Full Stack Developer at APA Life Assurance Company Ltd

Job description

To contribute across the technology stack, covering the end-to-end development of APIs, web and native applications, technical support as well as improvements to DevOps tooling

KEY PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and implement high performance cloud native APIs
• Develop mobile and web front end applications for large scale usage
• Triage, diagnose and troubleshoot production incidents and come up with long term solutions
• Use Agile engineering practices and various software development technologies to rapidly develop creative and efficient solutions that enhance the organization’s technology stack
• Plan, develop and implement large-scale projects from conception to completion.
• Provide innovative solutions to complex business problems.
• Collaborate with other team members to implement user stories, write tests, and continuously deliver new/improved product functionality

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology / Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Information Technology will be an added advantage

JOB SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Extensive experience in software development for more than 5 years.
• Experience in commercial/ production class API development for at least 5 years.
• Have extensive experience in troubleshooting APIs and applications, crash analytics, remote debugging, and continuous integration.
• Excellent experience with Git and Git Workflow
• Experience with iOS and Flutter will be an added advantage
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/ GCP/ Azure) is an added advantage
• Expert in Java/Kotlin, Android SDK, and mobile development technologies
• Expert in API design and development using Spring Boot
• Expert in building a working world-class app from scratch
• Expert experience with reactive and asynchronous programming using coroutines
• Expert in quality assurance processes / CI-CD, Unit and integration testing
• Have a track record in optimizing apps for device, CPU, data and memory usage
• Understands android application architecture, design and development
• In-depth experience with application and user interface design and development
• Expert knowledge of the MVM/ MVVM architecture, Android architecture components
• Expert understanding of Agile Software Development frameworks

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Any related qualification will be an added advantage

EXPERIENCE

• Full-stack engineer with a passion for mentoring other colleagues in the team
• Real passion for development and a demonstrated appetite for continual learning
• Appreciation for pair programming
• Team player who is positive, proactive, and a motivated self-starter
• Great communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge and experience with build and release management
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent Planning and Organization