Squad: Software Specialist - Front End Vodacom Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Job Type: Full-Time
Closing Date: 30th October 2023
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Role purpose: 

Developer is responsible for creating prototypes, designing and building modules and solutions in an iterative agile cycle, develop, maintain, and optimize the business outcome. This role is responsible for estimating user and technical stories, designing, and developing code, writing and executing unit and integration tests, and supporting testing of deliverables against user and technical story acceptance tests.

Key Accountabilities:

  • Estimate user and technical stories to help and prioritize backlog
  • Design modules according to user stories, UX designs, and technical stories
  • Develop solutions according to module designs and deploy using delivery pipeline
  • Develop and execute unit and integration tests; support testing against user and technical story acceptance tests
  • Suggest improvements to user stories and UX
  • Manage technical debt as part of daily activities
  • Conduct peer reviews and maintain coding standards
  • Manage incidents as level two and level three support
  • Manage problems as level two and level three support

Core competencies, knowledge and experience

  • Agile and lean programming and development of software systems in Web scale environments
  • Mobile app developer skills with ability to create, maintain and implement the source code to develop mobile apps and programs that meet the needs and requirements of the clients using the computer programming languages.
  • Backlog item estimation
  • Unit, integration, smoke and static code 
  • Analysis testing Architectural element testing e.g. APIs
  • Automated testing and tools e.g. Selenium
  • Software incident and problem management
  • Expertise in multiple programming and markup languages, such as HTML, CSS, 
  • JavaScript/Native script, Android, Java,PhP,
  • Ruby, SQL, XML, JSON, C and Python, and paradigms such as object-oriented-, even driven.
  • Databases i.e. MariaDB, MySQL, MongoDB.
  • Vast knowledge of Operating systems such as LINUX etc.
  • DocuSign Envelope ID: 52EBC4A8-528F-46FB-B764-F9F3EDC001B0
  • Cloud-native architectures, including public cloud PaaS / IaaS, micro-services architectures, API
  • Flexibility to deal with changing projects and priorities in a short space of time
  • Strong problem solving skills and ability tolearn new methods and processes
  • Good understanding of the business capability / user journey, wider organizational goals, and desired product business outcomes
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field
  • 2 -3 years relevant experience of which a minimum of one year is in programming and/or systems analysis applying agile frameworks
  • Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, LSD, and FDD
  • Experience working with multiple programming and markup languages, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Ruby, SQL, XML, JSON, and Python, and paradigms such as object-oriented-, even-driven-, procedural-, functional-, and declarative programming

Skills

  • MicroServices and APIs_FRHR
  • Data Analytics and Insights
  • Agile
  • Coding
  • Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD)
  • Security
  • Architecture and Design
  • Software Engineering
  • System, Service and Solution Design and Development
  • DevOps
  • Cloud_FRHR
  • Testing and Evaluation