Farsight Africa Group API Software Engineer Jobs in Kenya

Farsight Africa Group API Software Engineer Jobs in Kenya

About Farsight Africa Technologies:

Farsight Africa Technologies was established in 2012 as a subsidiary of Farsight Africa Group, with a mission to digitally enable and empower last frontier markets by promoting technology adoption in Africa emerging markets.

The company has invested in developing solutions and platforms that will address the gaping needs for automation of government services, including financial management information systems, tax revenue collection and administration, and public utility service provision platforms.

A passion for innovation drives our team, and we strive to deliver robust software and hardware solutions that create and enhance value.

Be the Strategy Behind the Game

Farsight Africa Technologies is seeking a API SOFTWARE ENGINEER to join our Farsight Technologies Unit. They will be responsible for Development of API’s consumed by various channels and development of micro services using java, spring boot and spring boot security.

What You'll Do as a Api Software Engineer:

Development of API’s consumed by various channels.

Development of micro services using java, spring boot and spring boot security.

Use CI/CD to automate deployments.

Deliver projects on time as agreed upon by the various stakeholders.

Document and coordinate efforts to secure application resiliency prior to business continuity event.

Participate in design, development, testing and implementation of new products, services and functionalities

Making use of agile and scrum frameworks in project delivery while making use of tools like Jira, Confluence etc.

Provide support during service deployments and when on-call.

Participate in audit activities, review and provide data to

auditors.

Development of automated tests for functional, performance, and security testing using test-driven development methodology.

Support capacity planning initiatives and provide application information to capacity planning teams.

Customize alerting tools based on application specific thresholds.

What You'll Bring:

A Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Telecommunications or Electronic Engineering.

At least 2-year work experience in software development.

At least 1-year work experience in API management e.g., Apigee, MuleSoft etc.

Strong understanding of both JSON, SOAP and development on swagger UI using open API’s

Experience in securing APIs using Oauth, SAML etc.

Strong knowledge in API modelling languages and annotations e.g., in Swagger

Experience in java, spring boot, bash

Experience working with relational and non-relational databases i.e., Oracle, MySQL, Mongo DB, Cassandra

Hands-on experience in designing and developing API’s using REST and SOAP

Experience developing solutions using agile, DevOPs, testing and CI/CD automation tools e.g., Jenkins, SonarQube, Git lab

Strong understanding of end-to-end API and micro services architecture

Experience in automation tools e.g., rundeck, ansible etc.

Good presentation skills

How to Apply

Kindly send your application letter and CV to jobs@farsightafrica.com

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