Jobs at Farsight Africa Group

ICT, Computer, Software Engineering,

API Software Engineer

WHAT YOU’LL DO AS A API SOFTWARE ENGINEER:

• Development of API’s consumed by various channels.
• Development of micro services 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.
• 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.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• 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 Oauth, 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 micro services architecture
• Experience in automation tools e.g., rundeck, ansible etc.
• Good presentation skills

UI/UX Engineer

WHAT YOU’LL DO AS A UI/UX ENGINEER:

• Hands-on design and supervision of UI/UX application design work
• Organizes interactions between the members of the UI/UX team to nurture best practice and encourage knowledge-& tool-sharing
• Provides guidance and harmonization of best practices on agile methodologies and practices to ensure smooth communication and collaboration. Ensure adoption of Design System and UX/UI patterns
• Acts as a mentor for the Specialist resources in their Practice, helping them grow in expertise and experience new areas
• Designing graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs and widgets.
• Optimize existing user interface designs
• Develop the information architecture of digital products
• Develops new systems to automate business processes in conformity with design artefacts contained in System Change Requests (SCRs)
• Conducts peer reviews and unit tests of developed solutions to guarantee quality before final submission to Quality Management
• Prepares documentation (User manuals, Technical manuals, deployment instructions, roll back instructions, etc) to ensure that they meet set quality standards
• Ensures that solutions that have been developed are properly packaged and that all the components and requisite documentation are included in the package, for submission to Quality Management.
• Ensures that the approved coding standards are consistently applied in every solution developed.
• Participates in system demonstration, and ensures issues arising in demos are addressed.
• Addresses issues that arise during deployment of the newly developed solutions in the QA test environment.
• Resolves issues arising from QA tests, for solutions that do not pass QA standards and Information System Security policies.
• Ensure conformity to ISO (9001:2015 and 27001:2013) and data security requirements.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications design, human-computer interaction (HCI), cognitive science or any other IT related field.
• UI/UX training/Certification
• Systems Development i.e. Java Programming, Web Design and Development, Oracle Developer etc.
• Business Systems Analysis i.e. CBAP Certification / Training
• Systems Modelling and Design Techniques
• Process Modelling and Design Techniques
• Training in middle level management / Supervisory Skills courses will be an added advantage
• Training or Certification in Database Administration i.e. Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server will be an added advantage

Software Engineer/ Full Stack Developer

WHAT YOU’LL DO AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER/ FULL STACK DEVELOPER:

• Creating prototypes, designing and building modules and solutions in an iterative agile cycle, developing, maintaining, and optimising the business outcome
• Estimating user and technical stories, designing and developing code, writing and executing unit and integration tests, and supporting testing of deliverables against user and technical story acceptance tests
• Performing peer reviews, collaborating with architects and other developers to produce “just enough” design, and ensuring that enough technical documentation and training is provided for reference and operational support
• Developing and executing automation scripts and maintenance jobs
• Conducting peer reviews and maintaining coding standards
• Resolving incidents as level two and level three support
• Resolving problems as level two and level three support
• Estimating user and technical stories to help inform and prioritize the backlog
• Designing modules according to user stories, UX/UI designs, and technical stories
• Developing solutions according to module designs and deploying using a delivery pipeline
• Developing and executing unit and integration tests; supporting testing against user and technical story acceptance tests.
• Reviewing design and architecture to guarantee service availability, performance and resilience.
• Prepares documentation (User manuals, Technical manuals, deployment instructions, rollback instructions, etc.) to ensure that they meet set quality standards
• Ensures that the approved coding standards are consistently applied in every solution developed.
• Participates in system demonstration, and ensures issues arising in demos are addressed.
• Diagnoses complex application issues and provides guidance and support to subordinates.
• Addresses issues that arise during deployment of the newly developed solutions in the QA test environment.
• Resolves issues arising from QA tests, for solutions that do not pass QA standards and Information System Security policies.
• Ensure conformity to ISO (9001:2015 and 27001:2013) and data security requirements.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications or any other IT related field.
• At least three (3) years’ experience as a software developer in a busy organization.
• Systems Development i.e. Java Programming, Python, Web Design and Development, Oracle Developer etc.
• Business Systems Analysis i.e. CBAP Certification / Training
• Systems Modelling and Design Techniques
• Process Modelling and Design Techniques
• Training in middle level management / Supervisory Skills courses.
• IT Governance i.e. ITIL or COBIT 4/5
• Project Management i.e. PMP or Prince 2
• Training or Certification in Database Administration i.e. Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server.

Method of Application

READY TO JOIN AN EXCITING TEAM AND MAKE A CHANGE? APPLY NOW.

Kindly send your application letter and CV to jobs@farsightafrica.com before 14th June 2023. Applications shall be reviewed on a rolling basis until the right candidate has been selected.