Senior Software Engineer in a Top Tier (1) Commercial Bank

Growth in Value Alliance (GVA) Partners Limited – Our client, a top tier (1) Commercial Bank is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Location: Lagos

Job Description

  • We requires the service of a highly skilled senior software engineer with Fin-Tech experience to oversee the development and implementation of new software systems, update existing software and conduct feasibility studies on new software systems.
  • The successful candidate will function as lead developer, guide application coding, create reports, and mentor the junior developers. This individual must have in-depth knowledge of programming languages and working knowledge of project management and must ensure timely delivery of projects and tasks.

Key Responsibilities

  • Meeting with project delivery managers to discuss software projects.
  • Conducting feasibility studies for software systems.
  • Designing new software programs, websites, and applications.
  • Assigning tasks to junior developers such as coding, testing, debugging, and analytics.
  • Writing advanced programming code.
  • Reviewing updated software codes.
  • Managing project timelines and tasks.
  • Writing development reports.
  • Creating technical documents for new software programs.
  • Training staff on software use.
  • Working on complex bug fixes

Qualifications & Experience
Mandatory Desirable:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related quantitative discipline
  • 5-8 years of relevant software design and development experience
  • Prior product development experience
  • Experience with software architecture principles, requirements and interfaces, and software systems engineering experience
  • Has executed several software projects
  • Up to 8 years of professional programming experience using Microsoft stack
  • Relevant professional certifications
  • Managerial experience preferred.

Skills / Competencies

  • Proficient in back-end and front-end development
  • Knowledge of automated testing
  • Advanced knowledge of software development tools, such as Visual Studio, Microsoft SQL server management studio e.t.c.
  • Knowledge of source code control tools
  • Experience creating and maintaining databases.
  • Experience working with Agile development technologies. Experience with systems deployed on Unix/Linux/Solaris environments.
  • Provide overall team guidance and fix all escalations.
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, collaborative environment
  • Experience with software architecture principles, requirements and interfaces, and software systems engineering experience
  • Project management skills.
  • Knowledge of code review using PR (Pull Request)
  • Experience with cloud technologies, such as Azure and AWS
  • Knowledge in building cloud-native applications using Docker and/or Kubernetes
  • Advanced knowledge of programming languages including JavaScript, HTML5, C#, Java, SQL, and PHP.
  • Knowledge of system frameworks including .NET, Git, AngluarJS, and GitHub.
  • Good interpersonal skills.

Deadline: 20th August, 2021.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV in PDFor MS Word format to: contact@gvapartners.com busayoo@gvapartners.com and titilayoe@gvapartners.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.