Clickatell is a cutting edge technology company and global leader in mobile messaging that enables effortless, personalized, and contextual digital interactions between businesses and their customers. We specialize in helping brands delight their customers with innovative, customer-centric solutions, giving them more time for what really matters.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Full Stack Senior Software Developer
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full time
Purpose
We are seeking a Full Stack Developer (Java) to join our Champion team focused on disrupting a $50B+ market.
This role is deemed essential to our growth and focused on software development on our Interact Product.
Responsibilities of the Role
Work with an awesome geographically distributed team of developers and product designers to implement the next generation of products and/or features
Work independently and collaborate on projects developing applications/features from scratch
Build applications that can scale (millions of transactions/requests per day)
Develop highly maintainable software iteratively and deliver working code with each iteration, including authoring relevant documentation and test cases
Apply best software development practices to coding software solutions
Be responsible for:
implementing, debugging, and testing of new product features, or enhancements on existing features, or assisting customers and vendors with implementing and troubleshooting end-to-end solutions
Implementing a test-driven development using unit and integration tests in an agile environment
sustaining implemented features once delivered into production through maintenance and support
Accurate and detailed documentation of relevant design artefacts (use cases, user stories, sequence diagrams etc)
Working closely with key stakeholders particularly with team leads and software managers
Partake in architecture discussions, design recommendations and implementations
Adhere to policies and standards as applied by the team and directed by the reporting manager
Participate in supporting production releases as needed
Coach and mentor software developers and other roles within the team to improve knowledge, skill and capability
Requirements of the Role
For success in this role, the following are some desirable technical requirements:
Computer Science Degree or equivalent Diploma from a reputable school (or 8+ years relevant experience if no degree)
Proven track record of working in relevant roles for 5 years or more
Strong development & debugging experience with Java 8 or Java 11 & Spring Boot based microservices
Experience with MySQL, Postgres
Experience writing unit tests with Mockito, Spring Boot
Experience with source code management tools such as Git, GitLab, etc
Experience with log monitoring tools such as Elastic, Kibana, GrayLog, etc
Experience with dependency management tool such as Maven/Gradle
Package management tools such as NPM
To excel in this role, following are some nice-to-have technical requirements:
Experience working in a full stack capacity with AngularJS
Knowledge of RxJS
Experience with Containerization & Orchestration frameworks including Docker, Kubernetes
Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms
Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
Experience working with event driven architecture including Kafka, Event Bus
Experience with DataDog for metric monitoring
Bonus points for experience working with WebSockets (industry standard for real-time applications)
Bonus points for experience working with other JVM based languages such as Kotlin
Active participation in code and design reviews
Proven industry experience in Financial or banking, or telecommunications an advantage
Experience working in an Agile methodology an advantage
Experience working with other integrated applications within the Clickatell ecosystem or 3rd party systems
Strong communication skills with a team player attitude.
A Bit About You:
You are a pacesetter, who is strong in execution and comfortable in a fast-paced environment and working across multiple projects simultaneously.
You set the priorities to deliver practical solutions for opportunities and change.
You achieve results though maximizing resources and leading the way to the best solutions.
You build and invest in relationships and influentially engage across teams, and with specialists, to brainstorm and arrive at the right answers.
You develop, finetune and manage processes and coach the team on procedures and adopting new techniques.
You are incredibly independent and a self-starter with a microscopic attention to detail.
You take initiative by being resourceful and proactive.
Why You Should Join
Perks of the Role:
Medical Aid contribution
Pension fund contribution
Quarterly performance incentive bonus
Risk benefit company contributions
Reimbursable communications allowance for internet and mobile phone bills
Half-day off on your birthday
5 personal days leave a year, over and above your annual leave
Remote working and access to office hubs as required
Home office set-up with laptop, monitor and other related items.