Job Openings at Uniccon Group

Job Responsibilities: 

• Develop new and enhance existing user-facing features
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize application front end for maximum speed and scalability
• Ensure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders to improve usability
• Stay up to date on emerging technologies and trends.
• Work closely with the UI/UX designer and bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, taking an active role on both sides and defining how the application looks as well as how it works.
• Responsibilities will include translation of the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of the application.

Technical Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 3-4 years work experience.
• Good knowledge and experience using advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks, such as ReactJS etc.
• Proficiency in Node JS, Vue Js 
• Good experience of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• Proficient experience of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery
• Proficient implementation of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3
• Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS
• Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image. Familiarity with tools such as Gimp or Photoshop is a plus.
• Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as GIT
• Good knowledge of ASP.NET MVC
• Understanding of OOP
• Familiarity with browser testing and debugging
• Experience integrating with REST APIs
• Good experience of agile software development such as scrum, Xtreme Programming
• Good knowledge of unit testing frameworks.
• Knowledge of UI 

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JOB SUMMARY

• The Back end  Developer who is analytical, results-driven who will work with team members to troubleshoot and improve current back-end applications and processes.
• The Back end developer  will use his or her understanding of programming languages and tools to analyze current codes and industry developments, formulate more efficient processes, solve problems, and create a more seamless experience for users.
• You should have excellent communication, computer, and project management skills.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate actively in requirements gathering and analysis
• Work with business analyst to determine the best part of solutions to be implemented
• Actively participate in requirement gathering process
• Collaborate with the relevant teams and departments to produce software design and architecture
• Write clean, readable and testable code that is scalable and well documented
• Review code from junior and intermediate developers.
• Maintain, update, refactor and debug new and existing codes
• Test and deploy applications and systems
• Serve as an expert within your area of competence
• Provide technical support when necessary
• Keep up to date with the terminology, concepts and best practices for coding
• Develop ideas for new programs, products, or features by monitoring industry developments and trends
• Record and report data to the appropriate parties, such as clients, leadership or management
• Commit to continuous improvement, education and training to remain current on best practices, new programming languages, and to better assist other team members
• Take lead on projects when necessary.
• Mentor new developers.
• Appraise the performance of junior and intermediate developers.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other related fields
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in backend software development using PHP and MySQL or any other backend languages
• 2+ years experience working with Laravel and/or Lumen or Express or Django and/or Django Rest Framework
• Experience in NodeJS, ReactJS and MongoDB would be a plus
• Candidate must reside in Abuja 

Job Knowledge

• Create and consume RESTful APIs
• Skills/Competencies
• Working knowledge of PHP, Laravel/Lumen,
• Javascript, Node.js, MySQL and MongoDB
• Working understanding of frontend web
• technologies like HTML5, CSS3 and VanillaJS
• Proficient knowledge of version control & SSH
• Deep technical understanding of RESTful API’s
• Working experience with cloud hosting platforms