Job Title: Applications Development & Support – 2 Positions
Organization: Bank of Uganda (BoU)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
The Bank of Uganda (BoU) is the Central Bank of the Republic of Uganda. It was opened on the 15th August 1966. It is 100% owned by the Government of Uganda but it is not a government Department. Bank of Uganda conducts all its activities in close association with the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED). Bank of Uganda is responsible for monetary policy and maintaining price stability.
Job Summary: To use programming languages and source code to design, create and evaluate software that meets client requirements.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Analyse business requirements (functional and non-functional) and develop system specification documents for in-house development solutions that address customer needs.
- Develop business automation solutions based on documented system specifications and adopted IT standards. This job involves designing, coding, testing, and deploying applications that meet business requirements.
- Conduct unit and integration testing of business applications to ensure quality in solution development and support the Acceptance Testing process.
- Provide documentation including technical reference manuals and standard operating procedures (SOP) for all developed business solutions.
- Develop and implement enhancements to existing Off-the-shelf systems and conduct technical training.
- Technical supervision of interns and locums and carry out tasks assigned within a System Deployment Plan (SOP).
- Provide 3rd level support for in-house developed applications and for off-the shelf applications.
- Provide technical input to quality assurance reviews of technical documents to achieve high quality and conformity to Bank standards.
- Prepare system change management documentation and implement changes on applications through change management policies of the Bank.
- Undertake additional duties as assigned/delegated by the Team Leader Applications Development to support the Bank’s objectives.
Expected Output
- System design, specifications technical documents and system operational manuals.
- Implemented Business Solutions/applications in test, development, and production environments.
- Unit and integration test scripts & reports.
- Technical reference manuals and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
- Reports on status of work packages for interns and locums.
- Completed assigned SOP tasks.
- Implemented enhancements to Off-the-shelf applications in production environment.
- Completed support calls for in-house applications on Service Desk
- Completed support calls for off-the-shelf applications on Service Desk
- Technical documentation information
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- A First Class or Upper Second-Class degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Data Science.
- Professional Certification in any of the Software Development Tools and Environments listed below is added advantage.
- Developing Full-stack web applications using ASP.NET Core (C# 10+) or Django (Python 3.X).
- Front-end development using: HTML5, CSS3, jQuery 3.5+ (JavaScript library) and CSS frameworks like Bootstrap, Material design or similar product.
Work Experience
- At least 7 years of relevant working experience in applications/software development.
Age:
- Applicants should be between 32.0 and 37.0 years of age as at close of the advert.
Technical Skills and Competences
Technical Competencies
- Demonstratable experience in developing full-stack web applications using: ASP.NET Core (C# 1O+), Django (Python 3.X).
- Demonstratable experience in front-end development using: HTML5, CSS3, jQuery
- 3.5+ (JavaScript library) CSS frameworks like Bootstrap, Material design or similar products,
- Basic understanding of software design principles, architecture patterns, and best practices.
- Basic knowledge of security best practices in web application development.
- Good knowledge of SQL.
- Basic knowledge of T-SQL and/or PL/SQL.
- Good knowledge of Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMSs) such as Oracle or MS SQL Server.
- The following experience will be an added advantage:
- Demonstratable knowledge of system design, process flow modeling and wireframing.
- Demonstrable knowledge of web development frameworks like Blazor,
- Angular, and React. o Demonstrable experience with Microsoft GitHub version control system. Demonstrable experience with Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE), Visual Studio Code or similar tools. o Demonstrable knowledge of RESTful AP! design and implementation o Demonstrable experience with work management tools, for example Microsoft Planner or similar products. o Demonstrable experience with unit testing tools like PyUnit, pytest, xUnit or NUnit or a similar product.
Behavioural Competencies
- Good communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team.
- Attention to detail and a commitment to producing high-quality code.
- Transparency and accountability
- Integrity
- Excellence
- Teamwork
- Analytical thinking and problem solving
- Interpersonal and stakeholder engagement
- Planning, time management and organizing skills.
- Innovativeness
- Self-drive.
How to Apply:
Applications should be submitted by filling out the online application link
Please follow the stated instructions in the form as accurately as possible. Note that inaccurate applications will be automatically disqualified.
Applications should be accompanied by;
- National ID (Front and Back) – Mandatory. Ensure both the front and back sides are scanned and visible.
- Academic Qualification Documents – Mandatory. These should match all the required qualifications mentioned in the job descriptions.
- Letter of Equivalence for the Class of Degree from the National Council of Higher Education for applicants whose first degree (Bachelor’s) was obtained from a foreign University.
- A duly registered Statutory Declaration for applicants with name and/or date of birth variations.
Note:
- Please ensure that all required documents are duly attached and MUST be scanned as one single document.
- Please note that failure to attach the required documents will lead to automatic disqualification.
- Management reserves the right to terminate applicants found with concealed or falsified information and academic credentials. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: 22nd August 2025
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 84