Jobs at Autochek Africa

About the job

The Product Manager is responsible for vision execution for Autochek’s 360-degree auto tech solutions. Product Managers work closely with various teams to make business decisions and create product strategies that ensure the company’s long-term sustainability. In the execution of these strategies Product Managers work with business teams across all our geographies of operations to ensure business goals are met on time and on budget

Requirements

• Managing the product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities.
• Specifying market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research using multiple channels supported by ongoing calls and visits to customers and existing and potential Autochek users.
• Prepare, maintain, and evangelize the product roadmap which defines product enhancements for short- and long-term releases.
• Planning and Implementing a company-wide go-to-market plan, overseeing interdepartmental activities to execute plans.
• Analyzing potential partner relationships for the product.
• Define a feature roadmap for Autochek’s products based on business opportunities and market research.
• Work with Commercial Teams and other contributors to evaluate and prioritize opportunities and develop product strategy.
• Create feature descriptions to provide guidance to Engineering & Data
• Become subject matter experts in product’s markets and provide vision and leadership to product development efforts.
• Responsible for product launch and release plans. Coordinates internal and external product launches working with Engineering, Marketing and Training teams.
• Collaborate with technology to create strategies by which technology will be developed or adapted to meet market needs and leverage opportunities. (e.g., Buy/Build decisions)
• Develop and when necessary, deliver concise and meaningful presentations for internal and external audiences, including education and training of sales staff, training of support groups, train the trainer programs, and presentations at symposia, trade shows, and key customer accounts.
• Act as liaison between Commercial, Country & Marketing, and Technology teams to support product positioning and customer demand as part of new product development.
• Work with the Training team to develop product training plans internally and externally.
• Act as a product champion within the company.
• Create and maintain ROI documentation for products and services.

Technical Requirements

• Experience with all phases of the software development life cycle, best practices, and Agile Software Development.
• Experience with Product Roadmap, backlog, and Scrum Activities.
• A strong familiarity of Consumer Internet Products across Africa.
• Experience with JIRA
• Expertise in Sprint Planning and execution

Benefits

• Agile work culture
• Competitive pay structure
• Performance Bonus
• Flexi work.

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About the job

We are seeking a resourceful and hands-on Senior Frontend Developer to join the rapidly growing development team. The ideal candidate should have a serious passion for user-centered design and development; believes in constantly evolving and improving through iteration, testing, user research, and experimentation; and has the agility to go from the whiteboard design of an application all the way to superior code implementation

We are looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer who will work as part of a team, and help in designing, developing, and delivering the technology and applications that totally powers every aspect of the business from driver onboarding and registration to real time maintenance and analytics, and also be a representative and ambassador for the team across the company as well as to external stakeholders.

We’re looking for folks with an interest in building products and tools, comfortable in dealing with lots of moving pieces. You’ll be building customer-facing products that will drive direct business impact and shape our long-term technical vision with a high-quality bar .Youll have the opportunity to learn and push the frontier of providing the best software experience to help companies grow. You’ll be encouraged to be metric and data-driven and to think creatively to help Autochek scale and get prepared for the new markets we are about to enter.

Requirements Minimum of 4 years relevant experience as a frontend developer

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related programming degree
• Extensive web development experience (with associated portfolio) in lieu of a degree
• Knowledge of data visualization and charting libraries (e.g. D3, Recharts, DC, C3, Plotly, etc.)
• Extensive experience in javascript programming and modern javascript frameworks like React, Vue, Backbone or Angular
• Expertise in building complex layouts with CSS and HTML
• Ability to create mockups and prototypes quickly
• Ability to interact with and integrate RESTful API platforms/endpoints
• Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure (e.g AWS)
• Propensity for proper documentation and source control

Benefits

• Agile work culture
• Competitive pay structure
• Performance Bonus
• Flexi work

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Requirements

• 4+ years of overall development experience which ideally includes working with a dynamic programming language
• Excellent Documentation skills
• A lot of experience working with RESTful APIs for data access
• Experience integrating ExpressJS (NodeJS) or Python (Django) & PostgreSQL Database
• Extensive experience in javascript programming and modern frameworks like ExpressJS or Django
• Experience integrating with AWS services and good understanding of Github Actions
• Understanding and experience of container services e.g Docker and Kubernetes
• Understanding of SQL and database technology such as Postgres / MongoDB
• Experience with agile development methodologies with Test Driven Development (TDD) and CD (Continuous delivery)
• Great Communicator : Ability to work independently on assigned tasks while keeping stakeholders informed of progress, setbacks, and updated timelines
• KPIs that will be measured after you start
• Code quality
• Availability, maintainability and scalability of applications built
• Defects / bugs found in production code
• Response time to issue resolution
• Testing quality and coverage

Benefits

• Agile work culture
• Competitive pay structure
• Performance Bonus
• Flexi work