Software Engineer (UI) Job at Clickatell

Clickatell is a cutting edge technology company and global leader in mobile messaging that enables effortless, personalized, and contextual digital interactions between businesses and their customers. We specialize in helping brands delight their customers with innovative, customer-centric solutions, giving them more time for what really matters.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Software Engineer (UI)

Job Location: Lagos

Purpose

• We are seeking a Senior Developer (UI) to join our Champion team focused on disrupting a $50B+ market. This role is deemed essential to our growth and focused on software development on our Transact Product.

Responsibilities of the Role

• Work with an awesome geographically distributed team of developers and product designers to implement the next generation of products and/or features
• Work independently and collaborate on projects developing applications/features from scratch
• Build applications that can scale (millions of transactions/requests per day)
• Develop highly maintainable software iteratively and deliver working code with each iteration, including authoring relevant documentation and test cases
• Apply best software development practices to coding software solutions

Be responsible for:

• Implementing, debugging, and testing of new product features, or enhancements on existing features, or assisting customers and vendors with implementing and troubleshooting end-to-end solutions
• Implementing a test-driven development using unit tests and integration tests in an Agile environment
• Sustaining implemented features once delivered into production through maintenance and support
• Accurate and detailed documentation of relevant design artefacts (use cases, user stories, sequence diagrams etc)
• Working closely with key stakeholders particularly with team leads and software managers
• Partake in architecture discussions, design recommendations and implementations
• Adhere to policies and standards as applied by the team and directed by the reporting manager
• Participate in supporting production releases as needed

Qualifcations

• Computer Science Degree or equivalent diploma from a reputable school
• Proven track record of working in relevant roles of 4 years or more
• Active participation in code and design reviews
• Proven industry experience in Financial or banking, or telecommunications is an advantage
• Experience working in an Agile methodology an advantage
• Strong communication skills with a team player attitude
• Experience working with other integrated applications within the Clickatell ecosystem or

For success in this role, following are some desirable technical requirements:

• Software development experience with HTML/CSS (SCSS)/JS, Angular, React, Redux, and Typescript
• Have significant experience developing Enterprise Grade applications at scale
• Experience writing unit tests with Jest, Cypress, etc
• Experience with source code management tools such as Git, GitLab, etc
• Experience with integration of data from various back-end services and databases
• Experience with various dependency management tools Compose, bower, NPM, etc
• Solid understanding of development lifecycle, wire-framing, UI/UX enhancements, communication
• The professional will play a vital Web Application Development role where he/she will take the designs created and convert them to functional deliverables
• Translate UI designs into well-organized and structured HTML/CSS compatible with modern browsers and use open-source tools & frameworks to improve the structure and maintainability of the front-end code
• Have excellent technical documentation and communication skills

To excel in this role, following are some nice-to-have technical requirements:

• Experience with MySQL and NoSQL databases such as Cassandra
• Bonus points for experience working with WebSockets (industry standard for real-time applications)
• Experience with DataDog for metric monitoring
• Innovative and takes risks; not shy to experiment; does not follow the crowd and does what needs to be done to succeed
• Works independently, with a high degree of responsibility and ownership
• Passion for technology, attention to detail, assertive nature and self-driven
• Lives up to the Clickatell values - Be Curious. Be Collaborative. Be Courageous. Be Creative. Be a Champion.

Perks of the Role

• Health Insurance 
• RRPS contribution 
• Quarterly performance incentive bonus 
• Risk benefit company contributions
• Reimbursable communications allowance for internet and mobile phone bills
• Half-day off on your birthday
• 5 personal days leave a year, over and above your PTO 
• Remote working and access to office hubs as required.
• Home office set-up with laptop, monitor and other related items.