Job Offers at NewGlobe

About The Role

• We are looking for a full time Full-Stack Engineer to join our cross-functional software development teams in Lagos, which builds the software that powers and improves our competitive advantage. In addition to being technically excellent and an individual contributor.
• This person should be familiar with design and implementation issues specific to a data driven, highly scalable environments and be able to handle such issues with flexibility and ingenuity.
• The ideal candidate will have a strong customer focus, a proven track record of delivering high-quality products in a continuous delivery environment, and an appreciation for clean and simple code.

What You Will Do

• Design, implement, and support new products and features.
• Ensure software is built with an eye towards quality, maintainability, and scalability.
• Collaborate with project sponsors to elaborate requirements and facilitate trade-offs that maximise customer value.
• Work with product and development teams to establish overall technical direction and product strategy

What You Should Have

• 3+ years of enterprise software development experience in C#, especially .NET Core, and relational databases, especially MS SQL Server and Vue.js in the front end.
• Ability to function well in a fast-paced, informal environment where constant change is the norm and the bar for quality is set high.
• Familiarity with continuous delivery practices and tools (e.g Jenkins, Bamboo, GoCD, Octopus).
• Experience in any of the following areas are a plus (and interest a must):
  • Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD)
  • Cloud environments (esp. AWS) and Containerisation (Docker)
  • Web stacks associated with single-page applications (SPAs) and progressive web applications (PWAs)
  • Other languages and ecosystems (e.g. NodeJS, Ruby, functional languages, NoSQL DBs)
• NewGlobe is a strong supporter of open source projects – familiarity with OSS projects is a plus; contributions to open source projects is a big plus

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About The Role

• We are looking for a full time Lead Full-Stack Engineer to head up one of our cross-functional software development teams, which builds the software that powers and improves our competitive advantage. In addition to being technically excellent and an individual contributor, a Team Lead is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of their project (looking across all disciplines and technology stacks) and for ensuring that their team is following agreed norms and processes.
• This person should be familiar with design and implementation issues specific to a data driven, highly scalable environments and be able to handle such issues with flexibility and ingenuity.
• The ideal candidate will have a strong customer focus, a proven track record of delivering high-quality products in a continuous delivery environment, and an appreciation for clean and simple code.

What You Will Do

• Design, implement, and support new products and features, including overseeing the technical design and architecture of projects
• Grow and lead an software development team of 5-7 engineers
• Collaborate with project sponsors and product designers to elaborate requirements and facilitate trade-offs that maximise value
• Analyse and improve the overall software architecture, with a focus on maintainability and scalability
• Mentor and develop members of the team, from daily interactions to broader professional development goals

What You Should Have

• A BA/BS in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Minimum of 5years of enterprise software development experience
• Comfort recommending and advocating for enterprise architectural best practices for highly-available, scalable, and reliable implementations; but also the experience to take on technical debt where appropriate
• Enterprise-level experience with continuous delivery practises and tools
• Advocacy of test-driven development (TDD) and/or behaviour driven development (BDD)
• Experience with pair-programming and other XP practises a plus
• Expertise in several of the following areas (and interested in learning about the rest):
  • Web services and API design, especially in the Microsoft .NET ecosystem
  • Android applications, especially “offline-first”
  • JavaScript Web Applications, especially Progressive Web Applications
  • Data engineering - data pipelines that cleanse, classify, and aggregate data sets
  • Highly scalable architectures (e.g. CQRS, Event Sourcing, queues, circuit breakers, etc.)
  • Monitoring in all its forms - error monitoring, synthetic monitoring, performance monitoring, user monitoring, etc.
  • Security and identity management - OAuth, penetration testing, software supply chain
  • Cloud and Hybrid deployment models
  • Databases and ORMs - esp. MS SQL Server/T-SQL (and EF, Dapper, etc.); but also other forms of persistence
• Experience in a lean delivery environment and understand not only the mechanics, but also the underlying motivations
• NewGlobe uses primarily .NET (server-side), Vue.JS (web apps) and Kotlin (Android native), so experience in these toolchains is preferable; however, NewGlobe also values developers with diverse experience, so serious exposure to other languages and ecosystems (e.g. NodeJS, Ruby, functional languages, NoSQL DBs) is a bonus
• Ability to function well in a fast-paced, informal environment where constant change is the norm and the bar for quality is set high
• Interest in open source projects – familiarity with OSS projects is a plus; contributions to open source projects is a big plus

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About the Role

• We are looking for a full time Lead Full-Stack Engineer to head up one of our cross-functional software development teams, which builds the software that powers and improves our competitive advantage. In addition to being technically excellent and an individual contributor, a Team Lead is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of their project (looking across all disciplines and technology stacks) and for ensuring that their team is following agreed norms and processes.
• This person should be familiar with design and implementation issues specific to a data driven, highly scalable environments and be able to handle such issues with flexibility and ingenuity. The ideal candidate will have a strong customer focus, a proven track record of delivering high-quality products in a continuous delivery environment, and an appreciation for clean and simple code.

What You Will Do

• Design, implement, and support new products and features, including overseeing the technical design and architecture of projects
• Grow and lead an software development team of 5-7 engineers
• Collaborate with project sponsors and product designers to elaborate requirements and facilitate trade-offs that maximise value
• Analyse and improve the overall software architecture, with a focus on maintainability and scalability
• Mentor and develop members of the team, from daily interactions to broader professional development goals

What You Should Have

• A BA/BS in Computer Science or a related technical field
• 7+ years of enterprise software development experience
• 2+ years of experience leading engineering teams
• Comfort recommending and advocating for enterprise architectural best practices for highly-available, scalable, and reliable implementations; but also the experience to take on technical debt where appropriate
• Enterprise-level experience with continuous delivery practises and tools
• Advocacy of test-driven development (TDD) and/or behaviour driven development (BDD)
• Experience with pair-programming and other XP practises a plus
• Expertise in several of the following areas (and interested in learning about the rest):
• Web services and API design, especially in the Microsoft .NET ecosystem
• Android applications, especially “offline-first”
• JavaScript Web Applications, especially Progressive Web Applications
• Data engineering - data pipelines that cleanse, classify, and aggregate data sets
• Highly scalable architectures (e.g. CQRS, Event Sourcing, queues, circuit breakers, etc.)
• Monitoring in all its forms - error monitoring, synthetic monitoring, performance monitoring, user monitoring, etc.
• Security and identity management - OAuth, penetration testing, software supply chain
• Cloud and Hybrid deployment models
• Databases and ORMs - esp. MS SQL Server/T-SQL (and EF, Dapper, etc.); but also other forms of persistence
• Experience in a lean delivery environment and understand not only the mechanics, but also the underlying motivations
• NewGlobe uses primarily .NET (server-side), Vue.JS (web apps) and Kotlin (Android native), so experience in these toolchains is preferable; however, NewGlobe also values developers with diverse experience, so serious exposure to other languages and ecosystems (e.g. NodeJS, Ruby, functional languages, NoSQL DBs) is a bonus
• Ability to function well in a fast-paced, informal environment where constant change is the norm and the bar for quality is set high
• Interest in open source projects – familiarity with OSS projects is a plus; contributions to open source projects is a big plus

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About The Role

• We are looking for an experienced full time Senior Android Engineer, Software Development to join our new Lagos-based cross-functional software development team, which will build the software that powers and improves our ability to deliver massive learning gains – at scale.
• The Lagos team will have a special focus on the learning management platform and the rest of the technology running in our academies (which is all Android based). This person will join an elite, interdisciplinary team that will be building the technology that will take NewGlobe to the next level. It's a great opportunity to grow and learn, while working on developing software with a mission that few, if any, can compete with.
• We believe in innovation, fast feedback, and high impact. We have an existing portfolio of native Android applications that undergird our ability to support self-sufficient academy management, engage the local community, and deliver high-quality education to our pupils.
• However, we need someone that can drive the next generation of these platforms, ensuring high availability even in challenging conditions and generally driving innovation in the mobile space. It's all about rolling up one's sleeves to introduce best practices, deliver key functionality, and pave the way for exciting future possibilities, like adaptive curriculums and automated grading of tests (to name just a few).

What You Will Do

• Gather requirements, build, test, and ship new Android functionality for our academy tech platform
• Collaborate with the server-side developers to design the APIs for specifically for the Android application (not just consuming APIs that were already developed for a web app)
• Engage on all dimensions of the app, from UI and UX, to business logic, to storage and networking
• Introduce architectural patterns to improve scalability, stability, and maintainability

What You Should Have

• Bachelor's degree in related field with superior academic performance
• At least 3 years of professional Android development experience. Senior Android Engineer, especially published apps on Google Play
• Full lifecycle experience, from conceptualisation to deployment to feedback from production
• Experience with writing library projects that get reused across multiple android apps
• Knowledge of Gradle and DI helpful
• Experience architecting whole Android applications, not just adding features or porting existing apps
• Belief in the importance of automated unit, integration, and functional tests for Android apps
• Exposure to continuous integration and continuous delivery practices, especially in an environment of weekly (or even more frequent) releases to production
• Love for collaboration and working with driven stakeholders, including presenting work with confidence when interacting with business owners and users
• Openness and eagerness for learning new paradigms and practices
• Passion for NewGlobe's vision of democratising the right for all children to succeed

You’re also

• A detailed doer – You have a track record of getting things done. You’re organized and responsive. You take ownership of every idea you touch and execute it to a fine level of detail, setting targets, engaging others, and doing whatever it takes to get the job done. You can multi-task dozens of such projects at once and never lose sight of the details. Likely, you have some experience in a start-up or other rapid-growth company.
• A networking mastermind – You excel at meeting new people and turning them into advocates. You communicate in a clear, conscientious, and effective way in both written and oral speech. You can influence strangers in the course of a single conversation. Allies and colleagues will go to bat for your ideas. You have an existing network from prior experience in the country, preferably in the regulatory, education, or business sectors.
• A creative problem-solver – Growing any business from scratch comes with massive and constant challenges. On top of that, NewGlobe works in often fragile, sometimes volatile low-resource communities and with complex government systems. You need to be flexible and ready to get everything done effectively, quickly, and affordably with the materials at hand.
• A relentless advocate –The children we serve and teachers we empower never leave your mind. You know them, get them, have shared a meal with them (or would be happy to in the future). You would never shrink back from shaking a parent’s hand or picking up a crying child, no matter what the person was wearing or looked like. Every decision you make considers their benefit, experience, and value.
• A malleable learner –You believe you can always do better. You welcome constructive criticism and provide it freely to others. You know you only get better tomorrow when others point out where you’ve missed things or failed today.
• A curious investigator – You ask why a lot. You don’t just take what you see and accept it. You wonder why it is that way, and are aware that the world we see is created by human choices and actions – and it could be different. You wonder, and see the world as wonderful even when you want to change a part of it that is unjust.