Software Engineer (BackEnd Dev)

Interswitch is an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company that facilitates the electronic circulation of money as well as the exchange of value between individuals and organisations on a timely and consistent basis. Their vision is to build an Africa where payment is a seamless part of everyday life.

Relevant Experience: 1 – 4 years (Officer) and 5 – 8 years (Frontline Management)

Positions: Officers (19) and Frontline Management (24)

Job Purpose: To design, code, test, analyse and manage software programs and applications that drive the Interswitch’s strategy, products and third-party business.

Key Responsibilities

• Assists other software engineers, analysts, and designers in conceptualizing and developing new software programs and applications
• Develop, maintain, troubleshoot, enhance and document software products and components develop by self and others as per the requirements and detailed design.
• Design and implement automated unit testing as required on a project.
• Works closely with the Team Leader, Business Analyst and Product Owner for understanding the functional and system requirements.
• Involves in task breakdown, provides reasonable work estimates and communicates deviations from estimates or work product in advance of deadline.
• Creates thorough, professional quality technical specifications and design documentation.
• Contributes to company knowledge base and process improvements
• Current on emerging software technologies and make recommendations
• Proactively recommends, schedules, and provide software and development framework and tools improvements and upgrades.

Academic Qualifications: Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree / HND in Computer/System/ Electrical/ Electronic Engineering/ Applied physics/ Computer Science or a related discipline.

Professional Qualifications: Added advantage

Key Skills and Competences

1. Technical skills
2. Analytical skills
3. Organizational skills
4. Customer service skills
5. Communication Skills
6. Java
7. SQL Server
8. Redis
9. MongoDB
10. NUnit
11. Micro-service development
12. Docker
13. SonaCube
14. Kubernetes

Work hours: Normal Working Hours (8am – 5pm)

Application: Selection process begins immediately. Please include a cover letter highlighting you experience in some of the relevant skills listed above.