Tech Company VP of Engineering (Software) Job in Kenya Oct 2017
Duma Works is recruiting a VP of Engineering – Software for our client; a tech company that provides digital solutions in the transport industry.
We’re? ?looking? ?for? ?a? ?highly? ?motivated? ?and? ?productivity – centered? ?candidate? ?to? ?lead? ?the ?development? ?team.? ?
You? ?will? ?be working? ?in? ?an? ?autonomous,? ?agile? ?environment? ?with? ?a? ?small? ?team? ?that? ?values? ?collaboration,? ?learning,? ?and? ?sharing.? ?
You would? ?be? ?joining? ?a? ?tight-knit? ?team? ?in? ?at? ?a? ?time? ?when? ?you? ?can? ?make? ?a? ?real? ?impact? ?on? ?the? ?direction? ?of? ?the? ?company.? ?
Being? ?a startup? ?the? ?work? ?is? ?fast? ?paced? ?and? ?varied? ?–? ?you? ?are? ?flexible? ?to? ?change? ?and? ?motivated? ?to? ?deliver? ?the? ?best? ?product? ?possible.
Who? ?you? ?are: ? ?
Full-stack? ?web? ?generalist? ?with? ?solid? ?experience? ?in? ?building? ?elegant? ?and? ?human-friendly? ?web? ?applications.? ?
Skills? ?include:
- Languages? ?-? ?PHP,? ?Java,? ?HTML5,? ?CSS,? ?SQL,? ?XML
- Frameworks? ?-? ?jQuery,? ?Node.js,? ?laravel,? ?yii,? ?cake,? ?codeigniter
- Databases? ?-? ?MySQL,? ?NoSQL
- Database? ?designing? ?and? ?knowledge? ?of? ?relational? ?database? ?systems,? ?object? ?oriented? ?programming? ?and? ?web application? ?development.
- Understanding? ?of? ?REST? ?API/? ?JSON? ?is? ?a? ?must
- Experience? ?in? ?e-commerce? ?platforms,? ?payment? ?gateway? ?integration? ?&? ?operations? ?will? ?be? ?a? ?big? ?advantage especially,? ?on? ?content-heavy? ?platforms.
- Ability? ?to? ?decipher? ?and? ?write? ?complex? ?database? ?queries? ?for? ?analysis ? ? ? ?
- Good? ?to? ?have? ?knowledge? ?of? ?AWS? ?Cloud? ?Hosting,? ?GCP,? ?Hostgator? ?and? ?Microsoft? ?Azure
- Understanding? ?of? ?load? ?balancing,? ?? ?scalability? ?issues? ?and? ?their? ?solutions
- User? ?authentication? ?and? ?authorization? ?between? ?multiple? ?systems,? ?servers,? ?and? ?environments
- Knowledge? ?and? ?experience? ?with? ?API? ?development? ?and? ?integrations.
- Experience? ?with? ?App? ?development? ?and/or? ?chatbots? ?is? ?a? ?plus
- Develop? ?new? ?user-facing? ?features
- Creating? ?website? ?layout/user? ?interfaces? ?by? ?using? ?standard? ?html/css? ?practices
- Experience? ?with? ?creating? ?beautiful,? ?dynamic? ?and? ?user? ?friendly? ?web? ?applications
- Ensure? ?the? ?technical? ?feasibility? ?of? ?UI/UX? ?designs
- Understanding? ?of? ?open? ?source? ?projects? ?like? ?Drupal,? ?Wordpress,? ?SquareSpace,? ?Magento? ?(CE? ?and? ?EE), Shopify,? ?BigCommerce,? ?OpenCart,? ?PrestaShop? ?etc
Requirements
- You? ?should? ?be? ?able? ?to? ?quickly? ?learn? ?new? ?languages,? ?frameworks,? ?and? ?technologies? ?as? ?needed.
- You? ?should? ?be? ?able? ?to? ?switch? ?between? ?tech? ?stacks.
- Solid? ?proficiency? ?with? ?other? ?dynamic? ?languages? ?such? ?as? ?Ruby? ?and? ?Python? ?is? ?preferred.
- Basic? ?knowledge? ?of? ?search? ?engine? ?optimization? ?process.
- Experience? ?with? ?USSD/SMS? ?based? ?applications? ?and? ?VAS? ?technologies? ?is? ?a? ?strong? ?point.
- You? ?should? ?be? ?meticulous? ?with? ?documentation? ?and? ?quality? ?control.
- You? ?should? ?have? ?experience? ?with? ?building? ?strong? ?and? ?scalable? ?system? ?architecture.
- Extensive? ?experience? ?working? ?as? ?a? ?developer.
- Experience? ?working? ?in? ?a? ?customer? ?facing? ?role.
- Experience? ?with? ?devops.
- Several? ?years? ?of? ?experience? ?as? ?a? ?team? ?lead? ?or? ?people? ?manager? ?in? ?a? ?technical? ?environment.? ?
- Experience? ?with? ?using agile? ?methodologies? ?for? ?product? ?development.? ?Strong? ?preference? ?for? ?candidates? ?with? ?some? ?sort? ?of? ?SCRUM certification.? ?Some? ?sort? ?of? ?knowledge? ?of? ?design? ?thinking? ?will? ?be? ?a? ?plus.
- Experience? ?with? ?(and? ?advocate? ?of)? ?modern? ?development? ?techniques? ?including? ?Behaviour? ?Driven? ?Development, test? ?automation,? ?continuous? ?delivery,? ?infrastructure? ?as? ?code,? ?continuous? ?user? ?testing.
- Interest? ?in? ?new? ?innovations? ?such? ?as? ?machine? ?learning,? ?AI,? ?blockchain? ?etc.
Moreover,? ?you? ?should? ?be? ?someone? ?who:
- Puts? ?the? ?company? ?first? ?and? ?strongly? ?believes? ?in? ?the? ?company’s? ?vision.
- Comfortable? ?working? ?for? ?with? ?a? ?diverse,? ?non-technical,? ?and? ?younger? ?team.
- Has? ?excellent? ?communication? ?and? ?listening? ?skills,? ?especially? ?with? ?a? ?diverse? ?team? ?and? ?non-technical? ?colleagues; values? ?transparency? ?in? ?decision-making.
- Believes? ?in? ?the? ?value? ?of? ?a? ?? ?team? ?? ?and? ?readily? ?participates? ?in? ?team? ?building? ?activities.
- Strong? ?leadership? ?qualities.
- Believes? ?in? ?always? ?over-delivering,? ?and? ?doing? ?work? ?with? ?excellence.
- Constantly? ?innovating? ?and? ?? ?coming? ?up? ?with? ?ways? ?to? ?upgrade? ?and? ?expand? ?our? ?product? ?line.
- Flexible;? ?incorporating? ?user? ?feedback? ?into? ?product? ?development,? ?and? ?responding? ?to? ?market? ?needs,? ?even? ?if? ?the latter? ?involves? ?coming? ?up? ?with? ?new? ?features/applications.
What? ?will? ?you? ?be? ?doing?
- Actively? ?adding? ?to? ?the? ?codebase.? ?Performing? ?varied? ?development? ?tasks? ?across? ?the? ?entire? ?stack.
- Analyze? ?the? ?current? ?codebase? ?we? ?have,? ?maintain? ?and? ?improve? ?it.
- Bringing? ?the? ?product? ?to? ?market.? ?Build? ?lean? ?MVPs? ?to? ?test? ?and? ?iterate? ?quickly? ?based? ?on? ?user? ?feedback.
- Provide? ?budget-friendly,? ?cost-effective? ?recommendations? ?for? ?product? ?development.
- Work? ?with? ?the? ?team? ?to? ?help? ?provide? ?strategies? ?for? ?business? ?development? ?and? ?marketing,? ?by? ?providing? ?technical perspective/insight.
- Gather? ?and? ?prioritize? ?requirements? ?and? ?features.
- Managing? ?other? ?developers,? ?implementing? ?best? ?practice? ?such? ?as? ?TDD,? ?Agile? ?processes,? ?creating? ?shared? ?coding standards,? ?and? ?overall? ?ensuring? ?that? ?the? ?team? ?is? ?producing? ?high? ?quality,? ?easily? ?maintainable? ?code.
- Ownership? ?over? ?the? ?application? ?roadmap,? ?also? ?guiding? ?architecture-level? ?decisions.? ?Set? ?the? ?structure? ?and? ?goals? ?? ?for the? ?development? ?team,? ?provide? ?technical? ?direction,? ?lead? ?the? ?development? ?of? ?tools? ?to? ?make? ?scalable? ?web applications.
- Architect? ?for? ?scaling.
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Deadline for receiving applications: 1st October 2017
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