Senior Full Stack Engineer
Your Role
As KOKO grows within and
outside Kenya, our team is looking for experienced full stack engineers to lead
development of our cloud based software products, and be responsible for major
technical decisions associated with them accountable for their successful
execution.
In this position on the
software engineering team, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to many
customer and internal facing products. KOKO’s suite of products spans multiple
technical domains and disciplines in software and hardware, and so experience
in end-to-end systems thinking across distributed components is key for this
role.
What you will do
- Design, implement and deploy web-based front-end applications
and back-end services
- Lead the delivery of software projects in a team-based
environment
- Collaborate cross-functionally with business users, product
managers, project managers and other engineers to to define, design, scope
and ship new features using elegant solutions.
- Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate
technology and consistently apply best practices.
- Help others to improve the quality of their work through
regular design and code reviews
- Deliver new features to production environments and support
them in operation
- Participate in building the engineering culture at KOKO
KOKO’s technology stack currently includes (but
is not limited to) AWS,
Python, Flask, Vue.js, Postgres, Kotlin, Java, Firebase,
C++, Celery, Message Queues, Odoo ERP, Docker, Jenkins, CircleCI, Git
What You Will Bring to
KOKO
- At least four years experience developing applications at
enterprise scale using the front and back end technologies in our stack
- Ability to translate user experience design (mockups,
wireframes and user journeys) into code using CSS and scripting frameworks
- Ability to develop robust and scalable backend services
defined by RESTful APIs in Python
- Familiarity with Cloud/ SaaS architectures and how to build
secure and maintainable services
- Strong understanding of unit testing, design patterns and
usage of tools like profilers
- Experience with source control and continuous integration
tools (We use GIT and Jenkins)
- Worked in an Agile multi-functional team
- Thrive in an environment that requires you to partner with
multiple cross-functional teams as stakeholders/customers
- Great oral and written communication skills
What We Offer
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- Competitive salary plus a quarterly cash bonus
- Annual compensation reviews – we reward great work
- Discounted health insurance with no-cost financing for you
and your dependents (in Kenya)
- 21 days of annual leave plus public holidays plus
examination leave
- Hybrid working model – allowing you to split your time
between in-person collaboration at one of our offices and working remotely
- Ongoing investment in you and your skills, incl. full access
to over 5,000 online courses
- The right equipment for the job – a choice of MacBook,
Windows, or Linux laptop
How To Apply
KOKO is committed to
gender and racial diversity in the workplace. We encourage candidates of all
backgrounds to apply!
