Senior Software Developer at Mecer Consulting Limited

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy full-stack or backend solutions for web, mobile, and USSD applications
• Ensure adherence to security, scalability, testability, and auditability standards
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code using Git-based workflows
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and project managers to implement user-centric features
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical mentorship to junior developers
• Oversee outsourced builds by validating deliverables, ensuring maintainability, and enforcing quality standards
• Work with cross-functional teams to integrate APIs, dashboards, payment gateways, and legacy systems
• Support user acceptance testing, continuous integration (CI), and continuous delivery (CD) pipelines
• Manage performance monitoring, optimization, and production deployment

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 7+ years of hands-on software development experience with a strong record of delivering production systems (web/mobile/USSD)
• Proficiency in backend technologies such as Node.js, Express, NestJS, Python (FastAPI/Django), or Java/Spring
• Strong grasp of modern frontend frameworks like React or Next.js
• Experience with API design and integration (REST/GraphQL), authentication/SSO, and secure data handling
• Solid understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL, SQL) and BI/dashboard integration (Metabase, Power BI)
• Understanding of secure coding practices, logging/audit trails, and performance optimization
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
• Strong knowledge of DevOps tools and cloud platforms

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with integrating AI components (chatbots, OCR, NLP pipelines) into applications
• Experience working with government tech stacks, data platforms, or civic systems