Back-End Software Engineer at Janta Kenya

Qualifications

• Seasoned with building back-end systems at scale.
• Must have strong product design sense.
• Mastery of REST APIs and web development in general.
• Mastery of Object-Oriented programming and design and SOLID design principles.
• Ability to build a feature from scratch & drive it to completion.
• Willingness to learn new technology, whatever lets you deliver the best product.
• Worked on projects that have reached millions of customers and have individually contributed to many consumer-facing features.
• Proficient in PHP, Laravel framework, and NodeJS.
• Ability to dive into large existing projects and contribute by narrowing down and quickly understand relevant parts of the system.
• Must have a pragmatic and agnostic approach to coding, with no specific preference for any language/framework, and understanding when to (and when not to) apply certain design patterns and refactoring, based on many years of experience with several large projects.
• Proficiency with relational databases such as MySQL, Oracle, and SQL Server.
• Must be deadline and detail-oriented.
• Must have strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Build our back-end infrastructure.
• Work in sync with website and mobile apps developers to deliver cohesive and timely back-end services.
• Analyze user needs and develop software solutions.
• Develop automated tests and maintain code quality.
• Track, diagnose, and repair application errors, performance issues, and deployment issues.
• Be involved and drive product & design discussions.
• Deliver high quality features at high velocity.
• Help us scale our infrastructure.
• Perform routine software maintenance.