Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Regional Lead Developer

Main tasks and result areas:
• Lead the implementation, management, and expansion of the digital strategy in the region.
• Deliver strategic and tactical planning, development, evaluation, and coordination of information and technology systems in East and Central Africa.
• Establish guidelines and programs for effective information technology management.
• Lead and coordinate technical decisions on projects and organizational tools.
• Evaluate technical design for custom solutions - act as a sounding board for management and programmatic team members.
• Lead, develop, maintain and scale all the shared (internal and external) services.
• Together with the project teams, develop appropriate digital architecture to meet the needs of the project while consolidating the tools and data across ECA projects..
• Identify cross-cutting ]data and application needs that can be moved onto internal data platforms and project agnostic applications including ODK, Jifunze and others.
• Provide technical and strategic direction to the region’s executive management and programmatic teams.
• Research and assess the trade-offs (build vs buy) of all technology choices (e.g. closed systems, open source etc).
• Collaborate with the region’s quality and operations teams to develop better projects and products that are more reliable and maintainable.

Knowledge and experience:
• Relevant academic level education, Master's or higher – in relevant fields (e.g. Computer Science or any equivalent combination of training and experience, Project Management).
• At least six (6) years of experience as a software developer and a good understanding of relational databases management systems (RDBMS - preferably Postgres) as well as one or more Operating Systems (e.g Linux, Windows, etc)
• Familiar with common IT methodologies (SDLC, ITIL, ITSM).
• Mentoring junior- and mid-level developers on good software development practices.
• You have experience in designing or developing complex systems in combination with debugging / troubleshooting capabilities.
• Ability to write programs of scripts in the current software development languages for both web and mobile (a bonus).

Specific job requirements:
• Strong organizational skills with a problem-solving attitude.
• Strong ability to deliver a working product and meet a deadline.
• You have programming knowledge as well as other skill-sets (e.g. agile teams/ organizations, project management, budgeting).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Attention to detail
You have a high proficiency with one or more of the following technologies: such as Java, JavaScript (Node.js), Python, Relational Database Management Systems such as SQL Server or Oracle, Entity Framework, and Object Oriented Programming, Dependency Injection/Inversion of Control.
You have experience in fast-growing organizations and/or the lean start-up methodology.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 72

Level of Education: Associate Degree

Job application procedure

Interested candidates that meet the above qualifications should send their cover letter, CVs, and salary expectation to:
Emails: hr.eca@solidaridadnetwork.org 
Subject: “Regional Lead Developer”
The CVs will be evaluated as they are received only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.


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