Junior Developer at - Nairobi, Kenya - Verde Edge Consulting Ltd

Description

Verde Edge Consulting Ltd is a new age executive HR consulting company based in Nairobi Kenya with operations running throughout the republic and the greater East Africa region.

We are dedicated to revolutionizing HR practice in the new age through developing long term strategic partnerships with our clients
Responsibilities

Undertake development tasks across a number of projects and products.
Undertake reviews of colleague's code as part of peer review before publication.
Identify technical tasks from a specification and implement the same to meet the specification.
Participate and contribute to Sprint planning.
Undertake comprehensive unit testing ahead of delivery to Quality Assurance.
The successful candidate must be intellectually curious with the ability pick up concepts quickly in a fast-paced environment.

The role also provides an exceptional opportunity for learning new and cutting edge technologies across IoT, mobile and web channels as well as career growth and the experience of working in a challenging start-up environment.

Qualifications

Holder of, or Working towards a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics or Physics.

Some experience is a plus but we shall also consider recent graduates who can demonstrate creative thought in personal or academic projects and have a hunger to learn.

An understanding of Software Development and Design principles.
Familiarity with frameworks such as React, NextJS and Django.
Excellent (in-code) documentation skills.
Conversant in object oriented/functional programming language such as Java, C# or Scala
Experience with Front-end responsive frameworks such as Material UI.
Familiarity with ORMs and comfortable with SQL.
Familiarity with the Agile Methodology.
A self-starter with initiative requiring minimal supervision.
A quick learner and critical thinker unafraid to ask informed questions.
Familiarity with GCS, Azure or AWS is a plus.
Data Science experience is a plus.