Back-End Developer

  • Full-time

Company Description

Wild Fusion Group:

Wild Fusion as a group has been in existence for over 12 years. It comprises of 4 service businesses and 2 product companies:

Wild Fusion Nigeria: A full fledged digital marketing and advertising company https://www.wildfusions.com/

ROI Digital: A full fledged digital marketing and advertising company as well https://roidigital.com.ng/

Wild Fusion Digital Centre: Nigeria's first and most premium digital marketing training centre: https://www.wdc.ng/

Wild Fusion Ghana: A team of digital marketing experts based in Ghana

LoanSpot: A Micro Finance Bank aggregator that specializes in bringing together lenders and borrowers to consummate transactions: https://loanspot.africa/

SupplySmart: A fintech loan company that specialises in unlocking credit to  stakeholders in the FMCG space https://www.supplysmart.co/

Job Description

About the role

The  Back-end developer is responsible for writing the web services and APIs used by front-end developers and mobile application developers.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging
  • Write clean code to develop functional web applications
  • Troubleshoot and debug applications
  • 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

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant field
  • 4- 5 years' proven work experience as a Back-end developer

Desired Skills

  • In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
  • Hands on experience with programming languages like Java, Ruby, PHP and Python
  • Working knowledge of CMS framework
  • Familiarity with front-end languages (e.g. HTML, JavaScript and CSS)
  • Excellent analytical and time management skills
  • Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude

Additional Information

This job is perfect for you if you;

- Are detail oriented, highly organized, analytical, and great with managing relationships

-Have excellent programming skills and a passion for developing applications or improving existing one

What is in it for you?

You’ll work on solutions to complex, real-world challenges with tangible social and economic impact. You will receive competitive compensation and professional development, and you will work with highly intelligent teammates in a flat, performance-driven culture.