Platform Engineer at mSurvey

Job description

We are looking for highly talented platform engineers who are hungry to make a difference in the African continent by building outstanding software solutions to drive the success of local businesses in Africa and beyond. Our platform engineers will have a unique opportunity to be mentored and developed by leaders who have world class engineering experience. As a Platform Engineer, you will build various aspects of mSurvey infrastructure to power innumerable conversations at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Closely monitoring all platform related production systems;
• Proactively correcting, improving and optimising the mSurvey platforms;
• Developing best possible, most robust, and extensible solutions from feature requests;
• Working with Data Scientists to develop rich value added features;
• Working with DBA to create an ETL and Data Warehouse system;
• Working with Operations to automate solutions and increase service reliability;
• Developing and maintaining a world class public API

Skills and Attributes

• Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) or related engineering discipline
• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures and distributed systems
• Loves building things and shipping them, truly making them work in the best way possible
• Extensive experience with Java serverside programming
• Advanced knowledge of JAVA, JVM Runtime, and JVM performance tuning is a plus
• Open Source project contributions are a plus
• Unix systems programming experience is a plus
• Have a strong desire to achieve mastery level as a platform engineer
• Individuals with a love for the African continent who want to be part of the team driving a business revolution