POSITION: SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Excellence, Innovation and Technological foresight
UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM COMPUTING CENTRE
P. O. Box 35062,
Dar-Es-Salaam,
Tanzania.
Email: mducc@udsm.ac.tz
Tel: 255 (22) 2410645
255 (22) 2410500-8 Ext. 2720
Mobile: 0754-782120
Fax: 255 (22) 2410690
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Posted on: Mon, 12-Mar-2018 at 15:46:11

Deadline: 26 March 2018

University of Dar es Salaam Computing Centre (UCC) is an information and communications technology (ICT) services company wholly owned by the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) UCC provides ICT services and products to the University of Dar es Salaam as well as the general public. Its portfolio of products and services include Software development; ICT Training and consultancy; Internet; Hardware Maintenance and Repair; Networks (i.e. Local Area Network and Wide Area Network) Design, Installation and Maintenance; and Web design and Hosting.


UCC is hereby inviting applications from suitable qualified candidates to immediately fill in the following vacant positions currently existing in the company.
3. POSITION: SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
Work Station: Dar es Salaam

Duties and responsibilities
(i) Participation in software product definition, including business case or gap analysis
(ii) Work with team members to design innovative software programs that improve and simplify customer experience
(iii) Coding, unit testing, and integration testing
(iv) Debug complex issues found in production between multiple systems or services
(v) Design fault tolerant, redundant systems that are highly available
(vi) Leverage modern best practices such as Test Driven Development and Continuous Integration to deliver early and often
(vii) Participate in and help lead various agile ceremony meetings (Sprint Planning, Stand-up, Pair-Programming, Code Reviews, Retrospective, etc.)
(viii) Coach other members of the team on technology and best practices

Minimum Qualifications
 BSc or MSc in Computer Science or computer related field
 Expertise in multiple modern programming languages across multiple platforms and systems (Java, Python, PHP, C#, Ruby, etc.)
 Comfortable with full development stack (e.g. UX, Web, API, Business Logic, database).
 Expert knowledge in Scrum and/or other agile development methodologies
 Experience in a mixed operating system environment (Windows, Linux)
 Five or more years of industry experience
GENERAL CONDITIONS
a. Testimonials and all Partial transcripts will not be accepted;
b. Applicants should indicate three reputable referees with their reliable contacts;
c. Certificates from foreign examination bodies for Ordinary or Advanced level education should be certified by The National Examination Council of Tanzania (NECTA) and National Council for Technical Education (NACTE);
d. Certificates from foreign Universities should be verified by The Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU);
e. Applicants must attach their certified copies of relevant certificates.

Mode of Application.
Eligible Candidates should send Application letter and Curriculum Vitae to:

The Managing Director,
University of Dar es Salaam Computing Centre,
P.O. Box 35062,
DAR ES SALAAM.

Closing date for receiving application is two weeks from the date of the first appearance of the advertisement.