Senior Python Developer (SaaS) at Black Pen Recruitment (Remote)

Black Pen Recruitment - Our client is a leading provider of a powerful SaaS platform that organizes and accelerates businesses offering insurance solutions with Headquarters based in Cape Town. This tech business is moving ahead in a positive trajectory which is certainly why it is backed by several top-ranking/highly recognized global FinTech investors.

They are looking for a suitable candidate to become an integral member of their rapidly-growing company in the position below:

Job Title: Senior Python Developer (SaaS)

Location: Nigeria
Job type: Full-Time | Fully Remote

Job Description

• Are you an experienced ​Senior Python Developer (SaaS)? Are you looking for a remote job? Then we have the opportunity for you!
• The ideal candidate is a motivated, takes ownership, and a creative individual who welcomes the challenges of acquiring and developing new business through sales efforts.
• You will build key customer relationships, identify business opportunities, and close business deals while maintaining an extensive knowledge of current market conditions.

Responsibilities

• Review and refine business requirements, system requirements & functional specifications for clients
• Assist in developing test case procedures and maintaining test documentation, test plans and test schedules
• Gathering and analysis, basic coding and data mapping.
• Ongoing problem analysis. Conduct research to ensure best practices are applied.
• Issue management; logging, follow-up, resolution, ad hoc duties and analysis.
• System support exposure: maintaining an incident management process; analyzing the nature of incidents
• Using Agile methodology where the incremental builds are delivered to the customer in every two to three weeks' time
• Lead Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum Stand Up, and Sprint Retrospective meetings Mentor and manage junior team members
• Take accountability at client/product level for deliverables
• Develop business process diagrams and flows
• You will be expected to distil the key features of these insurance products into specifications and workflows that can be turned into technical specifications.
•  You will be expected to solicit business requirements from our partners and to assist in turning these requirements into technical specifications.
• You will report to the CTO and work closely with the software development team as well as the business development team.

Requirements

• B.Sc. Computer Science BSc. (Engineering) MSc. PhD
• 4+ years’ experience as a Backend Engineer
• Previous experience/demonstration of expertise in the domain supercedes
• Experienced with Python
• Experience with Django + Django Rest Framework
• Experience with Gitlab and Gitlab CI
• Previous experience with designing systems from the ground up, and taking software through its full lifecycle
• Experience with JWT and other Auth methods
• Experience with Angular 2+
• HTML5/CSS3/Javascript/Typescript is a plus
• Experience with AWS/Cloud Architecture is a plus
• Experience with AWS Solutions Architecture is a plus
• Previous experience in FinTech is a plus

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.