Full Stack Developer – Consultant at Palladium International

Job Description

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Palladium develops and delivers solutions that create positive impact for communities, businesses, societies and economies. We transform lives and create enduring value by working with governments, corporations and non-profit organisations.

This Opportunity:

Palladium’s Digital Informatics and Analytical Solutions (DIAS) is seeking a consultant for a short-term Full Stack Developer to join their regional team of informatics experts based in Nairobi, Kenya that support the technical delivery of informatics solutions. The Regional Informatics Hub is responsible for supporting informatics and digital projects across the DIAS portfolio globally. The Full Stack Developer will support our team of developers working on the design and development of various technology products. This position will work with Tech Leads and Product Managers to ideate software solutions and design client and server-side architecture.

You and Your Career:

If you have a passion for delivering software solutions, working on projects with a global reach, and always taking an interest in emerging technologies to bring fresh ideas forward and more productive ways of working, we are interested in hearing from you. We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting and Supervision:

This position will report to the Technical Advisor, Lead Developer This is a consultancy position with an expected duration of 3 to 4 months

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

Technical Expertise:

Participate in development life cycle activities such as design, coding, testing, and production release, delivering high-quality code in an agile team environment Apply design principles and patterns in creating enterprise-level solutions, as needed Collaborate with teammates on proposed UX/UI and provide feedback as needed Collaborate and communicate with cross-functional teams Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code Keep abreast with emerging technologies in software engineering Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed

Business Development:

Contribute to active proposals through contributions to strategy and preparation of technical approach and capability statements

Requirements

Key Competencies Required:

Extensive knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js) Extensive knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery) Experience in configuring and managing web application servers (e.g. Apache Tomcat, IIS etc.) Should have demonstrable experience in working with APIs, microservices and distributed solutions Relational data modeling concepts and experience in PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar applications Application containerization technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes Knowledge of standards for systems’ integration such as REST, OAUTH2 and OIDC Experience with Git or similar version control systems Should possess excellent communication skills and attention to detail Should demonstrate strong problem-solving and technical skills

Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:

Experience in enterprise-level programming and architecture Experience developing scalable and secure web applications Experience with relational databases such as Microsoft SQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, including designing schemas and query performance analysis Experience in NoSQL databases is an added advantage