Back End Developer Job at Softcom

Softcom is a group of professionals whose overarching goal is to add value. For 3 years, we have supported organisations in their quest for impact and growth using Technology.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below: 

Job Position: Back End Developer

Job Location: Lagos
Employment type: Project Based (4 months renewable contract based of project continuity)

Job Description

• If you are a Back-End Web Developer who enjoys managing the interchange of data between the server and the users, we would love to hear from you!
• At Softcom, we are a “thinking company” with an innovative team of highly skilled and professional project managers, business analysts, designers, developers and engineers set up to ensure people empowerment and customer fulfilment in all our technology service areas.
• Your primary focus will be development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end.
• You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your colleagues into the application.
• A basic understanding of front-end technologies is therefore necessary as well.
• Responsibilities
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by a front-end developers with server side logic
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Design and implementation of data storage solutions

Skills and Qualifications

• B.Sc in Computer Science or related discipline.
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors, such as LESS and SASS
• Understanding accessibility and security compliance {{Depending on a specific project}}
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Management of hosting environment, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes
• Data migration, transformation, and scripting
• Setup and administration of backups
• Outputting data in different formats
• Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficient knowledge of at least two of back-end programming language;PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, JavaScript etc
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Understanding of “session management” in a distributed server environment