Senior Software Engineer at a Solar Energy Company - Peridot Forte Solutions Consulting Limited

Peridot Forte Solutions Consulting Limited - Our client in the Off-Grade Solar Energy industry is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• As our Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the design and implementation of functional software solutions and you will be reporting to the Head, Software Engineering.
• You will work with Upper Management, Engineering and Operations departments to define software requirements and take the lead on software development related projects.
• Your goal will be to develop high-quality software that is aligned with user needs and business goals.

You’ll focus on:

• Iteration of local customers onboarding
• Continuous improvement of solar base capacity to support business needs
• Management of recurrent payment and unit test coverage
• Develop high-quality software design and architecture with scalability in mind.
• Identify, prioritize and execute tasks in the software development life cycle.
• Develop software tools and applications by producing clean, efficient code.
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting with the data engineering team.
• Review and debug code.
• Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to fix and improve products.
• Continuous improvement of your technical knowledge and mentor junior team members.
• Ensure software is up-to-date with the latest technologies.
• Document development phases and monitor systems.
• Team leadership and administrative support.
• Other tasks as assigned by the Line Manager.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering
• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer
• Hands-on experience in software development, IoT systems, Cloud services and agile methodologies.
• Knowledge of selected programming languages (e.g. Javascript, PHP, C++).
• Experience in building scalable systems.
• Must have worked with SPA framework (e.g. ReactJS, VueJS or Angular)
• Knowledge of Mobile application development (Prefered tool: Flutter).
• Understanding of behaviour-driven development.
• Extensive experience in software development, scripting and project management.
• Experience using Cloud infrastructures & services.
• In-depth understanding of IoT systems and Distributed computing.
• In-depth knowledge of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB, DynamoDB).
• Familiarity with various operating systems (Linux/Unix-like).
• Excellent communication, organizational and leadership skills.
• Core skills in Scripting (JS, Python, PHP), Mobile (Flutter), Front End (VueJS), Databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB), Cloud (Amazon Web Services), and DevOps (CI/CD).
• Flexibility and comfort working in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Good communication, and strong leadership qualities.
• Excellent time management, task prioritizing and organisational ability.

Application Closing Date
30th May, 2022.