Job Vacancies at Esoko (Ghana)

Accra, Ghana Posted 4 years ago Posted on Engineering / Technical, Software / Programming / Web development

Esoko is recruiting to fill the following positions:

1.) Senior Web Developer
2.) Senior API Developer
3.) Snr Technical Product Manager

Esoko is an agricultural profiling and messaging service. It is a response to the explosive growth of cellular services in Africa. Managed on the web and delivered via mobile, individuals, agribusiness, government and projects use Esoko to collect and send out market data using simple text messaging.

See job details and how to apply below.

1.) Senior Web Developer

We’re looking for enthusiastic and resourceful software engineers who are passionate about building great products, someone who loves being part of a team and thinks customer experience.

About the job

Work in an agile cross-functional team with other frontend engineers, backend engineers, and product designers.
Plan, build, test, and release new features and experiments in Javascript and React.
Develop and improve our Data Collection Platform and Analytics Platform
Mentor other team members through pair programming, code reviews, and ad-hoc assistance.
Collaborate with engineers across the department to identify and build on improvements to our processes and systems.

Requirements:

3+ years of experience in software development
Experience with React and Redux
Experience with Sass, Less and/or CSS Modules
Experience with Webpack
Ability to build and improve a REST/JSON API client
Ability to debug API responses
Write high-performance, reusable code for UI components
Experience with type checking solutions (e.g. Flow, TypeScript)
Experience with testing frameworks
Must be a master of reactjs, react-redux, typescript, javascript, webpack

How to Apply

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2.) Senior API Developer

We’re looking for enthusiastic and resourceful software engineers who are passionate about building great products, someone who loves being part of a team and thinks customer experience.

About the job

Design, build and maintain APIs and tools that power Esoko’s suit of applications.
Communicate your designs to fellow engineers.
Understand the data that power our applications, and be able to propose appropriate data models for new features.
Build new services from scratch, as well as maintain existing applications.
Provide secure and seamless integration of Esoko’s applications to our SaaS partners.
Committed to good engineering practice of testing, logging, alerting and deployment processes.

Requirements

Expertise in any of the following languages (nodejs,Java,python)
Experience with developing scalable and secure APIs
Strong knowledge of postgres db, mongodb and elastic search, rabbitmq
Strong knowledge of microservice architecture
Good knowledge of application monitoring
Experience with Docker Ecosystem
familiarity with techniques to identify slow queries and debugging.
Good knowledge of Linux platform
3+ Years of Development experience building backend solutions.
Experience building financial system is a plus.
Bachelors Degree

How to Apply

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3.) Snr Technical Product Manager

The technology group at Esoko has a primary objective to build and deploy Africa’s most powerful generic data digitization system integrated with channels for critical service delivery through a well-designed, robust, feature-rich, easy-to-use and scalable application. It is also the group’s objective to build a company and work environment that demonstrates African leadership in software innovation and contributes to a positive image of the emerging knowledge economy in certain key countries.

Roles available

The team has mastered the tools employed in the development process and would benefit only from individuals who possess in-depth knowledge in product development process as well as mobile and web software development and are able to impart such knowledge and assist in building capacity. The role requires a person with interests in the following:

Product management and using the agile methodology
Scalability and Security
Product design and specification (especially on handhelds) including writing user stories for all sprint cycles
Product Testing

Profile of the Teams & Skills

The team is made up of 41 of the best software engineers and business development folks from Ghana, France and the broader West Africa. We are growing rapidly. These are young, energetic, knowledgeable and highly motivated individuals, equipped with diverse skill sets, covering the following areas; PHP, Java, SQL, SMPP, HTML, AJAX, JavaScript (Nodejs and Reactjs) distributed web & mobile applications, PostgreSQL, Elastic Search, Redis, Asterisk J2ME, Android, Apache among others. The team structure:

Web Developers: Building the web application mostly in Reactjs
API Developers: Building the backend services supporting both android and web applications and third parties
Quality Assurance: Responsible for testing and tracking bugs and application performance
Mobile Developers: Responsible for building mobile applications. Android and IOS
Systems: Responsible for networks and server infrastructure
Product: Responsible for defining the requirements and specifications and tracking usability

Typical engagement and your role

Build maintain and drive product road maps across Esoko product lines that is consistent with customer needs and business goals
Develop user stories that captures customer pain points and product vision and goals for all sprint cycles. Ensure product backlog is consistent and up to date with product and business goals
Work with engineering team to develop the product. Actively participate in stand ups, sprint planning and sprint retrospective meetings. Work with engineering manager to streamline and constantly review processes for best outcomes
Conceptualize and describe products, features and user stories for the development team
Constantly collecting key insights on user behaviour, pain points, and market trends to support data-based decision making
Track and measure product goals/metrics and keep all stake holders updated with the performance of all Esoko products
Attend customer meetings and present the range of Esoko products to potential clients. Serve as an excellent advocate/evangel for Esoko product lines
Ensure all product documentations such as business case documents, competitor analysis documents, user manual, product articles, market assessment documents and user stories are up to constantly update
Drive product knowledge across the company by organising trainings and workshops for Esoko staff
Mentor and manage other product managers on the team
Support CTO in driving product and technology vision and implementing strategy
Support the sales and marketing teams to engage clients, describe solutions to complex client issues and translate same to the developer team and monitor the development process to ensure it conforms to the client requirements
Evangelize the priorities and vision within the entire company and with key customers through effective and powerful communication
Act is the nexus between business, development and design
Play a vital role in driving sound, data-driven business decisions on product such as pricing or go-to-market strategies
Work closely with the business teams to improve our approach to translating customer feedback into product enhancements or new product development
Establish and manage to well-defined and documented KPIs for the team
- In collaboration with others, drive the development of our strategy on data and analytics
- Improve overall quality, documentation and process management, including specifications, UI/UX, user testing and stakeholder management
- Maintain comprehensive, up-to-date market and competitor analysis and communicate
- Represent the company’s vision, strategy and results effectively at high-profile events

Profile of the product and engineering process

The product development process goes though documentation product features as user stories into a a product backlog. The product team with consultation with relevant stake holders prioritizes the stories into a road map which drives product development/engineering. The development process is an agile/scrum process involving bi-weekly sprints. The product manager and engineering team plan for every two weeks in a sprint planning session, this is then followed by daily stand ups and a sprint retrospective at the end of cycle. All features the have been developed in the sprint is deployed to customers

About you

About 6-8 years of total experience, with at least 5 years at a senior level in solution design or product management in a SaaS or product company
Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required; Master’s degree strongly preferred
Highly detail-oriented
Obsessed with user experience and customer satisfaction
Highly quantitative – you are a data-driven decision maker
Intellectually curious and an original thinker
Process driven – the ends don’t always justify the means for you
Empathetic leader – your EQ is as high as your IQ
Passionate about working in a business with strong social impact
Passionate about innovative technology
Experience managing product teams in Africa strongly desired
Have a consultative approach to problem-solving for clients
Able to inspire and advocate internally and externally
Proven ability to lead product and engineering teams based on mutual trust, credibility, and respect

How to Apply

Qualified and interested individuals should click on the button below to apply.

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