Fresher IT Technologist (Web & Mobile) Jobs – Tech 4 Development

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Organisation: Tech 4 Development
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Tech
4 Development is a social enterprise that develops innovative digital solutions
with the goal of addressing some of East Africa’s most pressing development
challenges in a profitable way. Following in-depth research and business
development over the last months, we are now about to launch our new brand and
solution in Uganda.  Our solution uses
chatbots and a web-ecosystem to connect buyers and seller of high quality
products and services in Kampala. Our methodology is deeply rooted in design
thinking and lean startup principles. This means we spend a lot of time
observing and talking with customers, formulating and testing assumptions about
their needs, building prototypes, and continuously iterating on our solution
and business model. We also believe in the merits of fast release cycles.
Job Summary: The Technologist should have motivation and a convincing
track record in building exciting websites and/or mobile applications. But also
someone who buys into our vision of using digital technology and innovative
business models to radically improve shopping experience in Uganda.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:  
  • Design, implement and test new features in
    our products;
  • Actively participate in code reviews, bug
    tracking and fixing;
  • Optimize performance of the digital solutions
    under development;
  • Leverage digital tools to further the team’s
    results and enhance growth;
  • Explain technologies and solutions to
    technical and non-technical stakeholders;
  • Support the Lead Technologist’s in other
    tasks whenever necessary.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  
  • The candidates should have already released
    exciting websites, apps, or software and that have with a minimum of 6
    months of relevant work.
  • In addition, candidates should be passionate
    to work in a fast-paced, creative, and culturally diverse environment
    while adapting quickly to changing needs and priorities.
  • The ideal candidates should have worked with
    web and/or mobile technologies in the past and should be able to guide our
    team in all technology related decisions.
  • Hands-on experience with a modern web
    framework, preferably Django;
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of HTML5,
    CSS, Ajax, JSON;
  • Previous experience with REST API design and
    implementation;
  • Good OO skills and an understanding of design
    patterns;
  • Strong SQL background, preferably MySQL or
    PostgreSQL;
  • Experience with version control systems – GIT
    and/or Mercurial;
  • Knowledge of data structures and algorithms,
    including performance considerations in software development;
  • Decent debugging and optimization skills;
  • Show commitment to social change and our
    vision for digital empowerment;
  • Awareness of the technological challenges in
    the Ugandan context;
  • Intellectual curiosity, positive attitude,
    and a desire to influence the products being built.
  • Previous experience deploying/maintaining software
    remotely on a Linux or UNIX-like server is desired
  • Familiarity with chatbots is desired
  • Previous experience working with agile
    development is an added advantage
  • Previous experience developing for
    Android/iOS is desired
  • Working knowledge of Google Cloud Platform
    and its services, such as but not limited to Appengine, Compute Engine,
    etc.
  • Desire to contribute to the wider technical
    community through collaboration;
  • Previous experience working on digital B2B or
    B2C eCommerce projects in East Africa is desired
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their updated CVs to
tobias@tech4development.com with
a copy to atimothee@gmail.com. We strongly encourage early application. Please
use the same email address for any enquiries or to request supporting material.
Deadline: 7th May, 2016 by mid-night
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