Senior IT & Systems Developer at West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC)

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Writing complex applications, deep understanding of application lifecycles, databases and services
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify, capture, and analyze user requirements, specifications and translate them into business requirements
• Design system architecture and develop algorithms and flowcharts
• Develop innovative, creative, high quality and intuitive software solutions that meets and exceeds the needs of the company
• Manage software development lifecycle
• Continually improve the codebase with clean and efficient codes that adhere to the internal coding standards, development processes and design best practices
• Collaborate with team members to improve the performance, efficiency, and scalability of existing systems
• Integrate existing software components with third-party programs
• Troubleshoot and debug issues quickly and efficiently to ensure a productive workplace
• Implementing software application security controls
• Analysing and testing software applications and programs before formal launch
• Creation of clear technical specification documentation for purposes of reference and reporting
• Identifying opportunities and championing for business process improvements and automations
• Compiling and assessing user feedback to recommend software products and improve system performance
• Collaborate with team members to schedule, plan, control and implement the software release process, windows, and cycles
• Report in weekly scrums on progress towards tasks, milestones status and barriers needing attention
• Aid and support the coaching and training of end users to ensure they are confident in the use of software applications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science (or related fields like Electronic Engineering, Physics or Mathematics)
•  Knowledge of data structures and algorithms and algorithm optimisations
• 4+ years of software design and development experience with backend services
• 4+ years of hands-on experience in any object-oriented programming language such as C++, C#, Java or Python

Experience & Skills:

• In-depth knowledge of Javascript/Typescript (ReactJS, NodeJS – SuiteScript is a plus)
• Highly proficient in Flask and FastAPI Python frameworks
• Experience with Microsoft Azure or similar Cloud infrastructure platforms (Google Cloud, AWS)
• Experience with Apache Kafka or similar message queuing and streaming technologies (RabbitMQ)
• Good knowledge of No/SQL Databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis)
•  Solid experience in API technologies (REST, gRPC, GraphQL, SOAP)
• Solid Understanding of CI/CD and code versioning tools (Azure DevOps, Github Actions)
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Docker-Compose & Kubernetes is a plus)
• Experience in Java is a plus (Maven, Java 8+)
• Experience in Mobile application development is a plus (React Native, Flutter)
• Experience with UI/UX design is a plus
• Brilliant logical, analytical, and creative approach to problem-solving
• Fast learner with an eagerness and interest to learn new technologies
• Ability to work under pressure, multi-task and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced agile environment
• Efficient time management and task prioritisation
• Divergent and critical thinker
• Great attention to detail
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Attributes

• Client focused, confident, relationship builder
• Integrity, honest with high ethical standards
• Boundless, passionate, and flexible
• Personal excellence, accuracy, and attention to detail
• Collaborative, achieve results through teamwork and partnerships