Senior Software Engineer Ecommerce at Safaricom Kenya

Organization Name

Masoko

Department Description

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy in the E-Commerce Department within the Enterprise Business Unit Division. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below.

Brief Description

Reporting to the Technology Head Ecommerce – Enterprise Business Unit, the position holder will be responsible for architecting, designing, developing, deploying and supporting tools and solutions for E-commerce and our customers.

It will be your responsibility to help our team build scalable, highly available, reliable, secure deployments using an agile methodology.

Detailed Description

• Architect, design, develop, maintain and support cloud software tools and software platforms for cloud applications deployment, observability and integration with third party tools and services.
• Evaluate and improve existing cloud tools and solutions.
• Provide team leadership as well as mentorship to other members of the organization.
• Set direction and vision for tools and platforms.
• Evaluate and develop plans and tasks using agile approach
• Continuously improve the effectiveness of the development team through advancing the development pipeline, tools and software development practices.

Job Requirements

• Degree in Engineering or a related discipline
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience.
• Proficient in various programming languages and frameworks, such as C, C++, Java, Ruby, Python and Django, Ruby on Rails, etc.
• Android or iOS experience
• Deep understanding of API design and core software design techniques
• Technical understanding of both front-end and backend development
• Big Data platform experience (Hadoop, Spark, etc.) preferred