Senior Backend Developer at Swiftbranding Nigeria

Swift Branding NG is a subsidiary of Digifigs Limited, a full-service digital marketing organization with a focus on building and promoting the online visibility of personal and corporate brands through social and digital media platforms.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Backend Developer

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

A fast-growing digital agency is looking for a FULL-TIME Senior Backend Developer to create, maintain, and improve norm-disruptive software applications that will serve millions of people all over the world. You’ll be working from our HQ at Ibadan, Oyo state.
If you’re looking to be involved in the development of solutions that will be used worldwide, and are willing to grow with the team, then this role is for you.
Senior Web Developer responsibilities include leading a team of junior developers, refining website specifications and resolving technical issues. To be successful in this role, you should have extensive experience building web pages from scratch and in-depth knowledge of at least one of the following programming languages: PHP, JavaScript or Python
Ultimately, you will lead the team and lift our products from the development stage to the point where they become solutions recognised and admired in Africa, and the world as a whole.

Responsibilities

Identify user and system requirements for new websites and applications
Prioritize software development projects, set timelines and assign tasks to team members
Write or review code for various applications
Run functionality testings and debug code
Oversee junior web developers and evaluate their performance
Liaise with designers to decide on UI/UX elements (like graphics and navigation buttons)
Ensure our software documentation is up-to-date
Collaborate with mobile developers to build mobile-responsive web & mobile applications
Participate in the solutions, design, maintenance & improvements of our core products
Evaluating existing and new technologies, ensuring our applications utilize industry best practices
Supporting the operations team in order to provide the best uptime and service quality
Developing and deploying to cloud-based technology (AWS)

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience as a professional Web Developer.
Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree qualification.
Fluent with PHP (Laravel) and good knowledge of NodeJS would be required.
Solid knowledge of HTML / CSS.
Experience building complex web systems that have been successfully delivered to customers.
Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams and management to collect requirements, identify tasks, provide estimates and meet production deadlines.
Eagerness and willingness to learn new technologies.
Experience with test-driven development and automated testing frameworks.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Experience with building APIs and services using REST, SOAP, etc.
Experience with infrastructure automation technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, cloud technologies, etc is a plus.
Experience with build automation technologies like Maven, Jenkins, CI, CD is also a plus, etc.
Understanding of security practices.
Team management skills.
A track record of success with developing modern APIs.
Experience with SQL Server and database design.
Knowledge of automated testing toolsets and methodologies (Preferable).