Full Stack Developer at First Ally Capital

First Ally is a wholly indigenous Financial Services firm. Focus is on providing top notch advisory & investment services to individuals and organizations.

First Ally Capital was incorporated on May 20, 2014 as an Issuing House, Financial Advisory and Investment Management firm, with authorized capital of N2.5 billion, and an issued and fully-paid capital of N1.65 billion. The firm was licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20, 2014 as Issuing House and Underwriters.

The Firm commenced operations at a very significant point in the evolution of the Nigerian financial services industry and will leverage it’s solid capital base, the strong financial services background of its promoters and the excellent track-record and credentials of its directors and shareholders.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Full Stack Developer

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

About the Job

• Our company is searching for motivated and experienced full-stack developers. You are going to be a key member to participate in software development throughout the whole system development life cycle. Your main duties will be working on web application development, deployment, and maintenance. You will have plenty of opportunities to learn new frameworks and technologies to support business growth. You are responsible for performing platform optimization and code refactoring to ensure security, scalability, and high performance.
• This role will be responsible for hands-on application development to support the current and target process, as well as partnering with the multiple teams to implement the target architecture and migration to underpin the integrated forecasting process.

Responsibilities

• Developing front end website architecture.
• Designing user interactions on web pages.
• Developing back end website applications.
• Creating servers and databases for functionality.
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
• Ensuring responsiveness of applications.
• Working alongside graphic designers for web design features.
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
• Designing and developing APIs.
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs.
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.

Skills and Requirements

• A B.Sc. in Computer Science or related degree field.
• At least three years’ experience with:
• Writing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Being up on latest practices is a must, e.g., HTML5, CSS3, and ECMAScript 6 (minimum)
• Back-end programming language {{ e.g., PHP, Python, Ruby or JavaScript }}
• Database design and management, including being up on the latest practices and associated versions
• Server management and deployment for the relevant environment
• Thrive pushing high-quality product in a fast-paced, ever-changing startup environment
• Solid foundation in Computer Science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, software design
• Familiarity with a relevant and globally supported framework—both front-end and back-end, {{ e.g., React, Vue, Laravel or Flask }}
• Ideally, familiarity with CSS preprocessors, bundlers, and associated languages/syntaxes/libraries {{ e.g., Sass, Less, and webpack }}
• Thorough understanding of user experience and possibly even product strategy
• Experience implementing testing platforms and unit tests
• Appreciation for clean and well-documented code
• Strong coding, debugging, and analytical skills
• Experience in large scale enterprise application implementation
• Creative individual with a track record of working on and implementing innovative tech-based solutions
• Exceptional intelligence, attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Experience working in financial services environment is a big plus
• Experience designing and building stand-alone applications from scratch is highly desirable.
• Great communication skills, and ability to work directly with business users
• Good time management and organizational skills

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.