with code editor and formatting tools
    • Familiarity with at least one web server technology Ч (ex: Apache, Nginx)
    • Working knowledge of at least one CI/CD tool Ч Jenkins, Travis CI, Circle CI
    • Strong ability to problem-solve, debug, and understand pertinent performance metrics
    • Familiarity with containerization infrastructure(Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
    • Knowledge of micro services (or SOA), Docker, and/or distributed systems.
    • Good working knowledge of NoSQL systems (MongoDB, Elastic, Cassandra), Relational Database Systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle), Messaging Systems (RabbitMQ)
    • Experience with managing and deploying applications on AWS/Digitalocean

    In addition to the requirements listed above, candidate need to possess a combination of the following soft skills:

    • Integrity and honesty
    • Dependability
    • Effective communication
    • Open-mindedness
    • Teamwork
    • Creativity
    • Problem-solving
    • Critical thinking
    • Adaptability
    • Organization
    • Willingness to learn
    • Empathy

    What you get

    • A fast-paced and collaborative environment where we leverage the latest technology
    • Hands-on coaching and professional development
    • Full medical coverage
    • Very attractive Remuneration
    • A unique opportunity of growth and having strong impact in building the African identity and data management sector
    • Top Range Machines

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV including link to their GitHub profile and portfolio to: hr@youverify.co with the subject as "the job title" and specify if its "Contract or Full-time"

    Note: Only Shortlisted Candidates will be contacted.

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