Career Opportunities at Co-operative Bank Kenya

You are brilliant, self-driven, and have great follow-through. You are an exceptional IT professional with solid programming skills and knowledge of database concepts and you possess strong analytical and process improvement skills with proven proficiency in dealing with corporate information systems in the banking sector. Does this sound like you? If yes, then look no further; Co-operative Bank of Kenya, “The Kingdom Bank” is the ideal place for you, here, you will find growth opportunities at every step of your career.

We have an exciting opportunity for Full Stack Developer to join our Systems Development and Integration team. The role holder will contribute across the technology stack, covering the end-to-end development of web and native applications, as well as improvements to DevOps tooling.

The Role

Specifically, the successful jobholder will be required to:

• Shape and implement technology/business solutions to contribute to client organization’s competitive differentiation 
• Use Agile engineering practices and various software development technologies to rapidly develop creative and efficient solutions that enhance client organization’s technology stack 
• Collaborate with other team members to implement user stories, write tests, and continuously deliver new/improved product functionality
• Communicate with internal IT teams to resolve technical dependencies during implementation
• Build the organization’s brand in the technology community

Skills, Competencies and Experience

The successful candidate will be required to have the following skills and competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, IT or related field from a recognized university.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in software development, data analysis and reporting as well as  2 years’ experience with working in web based Java solutions (Apache Wicket, Tomcat/Jetty, GUICE/Spring, Solr, Webservices/Jersey/REST/Spring) 
• Excellent understanding of server-side technologies (e.g. Node.js, Go, Ruby on Rails, Java, PHP, .Net) and client-side languages and frameworks (e.g. Javascript, AngularJS, ReactJS) 
• Knowledge of designing RESTful APIs, SSO / OAuth, LDAP and Search Technologies
• Knowledge of Agile software development practices
• Experience with a least one JS framework/Libraries – React, Angular, Vue.js, Ember, JQuery, JQWidgets, Bootstrap, Very good knowledge of Windows Operating Systems and an understanding of Unix and Linux.
• Excellent understanding of SQL database fundamentals (for MSSQL, Oracle etc), other programming tools and languages particularly C#, ASP.NET, MVC, HTML/CSS, XML 
• Experience working in an agile environment with DevOps processes, workflows and tools like TFS, GIT, Jenkins, or Docker will be a plus.
• Very strong analytical, presentation & problem-solving skills with the ability to work confidently on high-priority problems and present technical ideas in a user-friendly language.
• Good knowledge of reporting and business analytics tools.
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn new things