Current Job Vacancies at Growth in Value Alliance, 3rd July, 2019

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Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners is a business advisory and market intelligence services firm. Our objectives are to assist organizations to achieve their growth aspirations by providing market intelligence, strategy blueprint, IT solution delivery expertise and business operation improvement capabilities. We are recruiting to fill the position below:       Job Title: VR/AR Unity Developer Location: Lagos Job Description

• The VR/AR industry is rapidly evolving from an enterprise perspective as organisations and functions across all sectors increasingly adopt the technology.
• We are a small team dedicated to helping companies realise the value of VR/AR technology for their business.
• In your role as a VR/AR Unity Developer, you will help us bring to life the possibilities for our clients by developing prototype experiences that will be available on head-mounted displays, mobile phones, and/or other devices. You may be dealing with both computer-generated content as well as 360 media.
• Due to the fast-paced and diverse nature of this technology, an inquisitive and experimental mindset is a must to explore the full potential of VR/AR and adjacent technologies such as eye tracking and haptics. You may also have to adapt to different development tools and devices depending on the requirements of each project.

Requirements We are looking for a multi-skilled individual who has the:

• Experience in developing both virtual reality and augmented reality applications using Unity
• Knowledge of 3D graphics rendering
• Ability to take an idea from design to development to deployment
• Passion to explore and experiment with new software and hardware technologies and incorporate them into VR and AR applications
• Any experience related to developing WebXR solutions is desirable.
• Assessments of candidates will largely be based on your work to date so please include a link in your CV to your portfolio and be prepared to discuss this in an interview as part of your demonstration of the above capabilities.

Application Deadline 27th July, 2019.       Job Title: AR/VR Business Development Manager Location: Lagos Job Description

• The VR/AR industry is rapidly evolving from an enterprise perspective as organisations and functions across all sectors increasingly adopt the technology
• We are a small team dedicated to helping companies realise the value of VR/AR technology for their business.
• In your role as a business development manager, you will communicate the enterprise value of VR/AR technology across different use cases and industries
• ou will need to be able to understand and articulate key aspects of the technology to senior stakeholders (including running demonstrations) so they have a greater understanding of the technology.
• As part of this, you will need to be able to develop a quick understanding of the propositions
• The key pain points seek to understand the multitude of the company’s propositions communicate the bu champion the use and adoption of VR/AR technology through leveraging new and existing client relationships.

Skills & Experience Required

• Develop new business opportunities, manage existing accounts, generate leads, progress opportunities and close business
• Own client relationships, ensure client objectives are understood, communicated internally and met
• Ensure businesses high quality standards are maintained
• Participate in the company’s marketing strategy, identify and attend events
• Experience with selling technology-based business solutions (preferred)
• Target, develop and manage long-term client relationships/partnerships with executive “C” level decision makers
• Function as an AR/VR Enterprise Solutions Subject Matter Expert in the creation of innovative experiences
• Distill and communicate customer needs and product feedback to the VR/AR team

Key Interpersonal Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to build strong working relationships with clients, suppliers, colleagues and industry professionals.
• Good working knowledge of Google Cloud services (Docs, Slides etc)
• Strong commercial awareness and a team player.
• Proven strong organisational skills ability to multitask, prioritize and meet strict deadlines
• Ability to think creatively and commercially and combine those two whilst working in a fast paced environment
• Strong presentation skills and ability to put together compelling demos and pitches.
• Passionate, conveys enthusiasm, proactive, innovative and intellectually curious and demonstrates drive to succeed particularly surrounding VR and AR.
• Resilient, tenacious, ambitious with a ‘can do’ positive attitude.
• Broad knowledge of Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and networking technologies is required
• Must be able to effectively work with a range of stakeholders including executives, other subject matter experts, as well as instructional designers and multimedia developers
• Must be able to effectively balance strong technical skills with solid relationship-building capabilities
• Independence and self-motivation
• Passion to learn and solve problems Willingness to experiment and document the learnings Ability to operate in fast paced, deadline driven, collaborative and iterative programming environment

Responsibilities/Key Technical Skills:

• 6+ years of experience with modern programming languages (C#, Java, Go, Python, etc.)
• 2+ years of AR/VR working experience
• Experience with AR/VR frameworks
• Experience with web services frameworks
• Good experience of Unity or Unreal, C# and application development
• Experience in building APIs/SDKs to be consumed by external partners & developers
• Participate in the design, development, and successful implementation of an SDK and APIs for the AR/VR platform
• End-to-end development of new features from concept to deployment in a CI environment
• Profile and optimize the performance of complex real time hardware/software systems, on both desktop and mobile platforms.
• Experience developing, debugging, and optimizing software on at least one desktop platform (Windows, MacOS, Linux) and/or one mobile platform (Android, iOS).
• Experience with software development processes including source control, bug tracking, and design documentation.
• Writing clean, well-documented, testable code
• Working knowledge of at least one popular HMD (I.e. Oculus, HTC Vive, Hololens)
• Knowledge of mobile/web development & deployment (IOS, Android, Web) Demonstrated ability working collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
• Act as a subject matter expert within the company and developer community.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience developing or modifying game engines (Unreal, Unity, internally developed, etc.).
• AR: Object recognition, acquisition, tracking, rendering
• AR: integrating with existing AR platforms like Vuforia, Wikitude, Metaio
• Knowledge of WebGL, WebVR/WebXR, HTML5 and JavaScript
• Working experience with C++
• Knowledge of virtualization, AWS is a plus. Some experience in physics, optics, computer vision, robotics, sensor fusion, or machine learning.

    Job Title: Artificial Intelligence Specialist Location: Lagos Job Responsibilities

• Work with business stakeholders to deeply understand their business needs and design AI solutions
• Build AI models from scratch and help product managers and stakeholders understand results.
• Manage rapid-prototyping efforts for AI solutions leveraging agile development techniques
• Set up and manage AI development and production infrastructure.
• Deploy AI models into production.
• Help AI product managers and business stakeholders understand the potential and limitations of AI when planning new products.
• Identifying, recommending, communicating, and implementing new tools, architectures and patterns based on business needs, while evaluating and improving upon existing architectures and solution designs
• Provide coaching to junior staff or less experienced team members to develop technical competence and administrative skills

Background:

• 3-5 years of experience in AI solution development and / or integration
• Experience leading development teams

General Skills:

• Good interpersonal skills and ability to present in front of a small audience
• Team spirit and problem-solving ability, ability to work independently
• A strong interest in leading edge technology, and in user experience/usability.
• A willingness to learn new (business & technical) skills and apply them to the business of our clients.
• Strong written and oral communications skills
• Project management skills - ability to manage across multiple and complex projects.
• Experience in leading teams to deliver AI solutions
• Understanding of business processes and business value drivers
• Strong analytical and mathematical skills

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of AI Technology:
  • Machine/Deep Learning - machine learning algorithms and platforms, neural networks.
  • Language - Natural Language Processing, machine translation, language detection
  • Vision - computer vision, object recognition/tracking, face/gender/age/emotion recognition, OCR/handwriting recognition.
  • Sound - audio processing, Speech To Text, speech recognition, text to speech
• Knowledge of Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, Pig, Hive, Aster, Spark
• Knowledge of cloud-based solutions such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure
• Experience with some of these programming and design techniques: C# / C++, Java, Python, Scala, RESTful web services, design patterns, data exchange technologies like JSON.
• Demonstrated proficiency in multiple programming languages with a strong foundation in a statistical platform such as Python / R.
• Experience building AI models in platforms such as Keras, TensorFlow, or Theano.

Application Deadline 30th July, 2019.       Job Title: Software Developer Location: Lagos Job Responsibilities

• Design, installation, testing and maintenance of software programs.
• Research, design, test, and evaluate new technologies, platforms and third party products
• Reviewing and updating of current systems.
• Presenting solutions for system improvements.
• Facilitate root cause analysis of system issues.
• Producing, clean, efficient codes based on specification
• Training users and development of training manuals
• Work closely with other developers such as the UX designer in building out optimal solutions in order to help scale the business.
• Developing quality assurance procedures.
• Analyze and study complex systems requirements.
• Provide technical guidance for clients.

Background

• Experience with software design and development
• Experience with databases and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) frameworks
• Strong background in computer programming.
• Up to date knowledge of technological developments.

General Skills:

• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Detail oriented
• Resourcefulness
• Ability to work in a team and work independently when needed
• Creativity and innovation

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of coding languages such as C++, Java, JavaScript
• Demonstrated knowledge of web technologies, which include but are not limited to CSS, Javascript and HTML.
• Ability to learn new languages and technology
• Software design, documentation, testing and debugging skills.
• Mathematical aptitude
• Knowledge in software designing, web development, design patterns, web applications, business analysis, agile methodologies, web services, software integration, project management, design patterns and programming.

Technology Stack:

• Languages: JavaScript, Python, PHP, C++
• Database: MySQL, Ms SQL Server, PostgreSQL
• OS: Windows, Mac
• DevOps: Heroku, Azure
• Web Services: REST API/SOAP, GraphQL API

      Job Title: UI/UX Designer Location: Lagos Responsibilities

• Create and design web elements that optimize user interaction and experience.
• Lead creation of wireframes, storyboards, and conceptual models for testing and building a clean UI for the best user-experience.
• Lead building of wireframes and storyboards to conceptualize design.
• Collaborate on scenarios, end-to-end experiences, and screen designs.
• Collaborate with product management and engineering to define and implement innovative solutions for the product direction, visuals and experience.
• Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks
• Identify design problems and devise elegant solutions.
• Lead user research and evaluate user feedback.
• Lead user testing of applications, software, and websites with Test Engineers.
• Modify existing, create new and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards.
• Provide guidance and recommendations on software design and development best practices to both software developers, key leadership and the customer.
• Help define UX performance metrics and perform post-development usability testing to validate business needs and user goals.

General Skills

• Analytical capabilities, strong writing skills, and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with clients to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet client needs and vision.
• Good written and oral communication across business and technical stakeholders
• Able to comfortably manage multiple tasks, communicate status, escalate issues and juggle competing priorities
• Experience in leading teams to deliver UI/UX designs

Background:

• 3-5 years of experience developing user interface solutions for complex, multi-platform enterprise-level software applications and projects.

Preferred skills:

• Use automation tests and/or frameworks such as Selenium, Postman, JMeter, SoapUI, etc.
• Use analytical skills to uncover root causes to issues.
• Experience using one or more of the following wire framing tools: Mockplus, Axure, Balsamiq, Mockups, Justinmind, Fluid UI, MockFlow, UXPin, Proto.io.
• Experience working within the Agile Scrum methodology.
• Experience designing web-based solutions and cross browser compatible solutions.
• Experience working with end user stakeholders at various levels of the organization to design effective user interfaces and work with developers to implement design
• Designing mobile specific solutions with various platforms (iOS, Android, mobile web).
• An eye for great UI / UX Design.
• Working knowledge of quantitative, behavioral analysis and statistics

Application Deadline 27th September, 2019.       How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV in MS Word to: [email protected] , [email protected] and [email protected] with "Job Title" as the subject of the mail.

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