MPESA API Engineer at Safaricom Kenya

JOB DESCRIPTION

Reporting to the API Engineer Lead, the role holder responsibilities include design, development and support of API solutions.  

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Development of API’s consumed by various channels.
• Development of microservices using java, spring boot and spring boot security.
• Use CI/CD to automate deployments.
• Deliver projects on time as agreed upon by the various stakeholders.
• Design, maintain and support Apigee infrastructure.
• Document and coordinate efforts to secure application resiliency prior to business continuity event.
• Participate in design, development, testing and implementation of new products, services and functionalities. 
• Making use of agile and scrum frameworks in project delivery while making use of tools like Jira, Confluence etc.
• Provide support during service deployments and when on-call.
• Participate in audit activities, review and provide data to auditors.
• Development of automated tests for functional, performance, and security testing using test-driven development methodology.
• Support capacity planning initiatives and provide application information to capacity planning teams.
• Customize alerting tools based on application specific thresholds.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Telecommunications or Electronic Engineering. 
• At least 2-year work experience in software development.
• At least 1-year work experience in API management e.g., Apigee, MuleSoft etc.
• Strong understanding of both JSON, SOAP and development on swagger UI using open API’s
• Experience in securing APIs using Oauth2, SAML etc.
• Strong knowledge in API modelling languages and annotations e.g., in Swagger
• Experience in java, spring boot, bash
• Experience working with relational and non-relational databases i.e., Oracle, MySQL, Mongo DB, Cassandra
• Hands-on experience in designing and developing API’s using REST and SOAP
• Experience developing solutions using agile, DevOPs, testing and CI/CD automation tools e.g., Jenkins, SonarQube, Git lab.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end API and microservices architecture
• Experience in automation tools e.g., Rundeck, ansible etc.
• Good presentation skills