Full Stack Developer Job at Rising Tide Africa

Rising Tide Africa (RTA) engages in educating and training women to become sophisticated angel investors through its Program while offering them the opportunity to build a diversified portfolio of investments and receive mentoring from other women who are experienced angel investors.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Full Stack Developer

Job Location: Lagos

Description

• We are looking for a talented and passionate Full Stack Developer to join our growing team. You will play a key role in the development and maintenance of our [product/service], collaborating with designers, product managers, and other developers to bring our vision to life.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend functionalities, including APIs, databases, and server-side logic.
• Develop user-facing features and functionalities using both front-end and back-end technologies.
• Write clean, well-documented, and maintainable code.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Perform unit and integration testing.
• Troubleshoot and debug production issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including designers and other developers, to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Work with product owners and stakeholders to understand project requirements and translate them to technical requirements.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and trends in the software development industry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (required).
• 3+ years of experience as a full-stack developer (required).
• Experience building full stack web applications using React (Typescript) and any other frontend frameworks such as (Angular, Vue.js) backed by REST APIs (Python ,Node.js (Typescript)) and any other backend frameworks such as AWS API Gateway, Lambda, Laravel(PHP) or Springboot (Java) and experience using both Relational and NOSQL databases.
• Exceptional proficiency and hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and optimizing complex systems using Kafka, RabbitMQ, Celery, Redis and sockets.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining real-time applications, leveraging technologies such as WebSocket or other relevant protocols.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Experience with version control systems (Git, Jenkins).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for learning.

Bonus Points:

• Solid understanding of software architecture, design principles, and best practices
• Proven and substantial experience as a Backend Developer with a distinguished focus on system design and distributed systems
• DevOps experience including designing maintainable testing strategies and automating CI/CD, (GitHub Actions) with code linting, type checking, etc.
• Security awareness and best practices.