Senior Back-End Developer

We are looking for an analytical, results-driven Back-end Developer who will work with team members to troubleshoot and improve current back-end applications and processes. The Back-end Developer will use his or her understanding of programming languages and tools to analyze current codes and industry developments, formulate more efficient processes, solve problems, and create a more seamless experience for users. You should have excellent communication, computer, and project management skills.

About the company:

Gozem is Africa’s transportation application. Launched in Lome, Togo, Gozem aims to make transportation across West and Central Africa easier, safer and more reliable.

Through our Mobile Application, users can easily find transportation providers that will pick them up within minutes and will soon be able to get food delivered, and transact with a wide network or merchants.

Do you aspire to flourish in a stimulating and friendly environment? Do you want to evolve and progress in digital, dynamic and disruptive contexts?

Help us grow and become Africa's next unicorn! Join a company where long-term vision, ambition and human values ​​will be the connectors of your professional project!

Job Description:

The Back-End Developer will be responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your coworkers into the application. A basic understanding of front-end technologies is therefore necessary as well.

Main duties:

• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging
• Write clean code to develop functional web applications
• Troubleshoot and debug applications
• Implement security and data protection
• Perform UI tests to optimize performance
• Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve legacy applications
• Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server side logic
• Gather and address technical and design requirements
• Provide training and support to internal teams
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Liaise with developers, designers and system administrators to identify new features
• Follow emerging technologies

Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer programming, computer science, or a related field.
• Good understanding of Node.js and Mongo DB
• Good understanding of front-end technologies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3
• Basic understanding of Amazon EC2, ELB and associated AWS services
• Authentication and user authorization between multiple systems, servers and environments
• Integrating multiple data sources, APIs, and databases into a system
• Management of the hosting environment, including database administration and application scaling to support load changes
• Migration, transformation and data script
• Understand the differences between multiple distribution platforms, such as mobile and desktop, and optimize outputs based on the specific platform
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Establishment of automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Good understanding of code version management tools, such as Git