Java Developer

We are currently looking for highly motivated Java Software Developer to work on Mifos software developed by Grameen Foundation.

We’re looking for self-starters, able to work well independently and in a multi-cultural environment, energetic, dedicated, conscientious, detail oriented and flexible. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, high sense of ownership and responsibility, work ethic, attitude, integrity and professionalism are a must.

The candidate will develop and maintain offline version of Mifos, scalable front-end applications comprising mobile telephony and other delivery mechanism. The work involves designing software modules, implementing and integrating them with other components of the system, while interfacing with other teams in the organization, ensuring integration and effective delivery of products as a whole.

This candidate is a member of a team, must adhere to secure development process and configuration management process and must be able to work cooperatively and autonomously in a dynamic multi-cultural environment.

Responsibilities:

* Review and understand customer requirements and specifications.
* Work with manager and architects to design, code, and test major features and work jointly with other team members to deliver complex changes.
* System integration with 3rd party applications
* Estimate the effort required for software development activities.
* Work with QA to define production test plans.
* Must have the aptitude and experience with profiling, analyzing and optimizing the software you are responsible for implementing
* Employ best practices for design, development, unit testing and test plan development; Follow secure development process and delivery, CM process.

Educational Requirements:

* BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Position Requirements:

Java, Oracle, Security

* 1 or more years of experience as a software engineer in a product development setting
* Excellent Java, J2EE, Swing, Servlets, JDBC, development skills for client applications and scalable servers.
* Experience with Oracle/SQL Server and database schema design
* Experience with JSP, Web development.
* C/C++ skills in a Solaris or Microsoft Windows environment is a plus.
* Domain knowledge on smartcards, cryptography, PKCS#11, certificate servers, PKI, X.509 certificates are plus.
* Experience with Java Security (JCE, JAAS, JSSE, SSL) is plus
* Strong skills in object-oriented design and programming, design patterns, UML design tool.
* Outstanding implementation skills, including the ability to unit test your own code and provide guidance to QA for more thorough testing.
* Ability to work with technical leaders in constructing a plan utilizing their insight and experience in defining tasks and scheduling
* Must have strong written and oral communication skills.

Closing Date: 27 June 2009

http://www.adeptsys.biz

Adept Systems

management consultants

P O Box 6416 – 00100 Nairobi