Core Banking Engineer at Tek Experts

Tek Experts provides the services of a uniquely passionate and expert workforce that takes intense pride in helping companies manage their business operations. We care about the work we do, the companies we partner with and the customers they serve.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Core Banking Engineer

Job Identification: 8855
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full time
Department: Information Technology
Categories: Information Technology

Overview

• TeKnowledge is looking for a Core Banking Engineer who will be a key player in our Product Development Outsourcing business.
• Our engineers love to learn and have a passion for technology. They’re known for their expertise in solving the most complex tech challenges while having fun and being part of a dynamic and collaborative team.
• In this role, you’ll join a team creating the financial services and banking industry of tomorrow, helping an innovative fintech company that is committed to transforming the retail space in Africa.
• Based at our clients’ location on Victoria Island, you’ll develop software applications to enable the organization’s consumers and merchants.

Accelerating Progress. Securing Futures:

• TeKnowledge stands as the transformative catalyst for digital evolution, providing governments and enterprises around the world with unparalleled cybersecurity, advanced technical skilling, and enterprise technical services at scale.
• Our commitment to technology enablement, security, and advancement positions us uniquely in the market, ensuring our customers are equipped to achieve their strategic imperatives in the digital age with confidence and competitive advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead the core platform team and coordinate with digital team members
• Work cross-functionally with the platform team. Take the lead on designing and deploying APIs, new data transformations, managing databases, and supporting production operations
• Lead the creation of tools for infrastructure management, monitoring, and scalability
• Take the lead on building and maintaining development and deployment tools for the stack
• Create, deploy, configure, support, and troubleshoot issues with networked application environments
• Collaborate with engineering and research teams to architect and deploy algorithms, provide operational support for our new and existing applications, and debug production issues
• Monitor team performance and report on metrics. Create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture to set clear goals and expectations, delegate tasks, and meet deadlines

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or equivalent Degree in Computer Science or another related field
• Must have completed the compulsory 1-year NYSC or have an exemption certificate
• Deep understanding of the stored procedure languages used by core banking systems
• 8+ years of direct software design and development experience
• 3+ years of experience in applying modern frameworks and patterns to build highly scalable enterprise SaaS applications
• Proven track record implementing core banking platforms in banking or fintech domains
• Extensive experience with Java/J2EE, Hibernate, JMS, Spring (Core, MVC, Integration), REST APIs, MySQL
• Advanced knowledge of core banking platforms and how to expose the core banking capabilities as consumable services (RESTful services)
• Experience with Agile methodology, test-driven development, source control management, and automated testing
• Banking industry experience is required
• Familiarity with SDLC tools. Working knowledge of Agile software development is a plus
• Knowledge of Ant, Maven, Git, SVN, Jenkins, Travis, Puppet, Ansible, and Docker is considered an advantage
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Professional fluency in English is vital, both written and spoken.

Application Closing Date
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