Full Stack Developer – Consultant Data Engineer – Consultant

This Opportunity:

Palladium’s Digital Informatics and Analytical Solutions (DIAS) is seeking a consultant for a short-term Full Stack Developer to join their regional team of informatics experts based in Nairobi, Kenya that support the technical delivery of informatics solutions. The Regional Informatics Hub is responsible for supporting informatics and digital projects across the DIAS portfolio globally. The Full Stack Developer will support our team of developers working on the design and development of various technology products. This position will work with Tech Leads and Product Managers to ideate software solutions and design client and server-side architecture.

You and Your Career:

If you have a passion for delivering software solutions, working on projects with a global reach, and always taking an interest in emerging technologies to bring fresh ideas forward and more productive ways of working, we are interested in hearing from you. 
We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start.  We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting and Supervision:

This position will report to the Technical Advisor, Lead Developer
This is a consultancy position with an expected duration of 3 to 4 months

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

Technical Expertise:

Participate in development life cycle activities such as design, coding, testing, and production release, delivering high-quality code in an agile team environment
Apply design principles and patterns in creating enterprise-level solutions, as needed
Collaborate with teammates on proposed UX/UI and provide feedback as needed
Collaborate and communicate with cross-functional teams
Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code
Keep abreast with emerging technologies in software engineering
Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed

Business Development:

Contribute to active proposals through contributions to strategy and preparation of technical approach and capability statements

Key Competencies Required:

Extensive knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js)
Extensive knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery)
Experience in configuring and managing web application servers (e.g. Apache Tomcat, IIS etc.)
Should have demonstrable experience in working with HTTP/RESTful APIs, microservices and distributed solutions
Relational data modeling concepts and experience in PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar applications
Application containerization technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes
Knowledge of standards for systems’ integration such as REST, OAUTH2 and OIDC
Experience with Git or similar version control systems
Should possess excellent communication skills and attention to detail
Should demonstrate strong problem-solving and technical skills

Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:

Experience in enterprise-level programming and architecture
Experience developing scalable and secure web applications
Experience with relational databases such as Microsoft SQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, including designing schemas and query performance analysis
Experience in NoSQL databases is an added advantage

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