Senior Software Engineer

Roles and Responsibility
• Software Engineer translate technical design into workable programming code and maintain and develop programs for use in business.
• Develops and writes new programs with a simple to higher degree of complexity utilizing departmental systems development methodology, standard procedures, and techniques.
• Creates application codes with consideration to efficiency and ease of maintenance.
• Prepares technical components, which include program comparisons, detailed test results, Compiling DRE test logs, user/technical/operational documentation, rerun/restart procedures, and other pertinent information, for review and production implementation.
• Analyzes and resolves technical issues, which may include development of solutions for application programs within primary application knowledge.
• Performs efficient and effective analysis and complete task level activities, which may include development of recommendations, process design changes, system specifications.
• conducting user-acceptance testing to ensure the program can be used easily, quickly and accurately.
• Executes the Systems Development Methodology (SDM) for projects.
• Utilizes all development tools in primary application and/or platform.
• Demonstrates increasing skill of coding/development across multiple platforms/applications.
• consulting manuals, periodicals and technical design to learn new ways to develop programs and maintain existing skills and knowledge.
• A high level of commitment is expected due to the costs of projects and regular tight deadlines, particularly in small to large-sized projects.
• Participating in peer reviews of Solution Design and related code, RFC review.
• Support Code Deployment release.

A four-year college degree and 1 to 2 years functional experience is added advantage.

3 to 5 year of software development experience is needed.
• This is not a complete listing of the job duties. It’s a representation of the things you will be doing, and you may not perform all these duties.

Required Skills

General Skill:

- ingenuity and creativity.

- a logical approach to problem solving.

- the ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines

- self-motivation

- good project management skills

- experience of development methodologies, like agile.

- attention to detail.

- tenacity and patience

- an understanding of business processes and constraints.

- high-level programming and related technical skills.

- good teamwork skills.

- the ability to interpret and follow technical plans.

communication skills

- including the ability to convey information to non-technical colleagues in a concise and clear way

Technical Skills:

Operating Systems: Windows / Linux

Programming Skills: C/C++; ProC; Microfocus COBOL

Database Skills: PL/SQL; SQL

Scripting Language: Unix Shell Scripting - sh/bash