Overview

University of Dar es Salaam Computing Centre (UCC) is an information and communications technology (ICT) Services Company wholly owned by the University of Dar es Salaam

(UDSM). UCC provides ICT services and products to the University of Dar es Salaam as well as the general public. Its portfolio of products and services include Software development; ICT Training and consultancy; Internet; Hardware Maintenance and Repair; Networks (i.e. Local Area Network and Wide Area Network) Design, Installation and Maintenance; and Web design and Hosting.

UCC is hereby inviting applications from suitable qualified candidates to immediately fill in the following vacant positions currently existing in the company.

POSITION: SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER – (4) POST

Work Station: Dar es Salaam

Report to: Manager, Software Engineering

Duties and responsibilities

• Software Design. Work with team members to design innovative software programs that improve and simplify the customer experience, design fault-tolerant, redundant systems that are highly available and resolve complex technical design issues.
• Programming/software development. Designs, codes, corrects and documents complex programs and scripts from agreed specifications, and subsequent iterations, using agreed standards and tools to achieve a well-engineered result. Take part in reviews of own work and leads reviews of colleagues’ work.
• Software Testing and Debugging. Leverage modern best practices such as Test Driven Development and Continuous Integration to deliver system earlier, unit testing, and integration testing, debug complex issues found in production between multiple systems or services in a controlled environment and in real life system usage.
• Participate in Software Development Process. In the full development process, provide software documentation, Participate in software product definition including the business case or gap analysis. Participate in, and help lead various agile ceremony meetings (Sprint Planning, Stand-up, Pair-Programming, Code Reviews, Retrospective, etc.)
• Coach other members of the team on technology and best practices

Minimum Qualifications  

• BSc or MSc in Computer Science or computer related field
• Expertise in multiple modern programming languages across multiple platforms and systems (Java, Python, PHP, C#, Ruby, etc.)
• Comfortable with full development stack (e.g. UX, Web, API, Business Logic, database).
• Expert knowledge in Scrum and/or other agile development methodologies
• Experience in a mixed operating system environment (Windows, Linux)
• Five or more years of industry experience

Remuneration: Attractive.

GENERAL CONDITIONS

• Testimonials and all Partial transcripts will not be accepted;
• Applicants should indicate three reputable referees with their reliable contacts;
• Certificates from foreign examination bodies for Ordinary or Advanced level education should be certified by The National Examination Council of Tanzania (NECTA) and National Council for Technical Education (NACTE);
• Certificates from foreign Universities should be verified by The Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU);
• Applicants must attach their certified copies of relevant certificates.

Mode of Application.

Eligible Candidates should send Application letter and Curriculum Vitae to:

The Managing Director,

University of Dar es Salaam Computing Centre, P.O. Box 35062,

DAR ES SALAAM.

or emailed to mducc@udsm.ac.tz

Closing date for receiving application is two weeks from the date of the first appearance of the advertisement. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview. 23/10/2018.