Principal Engineer job at KOKO Networks
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Vacancy title:
Principal Engineer

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Telecommunications , Category: Computer & IT ]

Jobs at:

KOKO Networks

Deadline of this Job:
14 December 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, December 05, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

What you will do
• Shape large components of KOKO’s technical strategy, ensuring that it meets functional and non functional needs (e.g. performance, maintainability, monitorability, security and reliability).
• Own high level technical architecture decisions across multiple areas and guide others in making the right design and implementation choices in their areas
• Review design work of new projects in other teams, thinking through complex issues in advance, and anticipating potential pitfalls.
• Proactively seek and identify improvements to KOKO technology whilst balancing the needs of existing projects.
• Provide technical delivery assurance for multiple software projects in an agile team-based environment, acting as a subject matter expert across several product/technology areas
• Review quality processes in operation on projects and ensure that team members adhere to agreed systems and standards.
• Mentor and support other engineers in their career progression, and provide candid appraisals and counselling
• Evangelise of newer technologies helping KOKO systems to be more efficient, reliable and performant, driving PoCs where necessary.
• Organise and deliver training across the team, in order that the team’s overall knowledge and awareness of key skills is well maintained.
• Assess effort estimations and provide the complete technical picture that others need to guide their decision making.

KOKO’s technology stack currently includes (but is not limited to) AWS, Python, Flask, Vue.js, Postgres, Redis, Kotlin, Java, Firebase, C++, Celery, Message Queues, Odoo ERP, Docker, Jenkins, CircleCI, Git

What You Will Bring to KOKO
• Significant experience leading design and development of cloud applications at enterprise scale using relevant technologies for our stack
• Deep experience with Cloud/ SaaS architectures and how to build secure, maintainable, scalable, high availability services
• Expert understanding of unit testing, design patterns and use of software analysis tools (profilers, static code analysis etc)
• Significant experience in the following areas: enterprise application and service based architectures, software design patterns, messaging protocols, cyber security, distributed application development, modern front-end design, highly scalable data architectures.
• Well developed skills in designing for testability, reliability, security and maintainability.
• Experience with source control and continuous integration tools (We use GIT and Jenkins)
• Experience working in an Agile multi-functional team
• Thrive in an environment that requires you to partner with multiple cross-functional teams as stakeholders/customers
• You are strongly motivated by seeing high quality outcomes delivered, and hold yourself personally accountable, jumping in and taking ownership of problems as needed to ensure the desired outcomes.
• Great oral and written communication skills

What We Offer
• Competitive salary plus a quarterly cash bonus
• Annual compensation reviews - we reward great work
• Discounted health insurance with no-cost financing for you and your dependents
• Hybrid working model - allowing you to split your time between in-person collaboration at one of our offices and working remotely
• 21 days of annual leave plus public holidays plus examination leave
• Ongoing investment in you and your skills, incl. full access to over 5,000 online courses
• The right equipment for the job - a choice of MacBook, Windows, or Linux laptop

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8


Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Engineering jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 14 December 2022
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 06-12-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 05-12-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 05-12-2066
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