Fineract Engineer at Africa Management Solutions Limited (AMSOL)

Reports to: Software Development Manager

Main Purpose of Job

Our client is looking to recruit for a Fineract Engineer focusing on our Savings and Loan portion of the Fineract solution. The Fineract Engineer will be responsible for ensuring that the implementation state of Fineract is kept intact to make upgrades to new versions efficient and possible. The ideal candidate will have an excellent understanding of the Fineract business logic (Product roles, configuration etc). A strong MySQL database background is imperative to support custom report creation for our client. A good technical adherence to the Fineract blueprint, standards and procedures as well as the quality of our project implementations right down to actual deployment is essential. The ideal candidate will have experience with Fineract projects post implementation as well as understanding of the Fineract REST API and setting up user cases and senarios for testing (Postman and SoapUI).

KPI’S

• Project Configuration, Development and Deployment
• Change Management
• Training and Mentorship
• Internal and External Communication

Main Responsibilities

• Review and Contribute to Solution Design and Scope of Work Documents
• Review and Contribute to project FAT and UAT Documentation based off Solution Design
• Review and assist the Business Analysts with Design Mock-ups based on Client Requirements and Solution Design
• Review and Contribute to both internal and external Training Material
• Suggesting product improvements
• Design and development of Fineract RestAPI’s and Minor Bug Fixes
• Configuration, Testing and Deployment of Projects based on Scope of Work and in line with client requirements and solution design
• Project UAT Assistance to Client
• Rotational after-hours Standby

Personal attributes

• Ability to work both in a team as well as independently
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Maintaining logical and balanced approach
• Self-motivated and self-managed
• Able to use initiative and take ownership
• Able to communicate effectively
• Report on progress and raise issues / problems when necessary
• Attention to detail

Key Competencies and Skills

• Strong Analytical skills
• Problem Solving Oriented
• Excellent written and verbal communicator
• Great knowledge of Java principles and willingness to constantly update knowledge
• Inbuilt ability to multi-task, working on more than one issue and solution simultaneously
• Able to carry out tasks with little or no supervision