Analyze your CV for Software Specialist (Developer)- M-pesa at Vodacom Tanzania

Role purpose: 


The Developer is responsible for creating prototypes, designing and building modules and solutions in an iterative agile cycles, develop, maintain, and optimize the business outcome. This role is responsible for 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.  




Key accountabilities and decision ownership 



Estimate user and technical stories to help inform and prioritize backlog
Design modules according to user stories, UX designs, and technical stories
Develop solutions according to module designs and deploy using delivery pipeline
Develop and execute unit and integration tests; support testing against user and technical story acceptance tests
Suggest improvements to user stories and UX
Manage technical debt as part of daily activities
Conduct peer reviews and maintain coding standards
Manage incidents as level two and level three support
Manage problems as level two and level three support     
Estimate user and technical stories to help inform and prioritize backlog
Design modules according to user stories, UX designs, and technical stories
Develop solutions according to module designs and deploy using delivery pipeline
Develop and execute unit and integration tests; support testing against user and technical story acceptance tests
Suggest improvements to user stories and UX
Manage technical debt as part of daily activities
Conduct peer reviews and maintain coding standards
Manage incidents as level two and level three support
Manage problems as level two and level three support     





Core competencies, knowledge and experience 



Agile software development skills 
Mobile app developer skills 
Unit, integration, smoke and static code analysis testing
Architectural element testing e.g. APIs
Expertise in multiple programming and markup languages, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Ruby, SQL, XML, JSON, YAML, C, Golan and Python.
Databases skills i.e.  MariaDB, MySQL, MongoDB.
Knowledge of Operating systems such as LINUX etc.
Cloud-native architectures, including public cloud PaaS / IaaS, micro-services architectures, API
Cross functional & Flexibility in projects
Strong problem solving skills 
Strong communications skills
Business acumen

Must have technical / professional qualifications: 

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field
2 -3 years’ Agile software development experience and telecommunication industry
Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) preferred
Competency in UX principles and practices preferred





Skills


MicroServices and APIs
Dev Ops
Security
Architecture and Design
Software Engineering
Business Partnering
Cloud
Critical Thinking