Web/Software Developer at Sharks Web Services Limited

Number of Positions

One (1).

Responsibilities

Since we provide all our writing services online, our business relies on intuitive, appealing, and user-friendly web interfaces and software systems. These systems help us manage almost all of our operations. They allow our customers, writers, and customer care agents to interact with each other effectively.

We are looking for one additional member to our web/software development team. The successful candidate will develop and maintain new systems that the company plans to build and deploy and/or components of existing software whose functionality the company plans to modify and/or extend.

Education and Skills

• A diploma or degree in any field. A Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in computer science or a related field is an added advantage.
• Excellent web development skills. Proven experience developing good-looking and user-friendly web interfaces is crucial. Excellent knowledge and experience working with front-end software technologies such as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and JavaScript is critical. Experience working with back-end scripting languages such as Python and PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) is vital. Knowledge of server-side frameworks (e.g., PHP frameworks such as CodeIgniter, Laravel, and the deprecated Kohana, as well as Python frameworks such as Django), client-side frameworks (e.g., Bootstrap, Angular, and Vue.js), and JavaScript libraries (e.g., JQuery and React.js) is an added advantage.
• Excellent software development skills. Proven experience working with general-purpose programming languages such as C and C++ is necessary.
• Excellent knowledge and experience working with the Structured Query Language (SQL) and any relational database management system (RDBMS; e.g., MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle Database) is essential.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems is a necessary skill for this vacancy. The successful candidate must be able to develop and deploy systems on either of the two platforms. Experience developing and deploying applications in CentOS and/or Debian Linux servers is an added advantage.
• Excellent knowledge of software development principles and paradigms is a key requirement for this position. It is not enough for your code to run; the ability to write neat, readable, easy-to-understand, maintainable, and extensible code that is also efficient is an important requirement.
• Good knowledge of formal software development concepts, techniques, and terms is required. The successful candidate must have the ability to develop a system based on a software requirements specification and architectural document. As such, they must understand algorithms, flowcharts, use cases, models, et cetera, that may be contained in such a document.
• Great in mathematics.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• The successful candidate should possess a highly logical, investigative, and analytical mind.
• Proactive and self-motivated. We are not seeking to recruit someone we will supervise as they work; instead, we are interested in an individual who will work under minimal supervision, with little or no follow up; an individual with a passion for web and software development; an individual who will do what needs to be done within a reasonable timeframe.
• A fast learner. Willingness and ability to research, learn, and apply new ideas quickly is extremely vital.
• The successful candidate must be able to work in small and large teams.

Availability of Position

December 2020.