Job Description

Responsibilities

1. Contribute to all stages of the software development lifecycle
2. Design, implement and maintain Java-based applications that can be high-volume and low-latency
3. Analyze user requirements to define business objectives
4. Envisioning system features and functionality
5. Define application objectives and functionality
6. Ensure application designs conform with business goals
7. Develop and test software
8. Identify and resolve any technical issues arising
9. Create detailed design documentation
10. Propose changes to current Java infrastructure
11. Develop technical designs for application development
12. Develop multimedia applications
13. Write well-designed, testable code
14. Conducting software analysis, programming, testing, and debugging
15. Manage Java and Java EE application development
16. Develop documentation to help users
17. Transforming requirements into stipulations
18. Prepare and produce releases of software components
19. Support continuous improvement, investigating alternatives and technologies, and presenting for architectural review

Qualification

1. Bachelor’s Degree with more than 4 years of experience in programming with Java
2. Proficiency in Java, with a good understanding of its ecosystems
3. Sound knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Patterns and Concepts
4. Familiarity with different design and architectural patterns
5. Skill for writing reusable Java libraries
6. Knowhow of Java concurrency patterns
7. Basic Understanding of the concepts of MVC  (Model-View-Controller) Pattern, JDBC (Java Database Connectivity), and RESTful web services
8. Experience in working with popular web application frameworks like Play and Spark
9. Relevant Knowledge of Java GUI frameworks like Swing, SWT, AWT according to project requirements
10. Ability to write clean, readable Java code
11. Basic knowhow of class loading mechanism in Java
12. Experience in handling external and embedded databases
13. Understanding basic design principles behind a scalable application
14. Skilled at creating database schemas that characterize and support business processes
15. Basic knowledge of JVM (Java Virtual Machine), its drawbacks, weaknesses, and workarounds
16. Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
17. In-depth knowledge of code versioning tools, for instance, Git
18. Understanding of building tools like Ant, Maven, Gradle, etc
19. Expertise in continuous integration
20. JavaServer pages (JSP) and servlets
21. Web frameworks like Struts and Spring.

Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letter, CV and recent Passport Photograph to: jobs@pgconsultingng.com cc: ayomide@tekrecruiters.com.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.