Role Profile:
Kyosk is looking for a passionate Software Engineer (InfraOps) to help strengthen the development competency of a team of software engineers who are developing solutions on the leading edge of innovation in Africa. The successful candidate will play a supporting role in the full SDLC of the team's output.
As a Software Engineer (InfraOps), you'll join our growing team of Product and Technology professionals who share a passion for leveraging technology to empower informal retailers across the African continent. You'll work with teams from multiple countries across the organization to imagine and build innovative solutions for Kyosk's customers and internal teams.
To be successful in this role you will need to be passionate about using technology to solve real world problems. You will contribute to high quality, resilient, scalable software using industry best practices.
Key Responsibilities
Contribute to the design of technical solutions
Deliver working software implemented from technical designs
Investigate and resolve errors
Adhere to Kyosk's development processes
Minimum Technical Requirements:
3 years of software development experience
Experience working with Agile methodologies
Experience with administrative tools, e.g. Issue Tracking, Wikis, etc
Working knowledge of dev tool chain (e.g. IDE, CI/CD, version control)
Backend dev: Working knowledge of Java, SpringBoot, Document Database or RDBMS.
Frontend dev: Working knowledge of Angular
Experience working in Cloud environments (GCP, AWS, Azure)
Experience in deploying and running applications in Kubernetes
Experience implementing components of a system from technical designs/specifications
Minimum Behavioural and Soft Skills Requirements:
Strong work ethic
Focus on delivery
Punctual
Works mostly independently
Passion for learning
Considerate of value chain outside of sphere of responsibility
Desired Technical Competencies
1 years experience of the full SDLC (analysis, design, development, testing, integration, deployment, documentation, triage)
Sound knowledge of the microservices design pattern
Basic knowledge of any cloud platform
Experience implementing basic unit tests
Basic knowledge of Kafka
Frontend dev: working knowledge of NestJS and React
Experience in e-commerce, payments, and/or distribution of FMCG products
Experience using GCP
Working knowledge of Docker containers and Kubernetes for orchestration
Basic knowledge of the shift-left approach
Experience implementing unit tests
Working knowledge of system non-functional requirements (e.g. code readability, maintainability, scalability, extensibility, testability, etc)
Desired Behavioral Competencies
Ability to give reasonably accurate time estimates
Constantly seeks to improve tech and processes to streamline development
Ability to work under pressure, with tight timelines and ambitious deadlines
You have integrity: you do what you say you will do and make no excuses.
Promote psychological safety in the team, as well as across the entire organisation.