Senior Engineer, Backend Developer job at Wasoko
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Vacancy title:
Senior Engineer, Backend Developer

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Business Management and Administration , Category: Computer & IT ]

Jobs at:

Wasoko

Deadline of this Job:
24 September 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, September 10, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Duties & Responsibilities
• Build stable, documented and encapsulated API clients for the Wasoko API
• Work with internal innovation clients and our Wasoko API to explore new innovative business models and user experiences that build on top of our data and our physical sensors, agent and vehicle infrastructure.
• Choose the right automation tool for the lifecycle of the project, whether experimentation tools, data scripting, open-source prototypes & more, where maintenance is minimal and building is D.R.Y
• Inspire teams to think more ambitiously through demo-first experiences leveraging your experience i.e.. incorporating assumptions you expect to be challenged after the demo towards the final product
• Incubate and hand over low-maintenance technology to the core product development team once product-market fit is established or on-track

Qualifications
• 6+ years of experience in the software development cycle
• Strong knowledge of cloud technologies like AWS/Google Cloud/Azure
• Naturally curious and constantly improving, has a make-myself-obsolete mentality
• Demonstrable portfolio & heavy involvement in end-to-end platforms
• Experience going from zero to very usable technology prototypes (including data mining) to settle debates while there is attention and momentum is still there
• Comfortable working with front-end, back-end & DevOps with good enough functionality, but where one area stands out from the market average.
• Comfortable reusing, improving and troubleshooting someone else’s code, including open-source platforms and frameworks in newer/older languages
• Established a set of tools to allow you to work quickly with new technology & user personas e.g. Docker for deployment, VWO for browsing playback
• Epic communication skills and empathy for users, junior engineers and product teams, including not taking yourself and your suggestions too seriously
• Passion and drive for solving problems, hacking processes and sharing your successes to inspire a hacking culture that seeks & celebrates automation
• Demonstrable creativity with an emphasis on developing innovative solutions that leapfrog complex root problems with multiple symptoms and no clear answer.

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 72

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Job Info
Job Category: Computer/ IT jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 24 September 2022
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 10-09-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 10-09-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-09-2065
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