Duties:Attend all sessions required in order to understand the business and features being briefed in, in order to be able to contribute to solutioning and development.Help execute on functional requirementsUnderstand user requirements and assist in gathering requirementsComplete all tasks in an agreeable time by yourself and your peers to ensure you do not block the work of othersLearn from your seniors and provide mentorship to Juniors Technical:Ensure that testing protocols are followed that have been set out by their team lead.Ensure that all their code is merged via pull request and pull requests are reviewed in a timely mannerEnsure that code quality takes top priority and development occurs using the SOLID and DRY principlesEnsure that they produce clean and efficient codeEnsure that they evaluate their own code for improvementEnsure that all work output is tested in a reasonable fashion before handed over to Quality AssuranceUtilize principles of agile software development to execute tasks on a daily basis Administration:Ensure that they have work assigned every sprintEnsure all work assigned to themselves have estimates, appropriate titles and descriptions and that any updates, blockers and/or context are documented on the ticket.Ensure confluence is used to document all logic and technical context for work produced and/or explanations of features from the perspective of the individualUtilize instant messaging software that is provided by the organization to communicate with the production team on a day to day basisEnsure that the they create: code comments, technical documentation, documentation of logic and business rule documentation and that a pull request is only made with he appropriate level of documentation associatedWork closely with all teams to ensure the platform is achieving the goals set out by business.Assist Juniors with where required Communication:Raising any problems preventing themselves and/or their team from getting the job doneEnsuring that tasks are completed within their allocated sprint and ensure that any hindrance in delivery of tasks/features/projects is communicated promptly to production managementEnsuring processes being implemented are well understood and can be conveyed to other team members to ensure effective collaborationEnsuring that they and their team coordinate directly with other team members to resolve issues, tasks and/or delays quicklyEnsuring that they have a clear view of priority, that their tickets are updated and they remain productive Duty:Be an advocate for the end-userBe assertive when it comes to defending design/implementation decisions in both code and UIKnow how to discuss improvements or defensive decisionsTake criticism on the chin and seek to improve rather than becoming defensiveAlways seek to improve their skillsThink about the future and not only of the presentMake decisions under instruction and discussion with seniorsEnsure that all work makes a contribution in some wayWork in collaboration with the other team members to expand and/or improve on all systemsCollaborate with other stakeholders to ensure that all work in flight is aligned with business objectives Qualifications:3-5 years experience as a Python developerExperience with the Django Python framework.
Any other frameworks beneficial (e.g.
Phoenix Framework, Flask, FastAPI)Knowledge of overall Back End ArchitectureExperience in testing and creating unit testsExperience with TDD or BDD is beneficial, but not a requirement.Familiarity with integrating with cloud frameworks (AWS, GCP, Azure) is beneficialFully understand the concepts of a REST API framework and have an understanding of other API frameworks (SOAP, RPC, GraphQL)Experience with object-oriented principles, methodologies, and patternsUnderstanding basics of CICD and CICD pipelines within the context of backendUnderstanding of the SOLID and DRY principlesWilling to learn and work with a teamAbility to learn quickly Please note that by submitting your personal information to Deka Minas you free-willingly issue the business consent to make use of such data for the specific purpose of securing you either permanent or temporary employment.
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