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Vacancy For Back-End Software Developer at Ifotta

Apr 12, 2018, 6:40 PM
ICT & Telecommunications
Ifotta

Ifotta is a Software development company and talent accelerator. We believe that superior software development talent and very intelligent software developers reside in Africa. We find these very intelligent people with software development skills, train and mentor them into highly professional software developers and make them available to the global market as remote Software Developers. We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Back-End Software Developer Location: Lagos Job Description

We are looking for a Back-End Software Developer.
Your primary focus will be development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end.
You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application.
A basic understanding of front-end technologies is therefore necessary as well.

Responsibilities

Building reusable code and libraries for future use
Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
Implementation of security and data protection
Design and implementation of data storage solutions
Ability to develop application programming interfaces (API's) for Front end consumption.

Skills And Qualifications

3-5 years experience in software development.
ability to innovate in an environment where software reliability is non-negotiable.
Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes
Data migration, transformation, and scripting
Setup and administration of backups
Outputting data in different formats
Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
Proficient knowledge of a back-end programming language such as ASP.NET , PHP and APIs Development.
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
Proficient understanding of OWASP security principles
Understanding of “session management” in a distributed server environment
Be a team player with the confidence to take the lead and guide other employees when necessary
Have the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
Possess a minimum of a University Degree or its equivalence.
Basic understanding of front-end techno logies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 Vanilla javascript, Typescrpit, Angular, React (Any of these but Angular preferably).
Good understanding of server-side CSS pre-processors, such as LESS and SASS
Understanding accessibility and security compliance.
User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments