Busara Center Senior Backend Developer Jobs in Kenya

The Busara Center for Behavioral Economics is a research and advisory firm that uses the latest state-of-the-art advances in experimentation, data science and behavioral science in pursuit of poverty alleviation. Busara is a US 501(c)3 organization with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and active project presence across Africa.


Busara works with academics, policy makers, and private companies across all sectors.

As Busara grows,we are looking for an experienced Backend Developer to join our development team. You will be working closely with an existing team of developers and Lab Officers to support existing projects and creatively develop solutions. This role is responsible for offering inspirational space for creation, development and maintenance of applications and integration to frontend services and external services.

The role will champion best standards for development of backend applications .

Responsibilities


  • Work as a part of a team of talented and motivated backend, frontend and UX developers.
  • Development and support of gaming apps
    Implement and maintain the backend components, APIs etc.
  • Participate in architectural development and think process of software development.
  • Advice and develop best backend practices.
  • Perform any other duty as may be assigned by the project supervisors.

    Required Qualifications

  • Strong understanding of the backend stack and how it integrates to other development stacks including frontend, RESTful APIs, database systems, security and performance tuning, etc
  • Strong understanding of agile methodologies such as scrum
  • Analytical Skills -Ability recognize the needs of customers, and
    create new applications that answer those needs.
  • Communication -Ability to clearly communicate their ideas to coders, teammates and management.
  • Creatively and innovatively invent new ways of approaching problems and developing innovative applications.
  • Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
  • Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
  • Experience working with the MVC/MVT
  • Understanding and experience in use of task management tools
  • Demonstrated experience with test driven development.
  • Interest and experience working in a fast-paced working environment.

    Nice to Have

  • Strong understanding of any 2 of these stacks: django, flask, node, gaming tools, etc
  • In-depth understanding of SQL and NoSQL database management such as postgres, mySQL, mongo, elasticsearch, etc
  • Experience in creating and consuming restful APIs.
  • Experience with cloud hosting with AWS, GCE, etc and big data handling

    How to apply

    Interested candidates should apply online by 15th July, 2018

    For more information and job application details, see; Busara Center Senior Backend Developer Jobs in Kenya

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