Senior Software Engineer in a Reputable Financial Institution

Workforce Group - Our client, a reputable Financial Institution, is urgently in need of suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:     Job Title: Senior Software Engineer Location: Lagos Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain web, mobile- and desktop-based applications
• Develop tools and applications by producing clean, efficient code
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting
• Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Investigate, analyze and make recommendations to management regarding technology improvements, upgrades and modifications.
• Document development phases and monitor systems
• Ensure software is up-to-date with latest technologies

• HND/B.Sc in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of experience in software development; demonstrated success developing a variety of software systems while taking on increasing responsibility for analysis, design, implementation and deployment tasks
• Hands on experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Rackspace, Softlayer, and GCE.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills
• Experience with web servers
• Excellent knowledge of MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle and SQL Server
• Experience building web-based software systems, utilizing N-tier architectures, dynamic content, highly-scalable approaches, and complex security models/implementations
• Flexible with the ability to adapt working style to meet objectives
• Proficiency developing and troubleshooting complex software systems that run in mixed-environments including Linux, Unix and/or Windows on desktop, server, tablet, and mobile systems
• Previous experience configuring and using any or all of the following highly desirable: HTML[5], Python, Java/J2EE, .NET, PHP, AJAX, SOAP, Ant, Subversion, Git, TCP/IP networking, Push, LAMP stacks
• Web services APIs through web services
• Writing scalable, globally distributed applications