The Davis & Shirtliff Group is the leading supplier of water and energy solutions in the region. The group is Kenyan based and operates through a network of Kenyan branches as well as regional subsidiaries in Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda, South Sudan, DRC and Zimbabwe. The company has a total complement of over 900 highly trained and professional staff spread across the region and seeks to fill the position of Software Developer at Nairobi Head office.

The role focuses on building reliable, secure, and scalable applications while collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.The successful candidate will report to the Digital Business Manager and be charged with the following responsibilities.

• Developing, Maintaining and Upgrading D&S suite of customer-facing platforms including websites, web apps and apps.
• Perform scheduled / routine and zero-day systems upgrade, support & rollout of Key customer facing platforms.
• Research & Development to provide creative, innovative, and disruptive solutions that address business needs.
• Working with business, solution owners, and management to identify areas that can be improved through technology.
• Perform system hardening measures such as scheduled pen-tests, regression testing, remote config, back up rollback to ensure 99.9% uptime with es:

Experience using Google Vertex AI or any AI ML platforms including integration to existing systems especially but not limited to recommendations, advisory, etc. Agentic, Multimodal would be a huge bonus.

Data and Analytics presentation in systems and apps.

Firebase suite, Google Cloud solutions.

Experience with CDNs, Cloud Flare secure suite, Remote config, Load balancing and other security-oriented features.

Experience with SEO, Google Analytics.

Critical competences:

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team as well as independently.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Have passion for innovation, proactive approach to learning new technologies with continuous improvement and learning mindset.

• Developing, Maintaining and Upgrading D&S suite of customer-facing platforms including websites, web apps and apps.
• Perform scheduled / routine and zero-day systems upgrade, support & rollout of Key customer facing platforms.
• Research & Development to provide creative, innovative, and disruptive solutions that address business needs.
• Working with business, solution owners, and management to identify areas that can be improved through technology.
• Perform system hardening measures such as scheduled pen-tests, regression testing, remote config, back up rollback to ensure 99.9% uptime with es:

• Experience using Google Vertex AI or any AI ML platforms including integration to existing systems especially but not limited to recommendations, advisory, etc. Agentic, Multimodal would be a huge bonus.
• Data and Analytics presentation in systems and apps.
• Firebase suite, Google Cloud solutions.
• Experience with CDNs, Cloud Flare secure suite, Remote config, Load balancing and other security-oriented features.
• Experience with SEO, Google Analytics.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team as well as independently.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Have passion for innovation, proactive approach to learning new technologies with continuous improvement and learning mindset.

• BA/BSc/HND