Senior Backend Engineer at Propel

Propel - We build an ecosystem for the future of work. With this mission, we are building novel products, new channels and extensive partnerships to harness the abundance and growth potential of African tech talent.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer

Location: Lagos (Remote)
Employment Type: Full-time

Description

• We are looking for an experienced Back-end developer to join our IT team. You will be responsible for the server side of our web applications.
• If you have excellent programming skills and a passion for developing applications or improving existing ones, we would like to meet you.
• As a Back-end developer, you’ll work closely with our engineers to ensure system consistency and improve user experience.
• Ultimately, you should be able to develop and maintain functional and stable web applications to meet our company’s needs.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging
• Write clean code to develop functional web applications
• Troubleshoot and debug applications
• Perform UI tests to optimize performance
• Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve legacy applications
• Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server side logic
• Gather and address technical and design requirements
• Provide training and support to internal teams
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Liaise with developers, designers and system administrators to identify new features
• Follow emerging technologies

Requirements

• Proven work experience as a Back-end developer
• In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
• Hands on experience with programming languages like Java, Ruby, PHP and Python
• Working knowledge of CMS framework
• Excellent analytical and time management skills
• Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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