Mpesa Api Engineer At Safaricom Kenya

Key Responsibilities:
Development of API's consumed by various channels.
Development of microservices using Java, spring boot and spring boot security.
Use CI/CD to automate deployments.
Deliver projects on time as agreed upon by the various stakeholders.
Design, maintain and support Apigee infrastructure.
Document and coordinate efforts to secure application resiliency prior to business continuity event.
Participate in design, development, testing and implementation of new products, services and functionalities.
Making use of agile and scrum frameworks in project delivery while making use of tools like Jira, Confluence etc.
Provide support during service deployments and when on-call.
Participate in audit activities, review and provide data to auditors.
Development of automated tests for functional, performance, and security testing using test-driven development methodology.
Support capacity planning initiatives and provide application information to capacity planning teams.
Customize alerting tools based on application specific thresholds.

Qualifications:
A bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Telecommunications or Electronic Engineering.
At least 2-year work experience in software development.
At least 1-year work experience in API management e.g., Apigee, MuleSoft, Kong etc.
Strong understanding of both JSON, SOAP and development on swagger UI using open API's
Experience in securing APIs using Oauth2, SAML etc.
Experience in Java, spring boot reactive and bash scripting
In-depth knowledge of ReactJS
Experience working with relational and non-relational databases i.e., Oracle, Postgres, Mongo DB, Cassandra
Experience in developing solutions using agile methodology, DevOps and CI/CD tools e.g., Jenkins, SonarQube, Gitlab.
Strong understanding of end-to-end API and microservices architecture
Experience in automation tools e.g., ansible.
Good presentation skills