Recent Job Vacancies at Opera Software Nigeria, 28th January, 2019

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At Opera Software, we develop superior products and services for our users around the world through state-of-the-art technology, innovation, leadership, and partnerships. Our product portfolio includes web browsers, payment solutions, news aggregation services, data compression, and privacy. Our products enable more than 350 million internet consumers to discover and connect with the content and services that matter most to them, regardless of the device, network, or location. We strive to develop superior products and services for our users around the world, through state-of-the-art technology, innovation, leadership and partnerships. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Android Developer Location: Lagos, Nigeria Job Type: Full Time Details

• We are looking for an Android Developer responsible for the development and maintenance of our payment app. Your primary focus will be the development of the payment app, using Kotlin, and the integration with our golang servers using GraphQL.
• The Opera Payments Platform (OPay) enables users to pay for services through their mobile or web browser. It provides fast, easy, and secure payments and money transfers. Our key markets are emerging economies in Africa, Asia, and South America, where Opera has a traditionally strong presence and user base.
• As part of the Android team, you will work on delivering the OPay Android App. As a Android developer, you will collaborate with other members of our product, design, and engineering teams to translate user stories and mockups into a living, breathing product.
• At Opera Software, we develop superior products and services for our users around the world through state-of-the-art technology, innovation, leadership, and partnerships. Our product portfolio includes web browsers, payment solutions, news aggregation services, data compression, and privacy. Our products enable more than 350 million internet consumers to discover and connect with the content and services that matter most to them, regardless of the device, network, or location.
• If you’re looking for a fast-paced, agile, and fun environment to work and have an interest in the payment industry, then Opera is the place for you!

Requirements

• B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent experience, with a keen interest in technology
• Ability to work independently, autonomously, and take initiative, as well as being creative and curious
• An understanding of modern Android development and passion for quality
• Strong Kotlin skills, including:
  • Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code
  • Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable Kotlin code
  • Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the application
  • Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
• A good sense of usability, attention to detail, and polish
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken

Skills:

• Strong knowledge of Android SDK, different versions of Android, and how to deal with different screen sizes
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services
• Strong knowledge of Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Strong knowledge of the Android ecosystem and the libraries available for common tasks
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• Familiarity with continuous integration
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply     Job Title: Go Developer Location: Lagos Job Type: Full time Detailed Description

• Opera Software is looking for a Go Developer to join the growing Opera Payments Engineering Team located in Lagos, Nigeria.
• The ideal candidate should be able to work effectively with other developers, project leaders, and quality assurance engineers to solve complex issues and build and maintain a scalable, highly available, secure, and robust system.
• Opera Payments Platform (OPay) enables users to pay for various services through their mobile or web browser. It provides fast, easy, and secure payments and money transfers. Our key markets are emerging economies in Africa, Asia, and South America, where Opera has a traditionally strong presence and user base.
• At Opera Software, we develop superior products and services for our users around the world through state-of-the-art technology, innovation, leadership, and partnerships. Our product portfolio includes web browsers, payment solutions, news aggregation services, data compression, and privacy. Our products enable more than 350 million internet consumers to discover and connect with the content and services that matter most to them, regardless of the device, network, or location.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with an autonomous team of developers, designers, testers and product owners to find end-to-end solutions to important problems
• Build and maintain the payment solutions which could be used by millions of users in Africa
• Be involved in architectural and design discussions, building toward an efficient, extensible, and secure payment system
• Improve test coverage and quality of the products

Requirements

• B.Sc or M.Sc in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming languages, paradigms, constructs, and idioms
• Strong knowledge of web architecture and distributed systems
• Strong knowledge of application architecture and design patterns
• Strong knowledge of concurrent programming and thread handling
• Care about quality and understand what it means to ship high-quality code
• Understand how to write scalable, robust, testable, efficient, performant, and easily maintainable code
• Experience with code versioning tools such as Git
• Experience with NoSQL databases
• Experience with Agile work processes
• Self-motivated, structured, and able to take initiative as well as being creative and curious
• Autonomous working style, with eagerness to improve systems, processes, and yourself
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken, and good communication skills.

Ideal Job Requirements:

• Knowledge of Go programming language, paradigms, constructs, idioms, framework, and tools:
• Goroutine and channel patterns
• Go’s templating language
• Popular Go web frameworks, such as Gin
• Ability to write clean and effective Godoc comments
• Writing unit and functional tests
• Knowledge of web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Knowledge of web security
• Knowledge of continuous integration/delivery.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply     Job Title: QA Engineer, Opera - Payments Platform Location: Nigeria Job Type: Full Time Job Description

• Opera Software is looking for a QA Engineer to join the growing Opera Payments Engineering Team in Lagos, Nigeria.
• The ideal candidate should have extensive knowledge of mobile platforms and web technologies, as well as basic programming skills.
• You have a keen eye for detail and an analytical frame of mind.
• You are a problem solver.
• You will work closely with developers and other QAs to ensure that we continue to release products of great quality.
• The Opera Payments Platform (OPay) enables users to pay for various services through their mobile or web browser. It provides fast, easy, and secure payments and money transfers. Our key markets are emerging economies in Africa, Asia, and South America, where Opera has a traditionally strong presence and user base.
• At Opera Software, we develop superior products and services for our users around the world through state-of-the-art technology, innovation, leadership, and partnerships. Our product portfolio includes web browsers, payment solutions, news aggregation services, data compression, and privacy.
• Our products enable more than 350 million internet consumers to discover and connect with the content and services that matter most to them, regardless of the device, network, or location.

Responsibilities

• Test and report issues found on our web and app clients during daily functional and exploratory testing
• Maintain a good, overall understanding of the product to identify regression scopes and to quickly find weaknesses in a given solution
• Organize and prioritize release testing within a given timeframe to ensure maximum quality
• Work closely with developers on feature development and provide adequate feedback
• Write test cases (both manual and scripted) for new and existing features

Requirements

• B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Self-motivated, structured, quality-driven, and able to take initiative
• Experience with quality assurance and software or product testing
• Great at multitasking and adapting to a fast-paced and changing work environment
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken, and good communication skills

Ideal job requirements:

• Experience with mobile platforms such as Android
• Experience with test automation for web and Android
• Programming skills in Go and scripting languages
• Solid knowledge of web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply     Job Title: User Experience Designer Location: Lagos Job type: Full-Time Job Descriptions

• The Opera Payments Platform (OPay) enables users to pay for various services through their mobile or web browser. It provides fast, easy, and secure payments and money transfers. Our key markets are emerging economies in Africa, Asia, and South America, where Opera has a traditionally strong presence and user base.
• We are looking for a passionate and engaged UX Designer with experience in web and mobile application design to join our UX Team. The position is in Lagos, Nigeria and is part of the global Opera Payment Product Department.
• As part of the UX team, you will design and deliver a simple and easy-to-use payment experience both on the web and the Android app. As a UX Designer, you will collaborate with other members of our product, design, and engineering teams to translate concepts into a living, breathing product. You will follow up on the new functionality design and maintain the existing design documentations.
• If you’re looking for a fast-paced, agile, and fun environment to work and have an interest in the payment industry, then Opera is the place for you!

Responsibilities

• Deliver innovative, user-friendly design on web and mobile, including interaction design specifications, interactive prototype.
• Maintain existing interaction design, including improving user experience and updating design specifications
• Fulfill several project requests simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines
• Work with product managers and design manager to develop design concepts
• Be able to take initiative, be creative and curious, be able to conduct design review meetings, and collect feedback with other teammates
• Communicate and collaborate with other cross-functional teammates
• Assist engineers with the final development of Opera products

Requirements

• B.Sc. Degree in Design or a related field, or demonstrated design knowledge in equivalent practical experience
• Fluency in the best practices for web-based and Android application information architecture and design, as well as a strong knowledge of usability principles and techniques
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently
• Skills in SketchApp or Adobe Creative Suite
• An understanding of user-centered design process, methodologies, and principles of usability
• Must be comfortable in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment and able to manage priorities well
• Be fluent in English, both written and spoken
• Portfolio required for candidates

Ideal Job Requirements

• Visual design and user research skills is a plus
• Motion design

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply     Job Title: Web Developer Location: Lagos Job Type: Full Time Description

• We are looking for a passionate and engaged Web Developer with experience in ReactJS and working with restful APIs. The position is in Lagos, Nigeria and is part of the global Opera Payment Product Department.
• As part of the front-end team, you will work on delivering multiple different products part of the payment ecosystem
• As a web developer, you will collaborate with other members of our product, design, and engineering teams to translate user stories and mockups into a living, breathing product.

Requirements

• B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent experience, with a keen interest in technology
• Ability to work independently, autonomously, and take initiative, as well as being creative and curious
• Strong web development skills, including:
• Translation of VD/UX wireframes to visual elements
• Design of the overall architecture of the web application
• Implementation of services and APIs to power the web application
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimization of the application for speed and scalability
• Integration of the front-end and back-end aspects of the web application
• A good sense of usability, attention to detail, and polish
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken

Ideal Job Requirements

• Ability to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Good understanding of ReactJS, or similar working frameworks
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors, such as Sass
• Understanding how to work with responsive design
• Understanding of how to integrate towards restful APIs, such as GraphQL
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Proficient understanding of Gi

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply

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