Squad: Software Specialist – Front End at Vodacom Tanzania

Full Time Tanzania April 6, 2023 IT Jobs

Job Overview

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Vodacom Tanzania

Posting Country: Tanzania, United Republic of
Date Posted: 06-Apr-2023
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent

At Vodacom, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it’s our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this.

We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

Role Profile & Key Accountabilities

Role purpose:

The Developer is responsible for creating prototypes, designing and building modules and solutions in an iterative agile cycle, develop, maintain, and optimize the business outcome.
This role is responsible for estimating user and technical stories, designing, and developing code, writing and executing unit and integration tests, and supporting testing of deliverables against user and technical story acceptance tests.

Key accountabilities:

Estimate user and technical stories to help and prioritize backlog
Design modules according to user stories, UX designs, and technical stories
Develop solutions according to module designs and deploy using delivery pipeline
Develop and execute unit and integration tests; support testing against user and technical story acceptance tests
Suggest improvements to user stories and UX
Manage technical debt as part of daily activities
Conduct peer reviews and maintain coding standards
Manage incidents as level two and level three support
Manage problems as level two and level three support

Core competencies, knowledge and experience

Agile and lean programming and development of software systems in Web scale environments
Mobile app developer skills with ability to create, maintain and implement the source code to develop mobile apps and programs that meet the needs and requirements of the clients using the computer programming languages.
Backlog item estimation
Unit, integration, smoke and static code
Analysis testing Architectural element testing e.g. APIs
Automated testing and tools e.g. Selenium
Software incident and problem management
Expertise in multiple programming and markup languages, such as HTML, CSS,
JavaScript/Native script, Android, Java,PhP,
Ruby, SQL, XML, JSON, C and Python, and paradigms such as object-oriented-, even driven.
Databases i.e. MariaDB, MySQL, MongoDB.
Vast knowledge of Operating systems such as LINUX etc.
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Cloud-native architectures, including public cloud PaaS / IaaS, micro-services architectures, API
Flexibility to deal with changing projects and priorities in a short space of time
Strong problem solving skills and ability tolearn new methods and processes
Good understanding of the business capability / user journey, wider organizational goals, and desired product business outcomes
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field
2 -3 years relevant experience of which a minimum of one year is in programming and/or systems analysis applying agile frameworks
Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, LSD, and FDD
Experience working with multiple programming and markup languages, such as
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Ruby, SQL, XML, JSON, and Python, and paradigms such as object-oriented-, even-driven-, procedural-, functional-, and declarative programming

Skills

MicroServices and APIs_FRHR
Data Analytics and Insights
Agile
Coding
Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD)
Security
Architecture and Design
Software Engineering
System, Service and Solution Design and Development
DevOps
Cloud_FRHR
Testing and Evaluation

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.

Commitment from Vodacom

Vodacom is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognized, developed and rewarded. We believe that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business and we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment which respects, values, celebrates and makes the most of people’s individual differences – we are not only multinational but multicultural too. At Vodacom you will have access to our excellent flexible benefits programme that you would expect from any global company.

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