Senior Backend Engineer at ITM Kenya Ltd

ITM Kenya Ltd

Kenya
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago

As your trusted partner for HR solutions and business success, we specialise in a comprehensive suite of services, including Recruitment & and Placement, Staff Outsourcing, Professional Training, HR Advisory/Consultancy, and Team Building & Visas, and Work and Resident Permit FacilitationSenior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer with extensive experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable server-side applications. Proficient in multiple programming languages and frameworks, with strong expertise in database management, API development, and cloud services. Skilled in optimizing system performance, ensuring security, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions. Adept at mentoring junior engineers and driving best practices in software development.

Responsibilities

Minimum 5+ years of software development experience.
Hold a university degree in IT, mathematics, engineering or a related field (migration requirement).
Familiar with up to date framework based (Symfony 5/6, Laravel, etc.) application architectureExperience in building and maintaining backend services.
Understanding of OOP principles, SOLID standards, REST APIs and clean coding practices.
Experience with SQL databases, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL.
Experience with version control (Git).
Comfortable with writing automated tests (unit/integration).

Requirements

Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP).
Exposure to front-end technologies (JS/Typescript, Vue/React).
Contributions to architectural decisions, framework migrations.
Previous work on large, scalable platforms serving high traffic.
Familiarity or interest in Golang, Node.js, Python or another compiled backend language (especially with PHP + Golang blended roles).

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