Incumbent in this position shall perform all duties related to the review, assessment, and development of business processes. To collaborate with a team of software developers (External) in studying bank operations; designing, build, test and install software solutions or modify/upgrade existing applications; support and develop software to meet key business goals.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create designs for technical solutions to resolve business problems and tryout components of new systems for efficiency.
• Actively participate in systems/projects scoping, design, and pricing exercises as part of the development and business teams[*]
• Work with Manager Core Applications Support and Business Analyst to ensure resource utilization targets are met.
• Responsible for bringing together components, software subsystems into a whole and ensuring that those subsystems function together by:
• Studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas.
• Determining operational feasibility by evaluating impact analysis, problem definition, user requirements, proposed solutions and efforts required.
• Documenting and demonstrating solutions, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear pseudo-codes.
• Developing and conducting testing plans and procedures based upon system requirements.
• Identify systems deficiencies and implement effective solutions.
• Communicating and enforcing coding standards; and recommending changes in policies, processes and procedures.
• Research, evaluate, and recommend systems/equipment/technologies based on user requirements and ICT system enterprise architecture.
• Updating job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment; participating in education opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.

SKILLS

Bsc in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

• Agile/Scrum certification as an added advantage.
• At least 4 years’ experience in the software development industry.
• At least 3 years’ experience developing mobile applications (native and/or hybrid), iOS/AndroidAVindows
• Experience with integrations with Banks products/systems is an added advantage
• Experience with variety of databases and object-relational mapping (ORM) frameworks.
• Experience with DevOps tools and practices, including CI/CD, Automated Builds & Release Pipelines, etc.
• Software design principles, patterns, and techniques, like solid, clean code, design patterns and thinking.

QUALITIES

• Knowledge of the trending banking software’s and technologies in the market
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Sense of when to escalate a problem or ask for assistance
• Problem-solving and follow-through; pragmatic and thorough
• Familiarity with Agile’s Scrum development methodologies
• Fluent in at least one of the languages (Java, C++, Kotlin) – Java as an added advantage
• Knowledge on varieties of MVC frameworks/systems – Spring or Java EE as an added advantage
• Deep knowledge of mobile frameworks at the OS level (iOS, Android & Windows)
• Familiar with the latest mobile application trends and technologies in banking