Senior Software Engineer

The Senior Software Engineer will play a critical role in helping us build our technological future as we strive to improve internal processes and better serve our customers and partners. The role sits within our “Service Center” team, supporting the operations and growth of multiple country offices. The Senior Software Engineer will work with the leadership across technology, insurance operations, customer operations, partnerships management, and business development to gather requirements, implement solutions, communicate project statuses, and make proposals.

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, document, and implement solutions to users’ needs and requirements.
• Maintain and manage existing source code and systems.
• Develop unit and integration tests.
• Lead a team of software engineers and mentor them to facilitate skill/knowledge development through advice, coaching, and training opportunities.
• Proactively search for and fix bugs.
• Perform code reviews.
• Design and develop logical and physical data models that meet application requirements.
• Deploying software tools, processes, and metrics.
• Providing technological support to the rest of the team.
• Create technical documentation for internal and external use.
• Investigating and using new technologies where relevant.

Key Qualifications & Your Profile:

• Live Turaco’s values – Push boundaries, Work with excellence, and Profound respect for the individual.
• 7+ years of professional experience in a similar function.
• Start-up or entrepreneurial experience is highly desired.
• Hands-on programming experience developing in Java (Spring Boot)and Javascript (ReactJS, Vue or AngularJS).
• In-depth knowledge of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL).
• Bachelor/Undergraduate degree with excellent grades.
• Expert knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Hands-on experience in system and feature design.
• Experience using system monitoring tools and automated testing frameworks.
• Strong communication skills, especially in communicating paths to solve problems.
• Ability to innovate and think creatively and strategically about how to solve problems through programming.
• Excellent team-player.
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, juggle multiple tasks, think independently, demonstrate sound judgment, and problem-solve.