Officer Software Developer at Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK)

Job Summary:

• Reporting to the Head of ICT the Software developer supports the ICT Department in Development, Maintenance and Support of new systems or existing Systems.
• Designs, builds, and tests applications, ensuring they meet user needs and function effectively as well as modifying software to fix errors, adapt it to new hardware, improve its performance, or upgrade interfaces.
• The holder will also be involved in directing system testing and validation procedures and also working with customers or departments on technical issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop system use cases and system design specifications.
• Develop new or enhance existing systems components including internal and
• external integrations based on agreed requirements.
• Develops standard and adhoc reports and data management scripts as requested.
• Ensures that the approved coding standards are consistently applied in every component developed.
• Conducts unit testing of developed components based on agreed quality criteria.
• Prepare documentation (User manuals, technical manuals, deployment instructions, roll back instructions, Issue Logs etc) to ensure that they meet set quality criteria for each component.
• Should be able to package the various components of the solutions being developed.
• Participate in quality review and assurance tests for the system.
• Adhere to change control procedures for the systems
• Provide support for post deployment application issues
• Fix systems issues reported through a controlled process.
• Prepare progress status reports as guided.
• Participate in monitoring the application and integrations.
• Any assignment given as and when directed by the supervisor.

 Technical Expertise, Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or a related field.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in software development with Laravel
• Framework is mandatory.
• At least 3 years of experience in customer support, customer success, or a similar role, supporting technical products
• Working experience with Vue.js, Inertia.js, Livewire and Tailwind CSS and is motivated to learn more about the new web technologies in the Laravel ecosystem.
• Familiarity with Ubuntu server management and debugging processes, especially working in a terminal environment.
• Can develop web applications with clean code, paying attention to performance, security and maintainability.
• Strong understanding of security best practices related to APIs and data privacy.
• Solid understanding of web application hosting and infrastructure.
• Proficiency in installing and troubleshooting technologies such as Nginx, DNS, SSL, Redis, Websockets and SSH.