Software Developer at Infostrategy Technology Nigeria

Infostrategy Technology Nigeria Ltd is an Information, Communication and Software Technology firm incorporated in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. We operate with a burning passion to transform the technological terrain of Africa by delivering value to clients through innovative and effective leverage of cutting-edge technology solutions. We are looking for competent and qualified candidate for the below position:

Job Position: Software Developer
Job Code: IST/ABJ/001
Job Location: Abuja
Department: Technology
Reports to: Team Lead Technology

Job Summary


  • Under the supervision of the Team Lead Technology, the Software Developer will develop and implement new software programs for the Organization.
  • S/He will analyze information to determine, plan and recommend new programs and also make good technical decisions that impact positively on systems and provide useful features.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement new software programs
  • Generate ideas to improve system design, thereby enhancing customer satisfaction, sales and profit
  • Maintain and improve the performance of existing software
  • Participate in every stage of feature development from design, brainstorming and implementation of the project.
  • Clearly and regularly communicate with management and technical support colleagues
  • Work as part of a dynamic team collaborating closely with other developers, teams and product marketing
  • Design and update software database
  • Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges
  • Create functional specifications and designs
  • Test and maintain software products to ensure strong functionality and optimization
  • Recommend improvements to existing software programs as necessary
  • Code documentation e.g. Development of Software documentation

Education Qualifications, Experience, Skills and Competencies
Education and Experience:

  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering/Development or any other related discipline.
  • A Master’s degree would be an added advantage
  • At least 4 years of experience in the development and delivery of high-quality software applications. A strong portfolio would be considered where the required experience is lacking.

Core Skills:

  • Strong knowledge of OOP concepts.
  • Experience with development and consumption of RESTful APIs.
  • Experience with integration of payment platforms.
  • Knowledge of agile software development methodologies.
  • Strong knowledge of any of the following RDBMS: MySQL, Oracle SQL, PostgreSQL or Microsoft SQL Server. Experience with NoSQL databases would be an added advantage.
  • Any two out of the following skills are required:
  • Cross-platform mobile application development using Javascript Frameworks such as Cordova, Ionic or Onsen UI. Native application development with Java for Android or Swift for iOS would also be considered.
  • Knowledge of C# for development of Rich Internet Applications for Desktop.
  • Intermediate to Advanced knowledge of PHP. Knowledge of a prominent PHP framework such as Laravel, Symfony or CodeIgniter would be an added advantage but is not mandatory.

Competencies:

  • Excellent planning and team management skills, demonstrating mature confidence and integrity
  • Proven ability to work as part of a cross-functional development team
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Stress tolerant
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Good report writing and documentation skill
  • Should be proactive.

Interested and qualified candidates should forward their Cover Letter and CV's as a single Word Document to: recruitments@istrategytech.com the subject of the mail should be the Job Title- Job Code.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.