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#IkoKaziKE // Senior Full Stack Engineer with Elewa
Our member Elewa is looking for a Senior Full-Stack Engineer who shall develop and maintain innovative & sustainable software solutions that contribute to solving key challenges of our current and potential clients.
You will spend 70% of your time working on live assignments and 30% coaching junior engineers to deliver on their projects. This is not a remote role, however, there will be options for a hybrid model of working in the office and remotely.
About Elewa
Elewa is a leading education innovation company with activities in Sub Saharan-Africa, Western Europe, and beyond. Elewa develops innovative technologies, products, and content that are transforming education and other like-minded industries at both basic and professional levels.
About the iTalanta Program
Elewa’s iTalanta Program matches software development talent in East Africa with cutting-edge local, EU, and US industries through a leading apprenticeship and on-the-job training program.
iTalanta engineers work on innovative projects in the newest technologies, internally at Elewa, as well as externally for global start-ups and corporates.
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities
Product & Software Development
- Full-Stack software development on different stacks. Experience with Angular, Firebase & Apollo GraphQL is a plus
- Work on new components and proper integration of new pages and components into the existing component set.
- Implement new functionalities for both internal and external clients.
- Develop tests for key functionalities of the application to avoid regressions and to ensure sustainability and compounding of technical debt.
- Contribute to Open-Source Projects, Frameworks and Components managed by the organization or of interest to the larger product roadmap.
- Kubernetes Deployment Configuration & Orchestration.
- Consciously manage the balance between technical debt and client timelines in all technical decision making.
Design & Communication
- Collaborate with internal and external clients to design, implement, and produce working solutions.
- Run design sprints with clients to design new features at the start of a sprint.
- Orchestrate introspection events with both internal and external clients.
- Present progress to clients
Technical Leadership (Mentorship) and Client Support
- Present advanced technical concepts in manners that clients and management can understand.
- Manage timelines as well as client and project budgets.
- Technical Leadership of projects and junior developers.
Technical Qualifications
- Relevant University Degree with a strong emphasis on Mathematics.
- Demonstrable, over 5 years of experience with the following techniques and technologies:
- Functional Programming / Reactive Programming
- Redux or similar data management approach (GraphQL / NgRx / …)
- Deep understanding of core computer science fundamentals i.e., SOLID Software Patterns, Base Algorithms & Data Structure and Application Architecture
- Component-Based Frontend Design (Angular, React, Vue, …)
- Data Normalization & SQL Queries
- Cloud & Kubernetes
- Python, C#, and any functional languages are considered a strong plus.
- Proficient in at least one modern design spec such as Material Design, Semantic UI, etc.
- Ability to implement UI frameworks such as Angular Material, Bootstrap, etc.
- Language-Agnostic Software Developer with a heavy bias towards profiles and experience with Full Stack Typescript Software Development.
- The following experience is also considered a plus:
- Serverless Frameworks such as Firebase
- NoSQL databases
- Machine Learning & Computer Vision
- Multi-Cloud Setups & Offline Storage
- Design (Illustration & Photoshop experience is a plus)
Competencies
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to communicate clearly both with internal and external clients.
- Ability to perform user tests and the empathy to move oneself into the shoes of the user.
- Ability to liaise and collaborate with a team.
- Training & Coaching skills especially on Technical aspects
- Ability to coach and train young professionals and to help plan and follow up on their work.
- Ability to lead by example when it comes to technical leadership and product design.
- Professionalism & Cultural fit
- Ability to work in an agile organization
- Proven experience with Design Thinking and Product Design
- Responsive to both internal and external clients.
- Experience within a start-up environment and culture is a plus
- Open to receiving & giving constructive feedback in the course of working with both internal and external clients.
Elewa’s Culture
If you can find yourself in the following traits, you will fit perfectly with our culture:
- You always aim to maximize people’s potential.
- You act with empathy.
- You strive to see the full picture.
- You are creative & resourceful.
- You think globally yet learn and apply locally.
- You share and collaborate.
- You value honesty and integrity.
- You are not afraid to take ownership.
What Elewa can offer
Elewa will offer you a flexible and friendly work environment in which you have the opportunity to gain experience as you grow others through on-the-job experiential learning.
Elewa will pay in line with the industry and your experience to enable you to fully focus on your work.
They will also provide you with on-the-job knowledge and skills that are highly advanced and a personal ambitious training plan to enable you to grow further in your career as you grow others.
Finally, they will offer you a unique opportunity to become part of a highly skilled network of software developers, designers, architects, and technical consultants.
How to apply
Does this sound like a fantastic opportunity, please fill in a few questions on this application link to help them get to know you https://bit.ly/FullStackDevApplication.
If you have any questions, please send them to dan.ndolo@kayatalent.com before filling in the application
