Software Development Jobs in Lagos at Sankore Global Investments Limited

Sankore Global Investments Limited is a global investment and advisory boutique with a strong focus on African markets. Drawing on the strengths of our people and our strong global partnerships,
we provide investment advisory services, wealth management services and offer a variety of funds designed to cater to the needs of a global clientèle of both individuals and institutions.

Sankore strives to be at the forefront in the FINTECH industry and support our clients with financial services driven by technology.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Head of Software Development/ Senior Developer

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Interacting with project stakeholder for requirements gathering and ongoing project management
• Timely deliveries according to pre-agreed timelines
• Interfacing with external clients
• Developing detailed project plans
• Ensuring adherence to project timelines by all stakeholders
• Review new technologies and keep the company at the forefront of software development practices.
• Must interact with others in a team environment and also work alone.
• Must complete tasks on time with and without supervision.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or any related field.
• 3-5 years work experience in Software Development for Senior Developer
• 6 years and above work experience in Software Development for Head of Software Development.
• A strong understanding of the FINTECH Industry.
• Wide practical experience in core Java
• Sound Java EE 6+ experience including JMS, JPA, Servlets, EJB, CDI, JAX-RS
• Software testing tools: Junit, Arquillian
• Experience in FINTECH (added advantage)
• OCP certification (added advantage)
• Comfortable with cloud infrastructure like AWS, Google Cloud Compute, OpenShift
• Experience in Agile Methodologies
• Database design and analysis
• Strong experience in DBMS’s like MySQL and SQL Server
• Excellent knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON.
• Experience with other open source programming languages would be a plus.
• Experience designing API's, building web services, and able to design and implement database schema's.
• Experience with message queuing, job queues, asynchronous processing, and 3rd party platforms and applications.
• Able to create wire frames and/or functional specifications.
• Knowledge of Security standards for Software development.
• Experience in Software testing for FINTECH projects.
• Leadership skills
• Strong Project Management Skills.

• Review new technologies and keep the company at the forefront of software development practices.
• Build Enterprise and Mobile apps based on user stories and requirements.
• Must interact with others in a team environment and also work alone.
• Must complete tasks on time with and without supervision.
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of open source solutions.
• The candidate would be required to communicate information and ideas so others can understand.
• Would take part in software testing activities.

• A strong understanding of the FINTECH Industry.
• Enterprise level experience and excellent knowledge of PHP5 and MySQL on Linux platforms. Java experience will be considered and both skills are a plus.
• Experience working with a LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP).
• Excellent knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON.
• Experience with other open source programming languages would be a plus.
• Experience designing API's, building web services, and able to design and implement database schema's.
• Experience with message queuing, job queues, asynchronous processing, and 3rd party platforms and applications.
• Able to build user interfaces from PSD files, wire frames, or functional specifications.
• Knowledge of Security standards for Software development.
• Experience in Software testing for FINTECH projects.
• Bachelor's Degree in any field. Interns and fresh graduates may apply if they demonstrate strong software development potential.

• Interacting with project stakeholder for requirements gathering and ongoing project management
• Timely deliveries according to pre-agreed timelines
• Review new technologies and keep the company at the forefront of software development practices.
• Must interact with others in a team environment and also work alone.
• Must complete tasks on time with and without supervision.
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of open source solutions.
• The candidate would be required to communicate information and ideas so others can understand.
• Would take part in software testing activities.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or any related field.
• 1-3 years work experience in Software Development, fresh graduates may apply if they demonstrate strong software development potential.
• A strong understanding of the FINTECH Industry.
• Wide practical experience in core Java
• Sound Java EE 6+ experience including JMS, JPA, Servlets, EJB, CDI, JAX-RS
• Software testing tools: Junit, Arquillian
• Comfortable with cloud infrastructure like AWS, Google Cloud Compute, Open Shift
• Strong experience in DBMS’s like MySQL and SQL Server
• Excellent knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON.
• Experience with other open source programming languages would be a plus.
• Experience designing API's, building web services, and able to design and implement database schema's.
• Experience with message queuing, job queues, asynchronous processing, and 3rd party platforms and applications.
• Able to create wire frames and/or functional specifications.
• Knowledge of Security standards for Software development.