Senior Software Developer

In this pivotal role, you will lead the charge in crafting and implementing cutting-edge software systems. You'll take the initiative to enhance our current solutions and evaluate the feasibility of various company systems. Your responsibilities will also include coding, application development, producing insightful reports, and offering guidance and mentorship to junior developers. You'll be engaged in building high-performance web and mobile applications for both iOS and Android platforms while collaborating closely with the solutions delivery team.

• Create innovative software solutions by diving deep into information needs; engaging with users; analyzing system flows, data usage, and workflows; troubleshooting issues; all while adhering to the software development lifecycle.
• Assess operational feasibility through thorough evaluation of analyses, problem definitions, requirements, solution development, and proposed alternatives.
• Stay ahead of the curve by exploring cutting-edge development tools, programming methodologies, and computing technologies; engaging in educational pursuits; reading industry literature; maintaining professional networks; and being active in relevant organizations.
• Examine and analyze functional requirements for new application systems, while exploring various implementation options.
• Work collaboratively within a dedicated scrum team to develop features that enhance our IE products.
• Offer advanced expertise and guidance on the specified tech stack related to one of the three specializations.
• Spot reusable functionality to integrate into versatile components that can be utilized throughout the application.
• Partner with back-end development teams to align app features with product specifications and design guidelines.
• Collaborate with Product and Design teams to craft intuitive, engaging, and seamless interfaces for applications across mobile, tablet, and web platforms.
• Leverage modern collaboration tools such as Slack, GitHub, Google Docs, and others.
• Complete two-week sprints, while actively engaging in sprint retrospectives and daily stand-up meetings.
• Take part in peer code reviews and manage pull requests.
• Safeguard operations by ensuring confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Contribute valuable insights by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service challenges.
• Support the engineering and organizational mission by achieving related goals as required.
• Encourage growth among software engineers by offering guidance, mentorship, and educational resources.
• Stay informed about emerging trends in Information Technology and its relevance to the electricity sector, ensuring our company leverages these advancements effectively.
• Track departmental performance through Key Performance Measures.
• Guarantee the availability of sufficient resources to facilitate the various activities of the department.

• Masters/ Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or Computer Science
• Minimum 7-10 years experience in management/implementation of IT application systems, preferably in an electricity utility
• The specialisation required for this role is Fullstack (Web and Mobile App) and Java EE

Specialization

1. Fullstack (Web and Mobile App)

• Experience in developing mobile and web application
• Good knowledge in front-end technologies, including JavaScript, CSS3 and HTML5 and third-party libraries such as React Js, React Native, jQuery and LESS
• Good knowledge of server-side programming languages like NodeJS
• Familiarity with DBMS technology, including SQLServer, Oracle, MongoDB and MySQL and caching mechanisms such as Redis, Memcached and Varnish
• Strong knowledge of UI/UX and basic prototype design
• Good knowledge working with IIS, Nginx or Apache servers with a solid background in Linux

2. Java EE

• Good experience in architecting and developing complex n-tier Java EE applications, designing and developing applications using JSP, Servlets, Spring Core, Spring MVC and JavaScript, ORM Frameworks (e.g., Hibernate) and Java Development IDE (e.g., Eclipse), Subversion.
• Good knowledge of SQL or NoSQL databases like Oracle. SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB.
• Good knowledge with large and disparate data set.
• Creating Web Services and RESTful services with Web API. Familiarity with Linux and Windows operating systems