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Job Openings at Black Pen Recruitment

Black Pen Recruitment is South Africa’s #1 recruitment consulting firm specialised in BPO services, foreign language recruitment and staffing solutions and immigration services. With our outstanding experience in the BPO industry and our own in-house immigration division, we will find the right candidates for foreign language specialist positions as well as immigration solutions for foreign employees.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Software Engineer Mobile (Flutter)

Location: Nigeria
Job type: Full time
Employment type: Remote

Job Description

Are you a software developer with a mobile and UI / UX background? Are you looking for a remote job? Then we have the opportunity for you!
We are an American based remote company, looking to hire a Mobile Engineer with a knack for user experience and understanding of the Mobile Commerce space, specifically in Fin-tech, located within Africa, to join our exciting remote team. We are one of the first movers to bringing Cryptocurrency to the masses in Africa and the Middle East.
As a Mobile Engineer, you will make an extremely high impact on a small, fast scaling team. You'll have the ability to help build a product used by thousands of people by taking full ownership of the product.
Top candidates are clear communicators who are highly self-motivated; eager to collaborate, exchange knowledge, apply new skills and pitch in for whatever the team needs to ship new code.

Responsibilities

Set technical direction and own the architecture and implementation of features
Provide guidance and assistance in helping knock down walls and a clear path towards work completion
Provide clear and concise communication regarding feature development statuses to the team and stakeholders
Plan, supervise and manage releases for the work the squad is performing
Define, Contribute and adhere to internal coding standards, development processes, and design best practices
Ensure quality by performing thorough testing and leveraging peer reviews for your work and the work of cross-functional teams
Help scope, estimate, and prioritise work
Embrace and demonstrate our values: teamwork, humility, and ownership
Write and maintain clean, maintainable, and well-tested code for the future (and present) of the company’s platform

Team:

Exude your upbeat energy and enthusiasm each and every day to motivate your team to be the best they can in every aspect of what they do
Celebrate the success of others by recognising the contributions of committed team members and their achievements
Align your values with the Mission, Vision and Values with our team
Be a role model for our culture by creating a positive impact at every touchpoint with people, with every word you say or put in print and everything you do
Communicate in a fashion that is respectful and well understood
Collaborate with your peers to collectively think of innovative ideas that drive business through technology
Build and utilise working relationships with internal business partners across the organisation and external business contacts

Requirements

Previous experience within financial markets
Solid experience with building mobile apps using Flutter and deploying/reviewing those apps to the Google Play and Apple App stores.
NodeJS, NUXT, Serverless Framework, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, AWS SQS a Bonus addition to your toolbox
Experience in a software development environment, with capability in back-end development and / or depth of experience with at least one modern front-end framework (React, Vue, AngularJS, etc.)
Experience driving technical projects, prioritising work, identifying dependencies, facilitating technical decisions and cross-functional team discussions
Experienced in designing and implementing application architectures and code that are highly scalable, available, maintainable, and performant
Ability to work independently while also putting an emphasis on mentorship of those around you
Comfortable collaborating closely with product managers and designers, providing estimates or product ideas that will influence your team's roadmap
Being a thoughtful communicator—some teams are partially or fully distributed so effective written communication is key

Type of Person:

Critical thinking, strong in your domain and can engage and lead some of the largest most intimidating companies in the world

Salary
Based on experience.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply

Job Title: Software Engineer Devops (SRE)

Location: Nigeria
Job type: Full time
Employment type: Remote

Job Description

Do you have software development experience? Are you looking for a remote job? Then we have the opportunity for you!
We're looking to hire a DevOps Engineer located within Africa, to join their exciting remote team. They are one of the first movers in bringing Cryptocurrency to the masses in Africa and the Middle East.
As a DevOps Engineer you will make an extremely high impact on a small, fast scaling team. You will have the ability to help build a product used by thousands of people by taking full ownership of the product.
They are looking for someone who has experience not only with their tech stack in a successful SaaS company, but also with agile methodologies and web development. Top candidates are clear communicators who are highly self-motivated; eager to collaborate, exchange knowledge, apply new skills and pitch in for whatever the team needs to ship new code.

Responsibilities

Analyze current technology utilized within the company and develop steps and processes to improve and expand upon them.
Work closely with engineering professionals within the company to maintain software CI:CD needed for projects to be deployed efficiently in an AWS Cloud Infrastructure.
Mentor and train other engineers throughout the company and seek to continually improve processes companywide.
Work alongside the agile teams to successfully monitor progress and implementation of initiatives.
Experience developing enterprise applications

Requirements

Master's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering is preferred.
Experience with CI:CD in an enterprise software engineering environment.
Certification on one or more of the cloud architecture technologies (AWS, GC, Azure)
Experience with Linux infrastructures, database SQL (MS SQL), CI / CD tools, scripting such as JavaScript, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, .NET, Scrum / Kanban / SAFe, Agile workflow methodologies.
Current understanding of best practices regarding system security measures.
Experience working in an agile environment
Professional experience and a high-level understanding of working with various operating systems and their implications.
Previous experience with software development, infrastructure development, or development and operations.

Salary
Based on experience

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply

Job Title: Full Stack Developer (Mobile Apps / UX Experience)

Location: Nigeria
Job type: Full time
Employment Type: Remote

Job Description

Are you a software developer with a mobile and UI / UX background? Are you looking for a remote job? Then we have the opportunity for you!
We are an American based remote company, looking to hire a Full Stack Developer with a knack for user experience and understanding of the Mobile Commerce space, specifically in Fin-tech, located within Africa, to join our exciting remote team. We are one of the first movers to bringing Cryptocurrency to the masses in Africa and the Middle East.
As a Full Stack Developer, you will make an extremely high impact on a small, fast scaling team. You'll have the ability to help build a product used by thousands of people by taking full ownership of the product.
Top candidates are clear communicators who are highly self-motivated; eager to collaborate, exchange knowledge, apply new skills and pitch in for whatever the team needs to ship new code.

Responsibilities

Building and / or maintaining the company website
Building out email campaigns as well as setting up and improving smart marketing email triggers
Running analytics on marketing data
Setting up website tracking and get marketing-related data via GA
Any quick debugging of marketing-related assets, especially the website or anything customer-facing
Supporting the CMS

Team:

Exude your upbeat energy and enthusiasm each and every day to motivate your team to be the best they can in every aspect of what they do
Celebrate the success of others by recognising the contributions of committed team members and their achievements
Align your values with our Mission, Vision and Values
Be a role model for the Client’s organisational culture by creating a positive impact at every touchpoint with people, with every word you say or put in print and everything you do
Communicate in a fashion that is respectful and well understood
Collaborate with your peers to collectively think of innovative ideas that drive business through technology
Build and utilise working relationships with internal business partners across the organization and external business contacts

Requirements

Previous experience within financial markets
Experience in a software development environment, with capability in at least one modern front-end framework (Nuxt, React, Vue, AngularJS, etc.)
Experience working in AWS, with a strong desire to further one’s skills
SEO, GIT, UI / UX, third party marketing tools – Semrush, Ubersuggest, Google Tags, etc.
Experience driving technical projects, prioritizing work, identifying dependencies, facilitating technical decisions and cross-functional team discussions
Experienced in designing and implementing application architectures and code that are highly scalable, available, maintainable, and performant
Ability to work independently while also putting an emphasis on mentorship of those around you
Comfortable collaborating closely with marketing and designers, providing estimates or product ideas that will influence your team's roadmap
Being a thoughtful communicator - some teams are partially or fully distributed so effective written communication is key

Type of person: