Job Description
Safaricom is the leading provider of converged communication solutions in Kenya.
In addition to providing a broad range of first-class products and services for Telephony, Broadband Internet and Financial services, Safaricom seeks to uplift the welfare of Kenyans through value-added services and support for community projects.
Backend Microservices Developer
Key Responsibilities
Writing and analyzing code for portions of a project/projects.Inspect and test code.Helping engineers fix and solve complex problems.Work with stakeholders, product owners and technical leads to keep projects on track.Provide guidance and mentorship to entry level and mid-level software engineers.Influence and guide on DevSecOps best practices within Safaricom Engineering framework and practices.Development of microservices.
It would be good to have understanding of Java or C#.
Java with SpringBoot Framework experience is preferred.Influence and guide the team in making critical architectural, design and programming decisions.Evangelize software engineering best practices across the team using Safaricom Engineering values.Design, test and rollout of running software services.Run and enforce code reviews among the team. Qualifications
Qualifications and skills
BSc. Computer Science/Software Engineering/IT.5+ years’ experience in software development in a busy IT environment.Experience in Agile Development/software life-cycle development (SDLC).Strong programming and technical skills.
Extensive programming experience using Java(SpringBoot Framework), C#Strong problem-solving skills leveraging on data structures and algorithms.Passion for people and building collaborative teams.Extensive experience with databases – relational data model, Stored Procedures, PL/SQL development, Messaging / Streaming, RDBMS, NoSql Databases and InMemory Databases.Solid understanding of web services/technologies – REST/JSON, WSDL, XML, XSD;Hands on experience with microservices – Ability to design, develop and implement scalable, elastic microservice based platforms based on java.
Spring boot framework is preferred.Solid understanding of Cloud Services, Serverless architecture and knowledge of AWS, Azure and GCP.Experience developing solutions using agile, DevSecOps, and CI/CD automation tools such as jenkins, JMeter, Git, Stash, SonarQube, GitOps etcExperience using code versioning & collaboration tools such as Gitlab or Github.Experience in application security technologies (e.g. SSL)