Software Engineer – Fintech Integration (External Re-advertisement)

We are seeking a talented and experienced Software Engineer to join our MPESA Technology department. As an integral part of our team, you will focus on fintech integration, both internal and external, to drive our business forward. Your expertise in back-end development and system integration will be key to creating efficient and user-friendly APIs and middleware. If you're passionate about technology and problem-solving, this role offers an exciting opportunity to make an impact and advance your career.

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent
- At least 1 years’ experience in coding in a non-university setting.
- Experience in Java, spring boot, spring, spring MVC, JEE, MAVEN, spring cloud. Should be conversant in Java. Other programming languages such as C#, Golang will be an added advantage.
- Proven experience with integration technologies such as APIs, web services, and message queues.
- Strong understanding of   microservice   architecture - Ability to design, develop and implement scalable, elastic   microservice   based platforms. This will include when and where to use a particular architecture and pattern.
- Working knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL..).
- Experience in analytical and problem-solving skills, developing solutions using agile, DevOps, testing and CI/CD automation tools such as Jenkins, JMeter, Git, Stash, SonarQube, GitOps etc   will be an added advantage.
- Build   microservices leveraging on cloud Services, Serverless architecture, designing and implementing with full stack solutions leveraging Node or Spring stack.
- Be able to build cloud native and cloud ready solutions using java.
- Strong understanding of Docker-based containers, Kubernetes, or other container schedulers.
- Understanding of both soap and rest apis and development on swagger UI
- Strong understanding of cloud technologies – AWS, Azure, GCP
- Experience with automated testing tools – SonarQube, JUnit

Desired

- A very good understanding about Java, Spring boot, spring, SOAP, XML, RESTful api and our mainstream IDEs such IntelliJ and VSCode
- Certification in cloud native technologies such as Kubernetes

How to Apply. I f you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to create/ update your candidate profile on the recruitment portal and then Click on the apply button . Remember to attach your resume.