Back-end Developer at Eclectics International

Job brief

We are looking for an experienced Back-end developer to join our development team. You will be responsible for the server side of our mobile and web applications.

If you have excellent programming skills and a passion for developing applications or improving existing ones, we would like to meet you. As a Back-end developer, you’ll work closely with our engineers to ensure system consistency and improve user experience.

Ultimately, you should be able to develop and maintain functional and stable web applications to meet our company’s needs.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging
• Write clean code to develop functional web applications
• Troubleshoot and debug applications
• Perform UI tests to optimize performance
• Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve legacy applications
• Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server side logic
• Gather and address technical and design requirements
• Provide training and support to internal teams
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Liaise with developers, designers and system administrators to identify new features
• Follow emerging technologies
• Reporting to the Product Development Manager

Requirements

• Proven work experience as a Back-end developer – 3+ years
• In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
• Source code control experience (Subversion ,Git, etc)
• Hands on experience with programming languages like Java, Go, Node JS, Ruby on Rails, Python
• Experience in using Messaging Services like Java Messaging Services is a must
• Adept skills in Linux systems is required
• Strong database management and programming skills in popular relational database systems like Oracle, as well as non-relational databases like Mongo DB
• Familiarity with front-end languages (e.g. HTML5, JavaScript and CSS)
• Excellent analytical and time management skills
• Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude
• Applications and systems security knowledge required
• Experience with Microservice frameworks and toolkits like Vertx, Akka, etc will be a plus
• Practical Knowledge of big data will be an added advantage
• Passion in blockchain technologies will be an added advantage
• BSc degree in Computer Science or relevant field