Senior Software Engineer

4 weeks ago


Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Kyosk Digital Services Full time
A kiosk is an informal convenience store selling everyday household items. Known locally by their vernacular names e.g. Duka in Kenya, Spaza in South Africa, Kantemba in Zambia. kiosk-type retail outlets are the cornerstone of African retail, accounting for over 60% of all retail trade flows. Despite their importance, kiosk-type retail outlets face significant challenges, including high cost of stock and unreliable delivery

Role Profile:

Kyosk is looking for a passionate Senior Software Engineer to help strengthen the development competency of a team of software engineers who are developing solutions on the leading edge of innovation in Africa.

The successful candidate will play a leading role in the full SDLC of the team's output.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll join our growing team of Product and Technology professionals who share a passion for leveraging technology to empower informal retailers across the African continent.

You'll work with teams from multiple countries across the organization to imagine and build innovative solutions for Kyosk's customers and internal teams.

To be successful in this role you will need to be a strong technologist, innovator and an analytical problem solver.

You will need to develop high quality, resilient, scalable software.

Key Responsibilities

Play a leading role in the design and development of software solutions
Triage, investigate and resolve errors
Adhere to, promote and help to improve Kyosk's development processes
Code reviews
Mentor less experienced software engineers
Experiment with new technologies/solutions and develop a PoC

Minimum Technical Requirements:
6 years of software development experience
2 years experience of the full SDLC (analysis, design, development, testing, integration, deployment, documentation, triage)
Experience working with Agile methodologies
Proficiency with administrative tools, e.g. Issue Tracking, Wikis, etc
Advanced level user of dev tool chain (e.g. IDE, CI/CD, version control)

Backend dev:
Advanced knowledge of Java, SpringBoot, Hibernate.
Working knowledge of containerization and orchestration
Experience implementing the microservices design pattern
Working knowledge of any cloud platform
Experience designing and implementing a system from scratch
Experience implementing complex automated tests (unit, integration, performance, etc)
Demonstrates a clear understanding of system non-functional requirements (e.g. code readability, maintainability, scalability, extensibility, testability, etc), and can weigh the pros and cons of a solution w.r.t. non-functional requirements.

Minimum Behavioural and Soft Skills Requirements:
Strong work ethic
Focus on delivery
Punctual
Works independently
Expectation management
Passion for learning
Ability to lead a discussion with clients in a professional manner
Ability to give reasonably accurate time estimates
Proactively accommodates value chain outside of sphere of responsibility
Ability to communicate technical information clearly and concisely
Can take the lead on small projects

Desired Technical Competencies

8+ years of software development experience
3+ year of experience of the full SDLC
Working knowledge of Kafka
Experience in e-commerce, payments, and/or distribution of FMCG products
Experience using GCP
Working knowledge of Docker containers and Kubernetes for orchestration
Practitioner of the shift-left approach
Experience introducing automated tests into a code base
Experience architecting, designing and implementing a software system

Desired Behavioral Competencies

Constantly seeks to improve tech and processes to streamline development
Ability to work under pressure, with tight timelines and ambitious deadlines

You have integrity:
You do what you say you will do and make no excuses.
Promote psychological safety in the team, as well as across the entire organisation.

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