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Staff Software Engineer, Google Play

Job Type

Full Time

Qualification

BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA , PhD/Fellowship

Experience

8 years

Location

Nairobi

Job Field

ICT / Computer

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on projects.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience in testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role with leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience with working in a matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.

• Provide technical leadership on projects.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.

• Software development
• Testing
• Launching software products
• Software design and architecture
• Data structures and algorithms
• Technical leadership
• Project team leadership
• Setting technical direction
• Working in a matrixed organization
• Cross-functional projects
• Cross-business projects

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.