Sifax Group is one of Africa’s fastest growing multinational corporations with diverse interests in Maritime, Aviation, Haulage & Logistics, Oil & Gas and Hospitality.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Lead Software Engineer
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Summary
You will lead and manage the department to develop high quality reusable software component, for business-to-business integration, using international best practices and new best-in-class technologies, concepts and philosophy.
Design, code, test, analyse and manage software programs and applications that drive Go-truck’s strategy, product owners and third-party business.
In addition to designing software, web applications, and web services, you will also hire, train, and manage staff, create and oversee budgets, and make progress reports to senior management.
Responsibilities
Support other software developers, analysts, and designers in conceptualizing and developing new software programs and applications
Assist with planning phases of the Software Development Life Cycle for a variety of projects and prepares/review documents software requirements and specifications
Conducts research on emerging application development software products, languages, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts
Recommends, schedule, and performs software improvements and upgrades
Runs and monitors software performance tests on new and existing programs for the purposes of correcting errors, isolating areas for improvement, and general debugging
Administers critical analysis of test results and delivers solutions to problem areas
Generates statistics and prepare and write reports for management and/or team members on the status of the programming process
Ensures robust and sustainable enterprise social collaboration architecture for software development by monitoring matrices of the SOA, and fixing complaints/bugs logged by customers
Assists in the development and maintenance of user manuals and guidelines for ease of use by the client/customers
Installs software products for end users as required
Creates and manages Application Programming Interface
Writes programming scripts to enhance functionality and/or appearance of company Web site and/or related Web applications as necessary
Removes code script from company Web site and/or related Web applications as necessary
Liaises with network administrators, systems analysts, and software engineers to assist in resolving problems with software products or company software systems
Manages and/or provides guidance to junior software developers and research assistants.
Requirements
Minimum of Bachelor's Degree / HND in Computer / System / Electrical / Electronic Engineering / Applied Physics / Computer Science or a related discipline
7 years’ experience in a software development function or role
A Master’s Degree will be an added advantage
Relevant certification such as ITIL, CCNP, MCP or CCNA, MCTS, OCA, OCP, OSCA, OSCP
JavaScript and NodeJS experience and knowledge are required
Experience with microservices and jobs will be a good advantage
Relevant knowledge and experience in AWS ECS, SQS, S3
System design patterns (microservices architecture)
CI/CD, NoSql DB, Telematics, MQTT, Heroku, Docker
Third party API integrations.
Skills & proficiencies:
IT product knowledge and IT Service management
Knowledge of client industry and business
Experience and knowledge of logistics business
Clear project goal and a basic understanding of the expertise level required
Customer service orientation, Database analysis and administration
Knowledge of help desk support, computer systems and office automation tools (i.e. MS. Office suites) etc.
Leadership & team management
Analytical & problem solving and Excellent Communication (written, verbal).
Salary
N400,000 - N450,000 / month.
Application Closing Date
18th November, 2022.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.