Back-end Engineer at Contec Global Group

Contec Global Group - As a company established on the platform of e-Governance and smart technologies, Contec Global is among the most experienced independent technology and systems organizations operating in developing countries. Today, the Group is engaged, globally, in providing integrated, systems-based solutions in the fields of Secure Technologies, Infrastructure and Hospitality.

We believe that no matter where you fit in our organization - Sales, Human Resources, Information Technology, or even re-stocking the break rooms with endless coffee supplies, everyone can influence the experience that we provide to our customers and our partners. We tell our customers and our partners that anything can be re-imagined.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Back-end Engineer

Location: Ilupeju, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Who We Need

• We are looking for developers who are experienced with PHP (Laravel) (and modern frameworks). Primary focus will be on developing and implementing components following well-known workflows and services.
• Candidate will be part of a team which develops components and applications which are robust and easy to maintain.
• Candidates will work within an Agile team and will interface daily with other members of team who are designing UX components and supporting other application infrastructures.
• Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product is important.
• We are looking for qualified candidates who have aptitude and desire to assume leadership roles on projects and who are strong proponents of technology.

What You Will Do

• Developing new and supporting existing user-facing features
• Building reusable components and libraries for future use
• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
• Increasing leadership responsibilities; project and team leaders

What You Need

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree
• 2 - 3+ years of experience using PHP Laravel (a must)
• Solid and demonstrable understanding of other relevant languages and their core principles
• Exposure to popular workflows
• Experience with data structure libraries
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Familiarity with code versioning tools such as git, bitbucket
• Aptitude and desire to progress to leadership assignments/role

Bonus Points:

• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Familiarity and comfort with AngularJS
• Comfortable using a variety of different tools
• Good cloud engineering and knowledge with multiple languages

What We Offer

• Strength, Stability, and Vision.
• An empowered culture where your ideas are important and your voice matters.
• Opportunity for career growth.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Benefits that become effective the first day of the month following your start date including – HMO, pension etc.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.