Software Developer – Full Stack Jobs – Metropol Uganda Limited

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Job Title: Software Developer – Full Stack

Organisation: Metropol Uganda Limited

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Department: IT

Reports to: IT Manager

 

About US:

Metropol Uganda Limited is a Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) licensed by Bank of Uganda in 2015 to offer CRB services to the Ugandan market and has been in operation since then. Metropol provides CRB services to Bank of Uganda regulated financial institutions including Commercial Banks, Credit Institutions and Microfinance Deposit Taking Institutions (MDIs) following the enactment of a legal framework (Amendment to the Banking Act) that mandates banks to share credit performance data on their customers.

 

Job Summary: Participating in product development, from receiving requirements, developing, testing and beyond. Work on groundbreaking products, fix issues and improvements that are critical to the success of the organization.

Work with the data team to make the organization’s product smarter and more intuitive to use.

Work with the broader business team to maintain and help optimize existing systems.

 

Key Relationships

Internal – Software Developers, Software Test Analyst

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop software application and integration solutions, generally for the business units. Solutions include enhancements and interfaces, functions and features.
  • Develop visually appealing front-end applications, including translating designer mock-ups and wireframes into front-end code
  • Design and develop RESTful services and API’s
  • Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
  • Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
  • Work with NoSQL data frameworks, and large–scale database systems to drive insights from vast amounts of structured and semi-structured data. Maintain quality and ensure responsiveness of applications.
  • Engage with business analysts to comprehend client challenges, prototype new ideas and new technologies, and help to create solutions to drive the next wave of innovation.
  • Ensure that non-functional requirements such as security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability are being considered when architecting solutions Stay abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages
  • Maintain integrity and organization ethics.





Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Academic, Professional & Experience

  • The ideal applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or similar.
  • 3+ years of experience with software design, implementation, and testing 3+ years of experience with using best practices and design patterns for writing clean, reusable, and highly organized code
  • Experience with developing service APIs for external consumption
  • Proficient understanding of OWASP security principles
  • Experience with project and issue tracking tools (JIRA/TFS)
  • Experience of Agile Scrum / Kanban framework
  • Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git

 

Technologies

  • HTML / CSS / JavaScript
  • Java / Spring framework / Hibernate / JAVA RESTful web services development
  • Android/IOS Mobile App development (Nice to have)
  • Angular (Added advantage)
  • Apache Tomcat, JBoss, or Jetty
  • XML, JSON
  • Linux / Unix
  • MySQL, SQL Server, Mongo DB, Redis and PostgreSQL

 

Desirable Skills

  • Good written and communication skills and high attention to detail
  • Good UI/UX skills
  • Experience working with Linux
  • Excellent time management, organizational skills and strong problem solving skills
  • Skills in server management and deployment for the relevant environment
  • Good written and communication skills and high attention to detail
  • Ability to acquire knowledge to make process improvement recommendations

 

How to Apply:

All interested and qualified candidates should submit CVs and cover letter to hr@metropol.co.ug

 

Deadline: 31st August 2022

 

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