Position:
Senior Software Developer
2 positions
Location: Kenya, Nairobi / Uganda, Kampala
Date: August 2011
Reports to: Technology Manager, CKW Uganda
The senior developer should be a self-motivated individual who exhibits proven
skills working with, and leading, development teams.
Background
Grameen Foundation (GF) empowers the world’s poorest people to escape poverty
through access to financial services and practical technology.
Founded in 1997 Grameen Foundation’s innovations, programs and resources have
helped more than 45 million people in Sub Saharan Africa, Asia, the Arab World,
and the Americas to begin their journey out of poverty.
With microfinance and technology, we connect people and local institutions
across the globe that share our vision of shattering the barriers for the
billion people trying to live on less than a dollar a day.
GF’s Mobile Financial Services Initiative is working to help make financial
inclusion simple, affordable and accessible to the poor through the use of
mobile phones.
There are 2.5 billion adults around the world who lack access to formal or
semi-formal financial services – nearly 90 percent of whom live in Africa,
Latin America, Asia and the Middle East.
As developing countries rapidly adopt new communications technologies, more
than half of the world's population has access to a mobile phone.
Grameen Foundation is seeking to hire two Senior Software Developers to
contribute to our efforts in this space.
Essential Job Functions
The software developer will be required to:
- Interpret
specifications and designs as provided
- Translate
such specifications into appropriate, high quality and documented programs/applications,
on time, for Grameen Foundation
- Adopt
Grameen Foundation development processes, best practice methods, tools and
coding guidelines
- Successfully
communicate with the rest of the development team throughout the
development process, participate in brain storming sessions on design and
implementation specifications, aid in code reviews, and incorporate
feedback from code reviews into their own code
- Attend
trainings and participate in knowledge transfer exercises. Where the
candidate has superior knowledge, they will be expected to guide and train
fellow team members
- Offer
input in planning, brainstorming, specification and resource estimation
processes prior to development
- Aid
in deployment and technical support of developed systems and applications
- Be
aware of current trends and techniques in the chosen tools, platforms and
technologies
Education
and Experience
- Bachelor’s
degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
- 5
years’ experience as part of a software development team
- Experience
in developing applications for mobile phones. J2ME and Android experience
are a plus.
Required
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Deep
commitment to eradication of poverty and alignment with Grameen
Foundation’s mission
Languages/Programming
Skills/Tools
- Knowledge
of Java (required)
- Familiarity
with system specification and design as well as various development
processes and paradigms (required)
- Familiarity
with Test Driven Development (+)
- Familiarity
with Junit (+)
- Knowledge
of Salesforce Apex Programming (+)
- Mobile
application development (+)
- Programming
in a team environment
- Source/code
control (+)
Database
Skills
- SQL
Knowledge (Required)
- Familiarity
with Mysql and MSSQL (+)
Tools
- Eclipse
- Tortoise
SVN (+)
- Familiarity
with project management tools
Physical
and Environmental Conditions
- This
position does not require unusual demands for physical effort. This
position may occasionally require physical effort to lift and transport
boxes weighing no more than 50 pounds. It will require spending many hours
talking on a telephone.
- Work
environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal
safety precautions typical of places such as offices, meeting or training
rooms, residences, or commercial vehicles; e.g., use of safe work place
practices with office equipment, and/or avoidance of trips and falls, and
observance of fire regulations and traffic signals.
Additional
Comment:
The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as,
exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions
associated with this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made in appropriate circumstances to enable
qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of
this job.
Interested candidates should send their resume and brief cover letter
explaining why you are interested in this position and what you will bring to
the position.
Resumes will be accepted through August 1, 2011 and should be sent via email to
jobs@applab.org.
Please put “Senior Software Developer -MFS” in the subject line.
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