Job Description
About Us
At Safaricom Ethiopia, we are a purpose-led technology company dedicated to transforming lives through digital connectivity and inclusive financial services. In under four years, we have grown to serve over 10 million customers, with our network now reaching 55% of Ethiopia’s population – a testament to our bold vision and trusted partnerships.
Guided by core values such as customer obsession, innovation, integrity, and get it done together, we are building a workplace that is dynamic, inclusive, and empowering. We believe our greatest strength lies in our people. That’s why, for two consecutive years, we have proudly get earned the Top Employer Award – in recognition for our unwavering commitment to fostering a supportive, innovative, and inclusive environment to people.
Join Safaricom Ethiopia and be part of a team that is shaping the digital future of Ethiopia. Here, your work has meaning, your voice matters, and your growth is our priority. Together, we are transforming lives for a digital future
Responsibilities
Key accountabilities and decision ownership
Develop digital products – as part of your role, you will be required to develop products that are
mobile, APIs and microservice driven.
Devops – you will be required to develop and support various products. Knowledge of devops
tooling is a must: git, docker container, Jenkins, Kubernetes
Create new ideas and demonstrate them in code – Code quality, understanding of the
product and be able to create new services that conform to a standardized development
framework.
Work with product managers and external parties in a team – Work with cross functional
teams to ensure successful delivery of a product which includes other developers and product
owners.
Ensure delivery timelines – Ensuring all projects are delivered on timelines that have been
agreed upon.
Making use of agile and scrum frameworks in project delivery- making use of tools like Jira,
Confluence etc.
Developing microservices using sprint, sprint security, Kubernetes and dockers
Always be hands on delivering the highest quality and fixing of issues both on development
and production.
Innovative, open-minded for working with new technologies.
Planning
Develop a deep understanding of the Hybrid integration, iPaaS and Cloud
solutions and customer pain points
Capacity planning and modernize core enterprise platforms to ensure we
operate below 70% and on N-1 Version
Creativity and Innovation
Excellent Problem solving skills Working with Change
Excellent communication skills Quick to adopt and willingness to
Work/deliver in a short period
Creativity and InnovationFinds creative ways to exploit
Opportunities and solve problems
Takes risks and pushes what is
possible
Experiments with unorthodox
approaches
Business Know-how
Uses data and research to make
decisions that are competitively and
financially robust
Balances current and future needs
Thinks and acts like an owner of the
business
Acts in line with legal, regulatory, professional and ethical standards
Project and Programme Management
Defines scope and deliverables interms of time, cost, quality and
business benefit.
Schedules activity and identifies resource needs, dependencies and
synergies
Evaluates progress, mitigates risks
and addresses
Qualifications
Must have technical / professional
qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or
equivalent At least 1 years’ experience in coding in a
non-university setting.
Experience in Java, spring boot, spring, spring MVC, JEE, MAVEN, spring cloud.
Should be conversant in Java. Other programming languages such as C#,Golang will be an added advantage.
Proven experience with integration technologies such asAPIs, web services,
and message queues.
Strong understanding of microservice architecture – Ability to design, develop and
implement scalable, elastic microservice based platforms. This will include when and where to use a particular architecture and pattern.
Working knowledge of relational
databases (e.g., MySQL, Oracle,
PostgreSQL,etc..)