Software Specialist (Developer)- M-pesa

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
• nafasi za kaziConduct 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