Senior Software Engineer-Back End

Job Purpose

Provides development expertise across the various streams in the software development domain. Responsible for implementation and quality automation of the software products of ISA. Assists in the delivery of software projects and implementation of technologies. Understands industry best practices and adopts the emerging technologies agreed.

Key Result Responsibilities

1. Delivers software products and components for ISA provides technology expertise and contributes to
2. technology stack, design, development, deployment and automated testing.
3. In collaboration with product team, project managers, and IT solutions managers, assists in translating
4. business needs into technical implementations in line with the architectural principles laid down for ISA
5. products.
6. Assists in testing and implementation of technical solutions reviews technical documentation, user guides,
7. training manuals, and system specifications ensuring quality, compliance, and completeness.
8. Assists in reviewing giving feedback on specifications and information of the architectural design provided
9. by product team.
10. Co identifies the technical tools and languages needed for the design execution in line with the adopted
11. technical and quality standards.
12. Ensures the User Interfaces used for the product are in line with requirements and rightly implemented.
    

Key Result Responsibilities-Continued

1. Assists in identifying and implementing best practices, new trends, and emerging technologies that bring
2. best value to ISA clients partners with cross functional teams to explore ways and means to adopt such
3. technologies.
4. Assists in Implementing agreed remedies and preventative measures in compliance with the architecture.
5. Assists ISA teams to meet agreed service levels provides needed status reports to specialists, users, and
6. managers as requested.
7. Acts provactively to ensure continuous knowledge sharing within ISA to empower other team members.
8. Maintains effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including project managers,
9. product, operations, governance and enterprise development teams.
10. Participates and influences thinking and decision making with respect to technology to the best of ISA.
11. Performs any other additional responsibilities as directed by the line manager.

Qualifications (Academic, training, languages)

1. Bachelors degree in IT Engineering,Computer Science,Information Technology or equivalent.
2. Fluent in English Language.
   

Work Experience

• 3+ years of professional experience in an IT environment, preferably in a development department, with experience as a Backend Engineer or Software Engineer.
• Exposure to heterogeneous technology environments and experience with different types of technology stacks.
• Strong algorithm skills and experience in backend system development and testing.
• Relevant experience in cloud environments.
• Familiar with production operations and software reliability engineering principles.
• Strong object-oriented programming concepts.
• Strong development skills in one or more backend programming languages.
• Capable of analyzing data and identifying technical issues.
• Demonstrates good problem-solving skills.
• Employs skills and interpersonal relations to execute new initiatives and achieve company objectives.
• Demonstrates the ability to contribute and successfully deliver against business strategy and set KPIs.