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Job Title: Senior Developer
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
About us:
Brave finds rising star talent for high growth companies. That means we’re always on the lookout for brilliant folks like you. We work to understand your work interests, career goals, and talents. And then put you in touch with our clients who might want to interview you. Feel free to share our details with a friend or peer. We’d be happy to link them with jobs too.
About the company:
The company was founded in late 2009 to disrupt the media landscape in Tanzania. At that time their main mission was to show that there were other methods of doing ATL advertising and the focus was on physical installations. They pivoted in mid 2010 and evolved into a full-service Digital Agency with their minds still on disruption but from an agency-driven view.
About the role:
This position reports directly to the Head of Technology and will work closely with the Immediate Project team and Technology Support team, as well as other software developers.
The Senior Developer will work with the development team to develop software solutions using Java, PHP, MySQL, HTML and Javascript frameworks and libraries within the framework of the designated project and requirements.
The position requires knowledge of relational databases and be able to rely on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. This position requires knowledge working on HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript’s, Jquery, JSON and XML/XSLT.
You will be required to provide development and maintenance services to new and ongoing development projects and deployed services and solutions. The Ideal senior candidate will have a can-do attitude, passion for technology, Java/PHP5/MySQL development experience, and will be able to get up to speed quickly with the project that is designated to him/her.
- Report to the Head of Technology and support in implementing teamwide best practices
- Able to engineer and plan new products.
- Be able to pitch new products for development, spin-
- off or investment.
- Be able to future-proof the company and its projects.
- Set direction and be the lead architect on all projects where required.
- Interact with software systems engineer or other technical leader to understand subsystem and component specifications and recommend changes to facilitate efficient and effective development
- Attends to both business and technical considerations when designing solutions to project/team or company related issues
- Support management of the team’s technical infrastructure (e.g., repository, build system, testing system) under guidance.
- Develop and maintain code to a high standard within IT development and maintenance projects
- Audit existing developments for integrity, learnings and development quality.
- Troubleshoot and problem-solve support issues as they arise.
- Provide accurate estimates for development work in conjunction with the other departments within the designated project.
- Perform unit testing of work.
- Write documentation and comment code as required.
- Ensure code is properly version- controlled
- Understand code releases cycles and versioning
- Be on call for support requests as required.
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
- At least 5+ Years of programming experience with Java, PHP, XHTML/CSS/Javascript/AJAX/XML/JSON
- Ideal candidates should understand object oriented development, and apply OO concepts to everything they do.
- Experience of the full software development lifecycle: from requirements gathering and functional specification
- Understanding of Web technology and environments
- Candidate should be familiar with frameworks and libraries
- in Java
- Candidate should be familiar with modern database management systems such as MySQL
- Experience with micro-services architecture
- Good knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and
- remediation techniques
- Good knowledge of network architectures, protocols, and standards
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
- Organised, Resourceful, Confident, proactive self-starter.
- Able to work independently and within a Project team.
- Ability to think laterally to solve problems
- Be an excellent communicator, both written and oral
- Ability to work under pressure
- Minimum of a Bachelors degree in Computer Science or
- related field.
- Minimum 10 years experience
Preferred Skills:
- UX Design experience
- Web Services - Experience building modern web services
- Social App Development - Experience in building social sites or apps (Facebook, etc.)
- Knowledge of Android/iOS platforms.
- Understanding of MVC design patterns and frameworks
- Front-end development knowledge including Responsive web design.
- Good understanding of the organisation’s products and services
- Understanding and comfort in Agile/Scrum driven development
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Job Title: Senior Technical Project Manager
Software
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Contract to permanent
Senior Technical Project Manager
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced technology and business leader to manage technology projects with a social purpose. The Company provides top tier technical program leadership to NGO’s, large commercial clients and technology startups. With a heavy focus on agriculture, finance, and social services, we offer project and program leadership that allows our clients to realize their technology vision with confidence.
The Company is founded to address the need for strong technology leadership in programs that engage the commercial market and the NGO community. We conduct light tech strategy work, develop business cases and requirements, lead design and development efforts, and management the whole process for our clients to reduce their risk and deliver quality systems.
Responsibilities and Duties
The Senior Technical Project Manager will be responsible for leading and managing business, technical and program requirements for a technical program that builds the business case, identifies technology components (custom and off the shelf), and leads the integration and ultimate delivery and operation of the system. We are looking for a strong technical leader with a history of delivering technical systems to join our team for this project.
The role starts as a contractor position for 90-120 days with the option for permanent hire.
Day to Day, the Sr. Tech Project Manager will develop requirements and validate the business case, collaborate with other team members, work with the client to validate their requirements, develop and manage the project plan, coordinate technical resources, develop executive summaries to advance the program and oversee the implementation of the solution.
Qualifications and Skills
We are looking for a leader with strong technical background and good consulting skills who is ready to jump in and apply technical leadership excellence to new and challenging business domains.
Skills include:
Skills Needed
Qualifications
BA or BS degree (CS, IT, Marketing, Business Administration or Commerce)
Masters degree a plus
Qualification in project management and 5+ years leading technology projects
Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management tools and techniques.
Personal traits· Needs to figure things out and is driven to find a solution
· Engaging with clients, team and a variety of citizens impacted by the solutions
· Analytical and driven
· Fun and loves to build teams and consensus
- Lead the planning and implementation/delivery of all technical project
- May include light strategy, business case, agile, waterfall, market analysis, technical project management.
- Set goals and deliverables for the project team
- Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables
- Management of project budgets while supporting Finance and Accounting teams in conducting financial analysis on projects to manage and understand the cost of delivery, margins, projections and where to optimize efforts and leverage resources.
- Provide direction and support to the project team
- Constantly monitor and report on the progress of the project to all stakeholders
- Continuous project evaluations and assessment of results
- Maintains project management staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees
- Performs risk management for the different projects he/she is working on
- Manage project resource allocation
- Develop techniques for distributing and delivering tasks within the team based on the project and team requirements
- Build and implement best practices for performing tasks.
- Project evaluation on progress on a regular basis.
Skills Needed
- Critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Customer relationship management
- Planning and organization
- Decision-making
- Commercial Awareness
- Good presentation skills
- Technical Leadership
- Team work
- Adaptability
BA or BS degree (CS, IT, Marketing, Business Administration or Commerce)
Masters degree a plus
Qualification in project management and 5+ years leading technology projects
Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management tools and techniques.
Personal traits
· Engaging with clients, team and a variety of citizens impacted by the solutions
· Analytical and driven
· Fun and loves to build teams and consensus
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Job Title: Lead Engineer
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
They are looking for:
An experienced full-stack engineer exceptional in programming and software architecture--someone who is ready to dive into their Android and server codebases and take a leadership role on their engineering team.
The ideal candidate is a quick learner, strong problem solver, and is not afraid to step out of his or her comfort zone to learn and try new technologies and strategies. The candidate is expected to dive into the technical details of the product, outline the company's technical vision, and help recruit and manage the company's growing engineering team. The ideal candidate will have had experience scaling a product and team, and should be excited about living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Responsibilities:
Develop Android in Kotlin and Java with backend on Firebase and GCP
Grow and mentor a team of engineers
Analyze data from the mobile app and execute an analytics roadmap
Participate in scrum-based development sprints alongside the Product team.
Design and build the future of payment systems in Africa
Requirements
About the Team
They are an ambitious, fast-moving, and hardworking team with a bias towards execution. They are obsessive about designing products, solving market problems, and as a result, they have been growing quickly (47% MoM). The team is currently seven people and quickly expanding.
Develop Android in Kotlin and Java with backend on Firebase and GCP
Grow and mentor a team of engineers
Analyze data from the mobile app and execute an analytics roadmap
Participate in scrum-based development sprints alongside the Product team.
Design and build the future of payment systems in Africa
- 2+ years experience delivering quality, at scale consumer-facing Android apps available in the PlayStore
- Fluency with Java and RxJava; knowledge of Kotlin is a plus
- Excellent knowledge of software and application design and architecture
- Proven experience as software architect is a plus
- Interest in financial services, payments, and wallets.
- Strong object-oriented programming experience, and a good knowledge of pattern and anti-pattern design
- Experience with app profiling, code versioning, deployment, continuous integration, and continuous delivery
- Experience with Android Unit and UI Automation Testing
- Strong communication skills and an ability to work with both engineers and other roles
- Strong team management skills
- Fluency in written and spoken English
They are an ambitious, fast-moving, and hardworking team with a bias towards execution. They are obsessive about designing products, solving market problems, and as a result, they have been growing quickly (47% MoM). The team is currently seven people and quickly expanding.
