Apollo Group (Apollo Investments Limited)was an idea born from the need to harness synergies across the insurance business. Built on commitment, integrity and innovation, it has risen to be one of the leading financial groups in East Africa. Apollo Investments Limited (AIL) includes APA Insurance (Kenya and Uganda). It underwrites General Insurance risks ...

Responsibilities or duties

• Design, develop, test, deliver, maintain and improve software solutions in the organization to meet the needs of the business and its users.
• Optimize user experience and workflows in user-facing software solutions.
• Write and test code for product or system development to ensure high quality solutions for the business and users.
• Engage in code reviews to provide and receive feedback with other developers to ensure best practices.
• Contribute to existing knowledge resources including code documentation.
• Track and resolve issues with software solutions to ensure consistent quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including designers, product and platform owners to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and micro-services.
• Integrate third-party APIs and services to enhance functionality.
• Integrate and work with cloud services on AWS (e.g., Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB).
• Provide innovative solutions to complex business problems.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field (or equivalent work experience)
• Cloud Certification will be an added advantage.

JOB SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Real passion for development and a demonstrated appetite for continual learning
• Appreciation for pair programming
• Team-player who is positive, proactive, and a motivated self-starter
• Great communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• A certification in AI for Business, Agentic AI, Generative AI for Developers or equivalent will be an added advantage.

Experience needed

EXPERIENCE

• 3 or more years working in a software engineering team.
• 2 or more years’ experience with using backend technologies in a microservice environment.
• 1 or more-year experience of building frontend applications.
• Familiarity with No code and Low code development frameworks.
• Working knowledge of Java, Kotlin, Node, Python programming languages.
• Working knowledge of version control systems (eg Git) and CI/CD pipeline.
• Knowledge of database systems (relational and/or NoSQL).
• Familiarity with AI Assisted development.

• Design, develop, test, deliver, maintain and improve software solutions in the organization to meet the needs of the business and its users.
• Optimize user experience and workflows in user-facing software solutions.
• Write and test code for product or system development to ensure high quality solutions for the business and users.
• Engage in code reviews to provide and receive feedback with other developers to ensure best practices.
• Contribute to existing knowledge resources including code documentation.
• Track and resolve issues with software solutions to ensure consistent quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including designers, product and platform owners to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and micro-services.
• Integrate third-party APIs and services to enhance functionality.
• Integrate and work with cloud services on AWS (e.g., Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB).
• Provide innovative solutions to complex business problems.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Real passion for development and a demonstrated appetite for continual learning
• Appreciation for pair programming
• Team-player who is positive, proactive, and a motivated self-starter
• Great communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field (or equivalent work experience)
• Cloud Certification will be an added advantage.
• A certification in AI for Business, Agentic AI, Generative AI for Developers or equivalent will be an added advantage.
• 3 or more years working in a software engineering team.
• 2 or more years’ experience with using backend technologies in a microservice environment.
• 1 or more-year experience of building frontend applications.
• Familiarity with No code and Low code development frameworks.
• Working knowledge of Java, Kotlin, Node, Python programming languages.
• Working knowledge of version control systems (eg Git) and CI/CD pipeline.
• Knowledge of database systems (relational and/or NoSQL).
• Familiarity with AI Assisted development.