Copia gives all consumers access to high-quality goods and services, regardless of their income level, access to technology, or location.  By harnessing mobile technologies, a network of last-mile Agents, and proprietary logistics technology, Copia serves a high growth market that formal retail and e-commerce cannot penetrate. 

Customers place orders online or offline – using our website www.copia.co.ke, USSD, or our network of over 20,000+ digitally connected last-mile Agents located across 16 counties.   Our internally managed, technology-enabled warehousing and logistics operation delivers the order to the Agent in 2-4 days.   

We are looking for the best and the brightest web developers to add to our technology team. These individuals must have experience translating concepts and specifications into a usable and efficient line of business and public-facing applications using Python and PostgreSQL. They should also possess a keen eye for design, detail, and presentation.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform an end to end software development life cycle (SDLC) projects and activities.
• Simulation and modeling of software.
• Implement the localization or globalization of the software as per the market needs.
• Performance tuning, balancing, improvement, automation, and usability
• Investigate, analyze and document reported defects.
• Perform maintenance programming and correction of identified defects
• Create, document, and implement unit test plans, scripts, and test harnesses.
• Create and maintain technical documentation using defined technical documentation templates.
• Produce technical specifications from design documents.
• Analyze user requirements and produce functional specifications if called upon to do so.
• Modify existing software-based on technical specifications.
• Locate and fix reported defects as required.
• Run unit tests to ensure developed software has the minimum of defect.
• Complete work to estimates and within previously agreed timescales.
• Complete all work, documentation or software, to the highest possible standards.
• Ensure that peer-to-peer code reviews are always done during a development cycle and that outcomes are used in bettering the products.
• Ensure that development process is followed and required coding processes carried out.
• Have a willingness and ability to learn and apply new development techniques.

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science / Engineering or an Information Science related field or equivalent and relevant work-related experience and /or training.
• Minimum three years software development experience in a competitive environment.
• 3+ years of professional experience in Python / Java / PHP, HTML, CSS and XML.
• 3+ years of professional experience in JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery ability to construct advanced, flexible user interfaces with JavaScript.
• 3+ years of professional experience in with RDMS preferably PostgreSQL, Oracle and MySQL.
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Working knowledge of the general tech landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• Solid understanding of the full software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Experience in data warehousing, business analysis, knowledge in business systems modelling and data retrieval.
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills.
• High sense of initiative.
• Good appreciation of change management skills.
• Should have good organizational skills.
• Note: Candidates with an accounting and / or e-Commerce and / or Odoo background will have an added advantage.

Working with Copia will give you an opportunity to: 

• Have IMPACT by bringing accessibility to affordable goods and services to traditionally underserved customers and locations 

• Quickly GROW your professional skillset by being part of a fast-paced, high growth and innovative organization.      

• THRIVE in a fun and entrepreneurial culture that values input and action from all.