Job Vacancies at Beacon Power Services

BPS is leading technology solution firm focused on providing energy management software and data analytics in Nigeria.
Job Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of our product’s frontend interface and user experience using modern technologies.
• Responsible for developing backend applications(developing server side logic, database and integrating frontend elements)
• Lead the effort in developing system designs & architecture for microservices.
• Responsible for maintaining system services, refactoring and deploying codes.
• Staying abreast of emerging technologies for web & mobile applications

Skills & Competencies

• Proficient in the following technologies: NET framework, C#, Angular, JavaScript, HTML, CSS,
• Experienced in system design, backend architectures and continuous improvement
• Proficient in the following: MS SQL (RDS), Redis (ElastiCache),Git, DevOps2.

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Job Responsibilities

• Expertly navigate ambiguity to develop a comprehensive product strategy, product roadmap, functional/non-functional requirements, and go-live plan to deliver on business goals.
• Oversee new product development from start to finish: Ideation, Inception, Error/Risk mitigation, timely delivery, initial release, and feedback gathering for informing future improvement
• Work with a wide range of external stakeholders to identify needs and expertly distill them into actionable agile goals to build meaningful product.
• Prepare and review product requirement documents.
• Refine and maintain product backlog to alignment with product vision.
• Work cross-functionally with Engineering, design, and operations team to build solutions that deliver increasing value to users
• Lead product initiatives through the entire product lifecycle
• Organize product releases properly into sprints and ensure compliance with schedule

Skills & Competencies

• Significant experience in product lifecycle management and working in agile scrum environment
• In-depth technical knowledge to understand all product areas, including design and software development principles 
• Ability to analyze data from a variety of sources to identify key insights, pinpoint optimization opportunities, and inform product decisions
• Exceptional curiosity, bias for execution, and ability to take a nebulous, vague list of desires & requirements and distill them down into engineering actionable items
• Strong problem-solving skills with creative approach
• Strong organizational, leadership and communication skill
• Good knowledge of product management tool such as Jira
• Experience with SQL

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Core Responsibilities

• Oversee all data flow including processing (ETL), exploration, modeling and Infrastructure
• Oversee the design of the architecture of data platforms; develop, customize and manage integration tools, databases, warehouses, and analytical systems.
• Extract, transform, and analyze data from different sources(including databases) and apply algorithms on it to generate useful insights in production
• Design machine learning models and deploy them in production.
• use a systematic approach to plan, create, and maintain data architectures while also keeping it aligned with business requirements
• Oversee data analytics processes of the organization, create models and identify hidden patterns from stored data.

Key Skils & Competencies

• Strong architecture background with knowledge of the following stacks: Python, C#, GoLang
• Strong understanding of data science techniques including data modeling, algorithms, and data transformation
• Hands-on with ETL tools, machine learning frameworks and Libraries
• Strong knowledge of SQL/NoSQL domain to design and build data storages.
• Ability to build complex database systems and data warehouse

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Job Responsibilities

• Primary responsibility for driving software revenue – both for enterprise software (with electric utilities) and for consumer as well as data monetization related software products 
• Provide critical input to drive product development based on market needs
• Identify, develop and close new business opportunities within the enterprise and consumer product space
• Analyze clients’ behavior through data from targeted interviews and feedback to assist the product development team in setting new product priorities and reshape the product growth roadmap.
• Identify creative strategies to engage customers and be able to align clients ambiguous business challenges with the features of the product
• Utilize initiative to further develop their knowledge of the product and be comfortable with product demonstration.
• Understand clients/customer needs and create need for BPS solutions
• Conduct research to identify new markets and customer needs
• Maintain a solid opportunity pipeline.

Key Skils & Competencies

• Strong background developing and marketing software products 
• Experience in Africa – understand context and needs within an African context 
• Driven, self-starter motivated by the opportunity to build a business
• Excellent technical IT aptitude and a fast learner
• Consultative, friendly yet focused "Solution Selling" approach
• Ability to talk confidently to clients about high level IT solution and technical concepts
• Strong presentation and negotiation experience
• Highly motivated with proven enterprise solution selling experience.
• Familiarity with power/engineering/utility sector a bonus4.