Software Engineer/ Full Stack Developer – Farsight Africa Group – Nairobi

WHAT YOU’LL DO AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER/ FULL STACK DEVELOPER:
Creating prototypes, designing and building modules and solutions in an iterative agile cycle, developing, maintaining, and optimising the business outcome
Estimating user and technical stories, designing and developing code, writing and executing unit and integration tests, and supporting testing of deliverables against user and technical story acceptance tests
Performing peer reviews, collaborating with architects and other developers to produce “just enough” design, and ensuring that enough technical documentation and training is provided for reference and operational support
Developing and executing automation scripts and maintenance jobs
Conducting peer reviews and maintaining coding standards
Resolving incidents as level two and level three support
Resolving problems as level two and level three support
Estimating user and technical stories to help inform and prioritize the backlog
Designing modules according to user stories, UX/UI designs, and technical stories
Developing solutions according to module designs and deploying using a delivery pipeline
Developing and executing unit and integration tests; supporting testing against user and technical story acceptance tests.
Reviewing design and architecture to guarantee service availability, performance and resilience.
Prepares documentation (User manuals, Technical manuals, deployment instructions, rollback instructions, etc.) to ensure that they meet set quality standards
Ensures that the approved coding standards are consistently applied in every solution developed.
Participates in system demonstration, and ensures issues arising in demos are addressed.
Diagnoses complex application issues and provides guidance and support to subordinates.
Addresses issues that arise during deployment of the newly developed solutions in the QA test environment.
Resolves issues arising from QA tests, for solutions that do not pass QA standards and Information System Security policies.
Ensure conformity to ISO (9001:2015 and 27001:2013) and data security requirements.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications or any other IT related field.
At least three (3) years’ experience as a software developer in a busy organization.
Systems Development i.e. Java Programming, Python, Web Design and Development, Oracle Developer etc.
Business Systems Analysis i.e. CBAP Certification / Training
Systems Modelling and Design Techniques
Process Modelling and Design Techniques
Training in middle level management / Supervisory Skills courses.
IT Governance i.e. ITIL or COBIT 4/5
Project Management i.e. PMP or Prince 2
Training or Certification in Database Administration i.e. Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server.

Method of Application
READY TO JOIN AN EXCITING TEAM AND MAKE A CHANGE? APPLY NOW.
Kindly send your application letter and CV to jobs@farsightafrica.com before 14th June 2023. Applications shall be reviewed on a rolling basis until the right candidate has been selected.

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