Software Engineer (Backend) at Carrot Technologies Limited

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We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Software Engineer (Backend)

Location: Lagos

Details

• In this role, you will primarily work as a Backend Engineer to constantly deploy innovative ways to build our platform Carrot.
• As the Senior Backend Engineer, you will take on complex tasks and complete them despite roadblocks, grabbing others for help or insight as necessary
• You will require very little oversight beyond high-level direction; you can take a complex user story, break it down into sub-tasks, and complete their sub-tasks with relative ease
• You will show initiative beyond knocking tasks off a list you are able to identify and suggest areas of future work for yourself or your team
• You will take pride in owning an award-winning product and enabling Carrot Technologies to grow and scale as an organization.

You’re the kind of person who:

• Believes that building great software is more than just delivering working code, that other aspects such as reusability, testability, maintainability, security, and performance are just as important.
• Is constantly learning and expanding your skillsets on and off the job.

Key Responsibilities of the Role

• Work closely with the team members and other stakeholders to understand the business needs.
• Deliver complex software solutions that meet those needs.
• Promote and nurture a good team of young and enterprising software engineers.
• Bring vision to the team in the form of new technology recommendations, ideas and approaches.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of software development experience
• Strong understanding of computer science principles
• Experience working in an agile environment (standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, etc)
• Experience or strong interest in microservices architectures and distributed systems
• Solid written and verbal communication
• Solid foundation in Linux administration and troubleshooting..
• Experience with system automation
• Deeply familiar with concepts like DevOps, Continuous Delivery and TDD
• Having a good knowledge of Frontend and Designs is a plus.

Requirements:
We are interested in a candidate with experience in the following technologies that we currently use:

• Javascript / Node.js.
• Python
• Typescript.
• SQL/No SQL
• AWS.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send thier CV to: contactus@carrot.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.