Job Title: Backend Developer
Organization: Awamo
Uganda Ltd
Uganda Ltd
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
About US:
Awamo Uganda
provides the long awaited solution to the problems of MFIs and their clients.
Awamo is the digital, mobile banking platform and credit bureau especially
designed for MFIs. The biometric technology involved solves the problem of
having too little security by protecting clients data and reducing fraud.
provides the long awaited solution to the problems of MFIs and their clients.
Awamo is the digital, mobile banking platform and credit bureau especially
designed for MFIs. The biometric technology involved solves the problem of
having too little security by protecting clients data and reducing fraud.
Job Summary: The Backend Developer entails developing and
maintaining awamo application’s backend architecture; ensuring that it meets
globally accepted standards and provides for different integrations with other
solutions.
maintaining awamo application’s backend architecture; ensuring that it meets
globally accepted standards and provides for different integrations with other
solutions.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop awamo’s platform (java based) in accordance with business
requirements - Align with the product management team about features and priorities
- Take ownership of one or more modules in awamo’s architecture;
biometric authentication server, customize transactional backend (open
source, java), development and implementation of an ETL tool and analytics
framework (with some R/python) - Participate in the full project life cycle from design to go-live
and support - Improve automated testing procedures
- Optimize code after deployment
- Write documentation for the platform and API
- Work with outside data sources and APIs
- Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and
general reliability - Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
- Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to
maximize development efficiency
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The Backend Developer must hold a Bachelor’s degree in computer
science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or any other related
field – equivalent work experience will be considered as well - Three to five years working experience in developing software and
coding - Experience in developing financial software solutions
- Experience with several of the following tools/technologies; JEE and
Core Java, REST services and APIs, both relational and non-relational
database technologies, AWS (Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, S3, RDS),
Netbeans/Postman, GitHub/BitBucket/Jira - Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures,
trends, and emerging technologies - Solid understanding of the full software development life cycle
- Experience in an agile work environment, i.e. source code and build
management, testing, continuous integration - System Performance Optimization
- Application security, i.e. storage and transport layer encryption,
SSL - Fluency in English
- Fast thinker/solution oriented
- Ability to work with remote teams
- Self-motivated
- Strong analytical skills & structured approach to work
- Willingness to work long or irregular hours
How to Apply:
All suitably
qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send their applications,
academic documents and resumes online at the link below.
qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send their applications,
academic documents and resumes online at the link below.
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