Senior Python/Django Engineer at Venture Garden Nigeria (VGN)

Venture Garden Nigeria (VGN) is a fast-growing B2B/B2G Fintech Platform Holdco Company with six subsidiaries, two platform entities and a suite of shared services offered to all subsidiaries. At VGN we wage war against the average, go beyond the ordinary to explore limitless opportunities; breaking the norms and aggressively pursuing success through- Relentless Hard-work, Pursuit of excellence, calculated risk-taking and a hunger for knowledge and we have a lot of fun at it!

We are recruiitng to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Python/Django Engineer

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Job type: Full-time

Job Descriptions

• We are sourcing for a Senior Python/Django Engineer who has experience building enterprise-level applications and can contribute to the strategic business needs by translating business requirements into a technology solution. In this role, you will be tasked with the design, code, and test applications using Object-Oriented Design.
• This role requires an engineer who is self-driven, ready to take on a new challenge, and able to deliver solutions from start to finish.
• This is a senior-level software engineering position and ideal for someone willing to lead and mentor a relatively young team of developers, testers and DevOps engineers.

Principal Responsibilities

• Develop well-designed and performing Python applications and services using scalable techniques.
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code.
• Design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Integration of data storage solutions including databases, key-value stores, blob stores, etc
• Develop state-of-the-art analytics tools to support diverse tasks ranging from ad hoc analysis to production-grade pipelines and workflows for customer applications
• Partner with Data Scientists and Analytics Engineers to improve the performance and reliability of advanced algorithms
• Ensure high performance and availability of distributed systems and applications
• Interact directly with client project team members and operational staff to support live customer deployments

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years’ experience building web-based applications using Python/Django.
• Should have experience in architecting applications in Django framework.
• Familiarity with React and modern JavaScript with the ability to collaborate with front-end developers.
• Excellent skills in REST-based web service APIs & SQL queries.
• Experience working with DBs such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB or equivalent data stores.
• Passion for technical and team leadership and a willingness to mentor and work with developers at all levels of experience.
• Experience with RabbitMQ and Celery
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs, Docker containers, Fabric.
• Understanding of CI/CD.
• Demonstrable track record dealing well with ambiguity, prioritizing
• Needs and delivering results in an agile, dynamic environment.
• Experience with AWS / Cloud Hosting is a big plus
• Comfortable using team collaboration tools such as Jira, Bitbucket, and Microsoft Teams.
• Be mindful of adding code into a large codebase and embrace writing unit tests.
• Excel within an agile software development environment that allows for precise delivery timetables with weekly scrum sprints.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal.

Additional Information

• Working conditions
• Flexibility is important.
• Equal opportunity
• The role is open to anyone who meets the above criteria regardless of race or nationality
• Remuneration:
• Competitive based on experience

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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