Intermediate Full-Stack Developer at Gebeya Limited

Description

Our team is growing and we’re looking for an Intermediate Full-Stack Developer with at least 4-5 years of experience to work on-site in Nairobi, Kenya.

Responsibilities

• Designing, modifying, and testing technical architecture
• Provide supervision and guidance to development teams
• Continually research the current and emerging technologies and propose changes where needed
• Inform various stakeholders about any issues with the current technical solutions being implemented
• Assess the business impact that certain technical choices have
• Provide updates to stakeholders on product development processes, costs and budgets

Requirements & Qualifications

• (+3 years) and knowledge with Golang
• Experience with Golang Web Frameworks (e.g. Gin Gonic, Rebel)
• Clear understanding of OOP, Design Patterns and anti-patterns, SOLID principles
• Working experience with relational databases (e.g. MySQL)
• Experienced with testing layers (unit, integration and functional testing) and version
• control technologies (e.g. GIT)
• Understanding of Queuing systems (e.g. SQS, RabbitMQ)
• Academic background in IT or equivalent
• Knowledge in algorithms and distributed systems
• Proficiency in English
• 3 years of experience

Preferred

The following skills are not required but will make your profile stand out:

• Experience with other languages like PHP and JS
• Prior experience with of the following technologies: Apache Kafka, Couchbase, Docker,
• Kubernetes, Jenkins, Redis
• Experience with microservices oriented architecture
• Familiar with SCRUM methodology
• We don’t expect you to be expert in all of these, but would like to hear from you on any you might find relevant from your experience.