Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby on Rails) Job in Nairobi, Kenya 2021

  • Published date: July 29, 2021
  • Category: IT, ICT & Software
    • Location: Nairobi, Nairobi
  • Jop type:
  • Salary: Ksh Not mentioned
  • Company name: Jobs in Kenya

Job Description

Job Vacancy: Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby on Rails)


Job Location: Nairobi, Kenya


Industry: Software Development


Our Client with a mission to turning traditional savings cooperatives into digital banks is urgently looking to hire a talented, result driven, experienced backend engineer to join the Engineering Team.


He/she will be part of our client’s Integrations Squad, ensuring our client’s digital banking platform is deeply imbedded into existing infrastructure by performing the following duties;


Essential Duties & Responsibilities:



  • Championing high-quality software design and architecture

  • Maintaining and extending the backend infrastructure that powers the client’s apps for scale

  • Looking after and developing the OPEN API and corresponding integrations

  • Developing new integration components that are reusable across the products

  • Actively proposing and implementing solutions to ensure the platform is secure, reliable and available

  • Liaising with product and engineering to ensure features are implemented following a shared vision.

  • Stay on the leading edge of software development practices and dependencies updates


Key Competencies & Qualifications:



  • You’ve enjoyed writing in Ruby for 5+ years

  • You have great communication and stakeholder management skills

  • You take ownership of the code from architecture to deployment

  • You have experience with relational databases and modelling entities and their relationships

  • You write tests and ensure critical features are always working as expected

  • You care about the security implications of your choice

  • Solid work ethic, Organizational skills and the ability to be proactive and take initiative


How to Apply


If you are up to the challenge, kindly send CV and cover letter only to recruitment@linkarkconsultants.com before close of business on or before 2nd August 2021.


Clearly indicate the position applied for and expected salary on the subject line.

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