Digital Channels Tech Lead at Safaricom Kenya

Job Description

Department Description

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy in the Digital I.T Department within the Technology Division. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below.

Reporting to the Senior Manager – Digital Engineering, the position holder will be in charge of planning and development for mobile app, web portals, including extranets and intranets. Above team and technology leadership the holder of the position will be expected to collaborate with leadership teams in the values value streams in order to ensure the delivery for the digital and online channels is in line with the business strategy for the units.

Job Responsibilities

• Managing the delivery of multiple complex simultaneous channel development projects from design to delivery
• Coach and guide the development teams on implementation and adoption of new technologies in the market (fit for future technologies) to improve the efficiency of delivery
• Define strategy and best practices for mobile app architecture like VIPER, MVVM etc and web portal development
• Accountable for managing CAPEX and OPEX budgets for all digital channels
• Work closely with relevant teams internally to ensure alignment and coordination across operations as part of the seamless implementation of existing and new solutions.

Qualifications

Job Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Software Development or related subject;
• 5 years + experience in software development in a busy IT environment;
• Experience in mobile app development (android and IOS) and designing of web portals and chat-bots
• Experience in Continuous integration and deployment methodologies using automated tools such as Jenkins;
• Experience in Software Engineering methodologies including Agile, Micro-services architecture;
• Experience in building enterprise grade micro-services based solutions, automated scaling in and out of services and session management and caching servers.