Senior Software Developer at Clickatell

Clickatell is a global leader in mobile messaging and transaction services, which enable its customers to connect, interact and transact with their business partners and communities on the mobile phone. Video: Ontbytsake (Breakfast Matters) Profile of Clickatell Clickatell's global footprint means that it can deliver short message services (SMS) through it’s next-generation Clickatell Message eXchange (CMneXt) to over 960 mobile networks in over 220 countries and territories, with the potential to reach 6 billion mobile phone users - more than 80 percent of the world’s population. In addition, with Clickatell Transaction eXchange (CTX), it provides the essential link between mobile consumers and their financial institution, with services like airtime top-up. More than 15,000 enterprise, government, medium and small business customers and application developers have embraced Clickatell’s technology solutions. Founded in 2000, Clickatell is headquartered in Redwood City, California, USA.

Purpose

• We are seeking a Software Developer (Java) to join our Champion team focused on disrupting a $50B+ market.
• This role is deemed essential to our growth and focused on software development on our Interact Product.

We Do The Right Things

Responsibilities of the Role

• Work with an awesome geographically distributed team of developers and product designers to implement the next generation of products and/or features
• Work independently and collaborate on projects developing applications/features from scratch
• Build applications that can scale (millions of transactions/requests per day)
• Develop highly maintainable software iteratively and deliver working code with each iteration,including authoring relevant documentation and test cases
• Apply best software development practices to coding software solutions
  Be responsible for:
• implementing, debugging, and testing of new product features, or enhancements on existing features, or assisting customers and vendors with implementing and troubleshooting end-to-end solutions
• Implementing a test-driven development using unit and integration tests in an agile environment
• sustaining implemented features once delivered into production through maintenance and support
• Accurate and detailed documentation of relevant design artefacts (use cases, user stories, sequence diagrams etc)
• Working closely with key stakeholders particularly with team leads and software managers
• Partake in architecture discussions, design recommendations and implementations
• Adhere to policies and standards as applied by the team and directed by the reporting manager
• Participate in supporting production releases as needed
• Coach and mentor software developers and other roles within the team to improve knowledge, skill and capability

We Are on A Learning Journey
Requirements of the Role

• For success in this role, the following are some desirable technical requirements:
• Strong development & debugging experience with Java 8 or Java 11 & Spring Boot based microservices
• Experience with MySQL, Postgres
• Experience writing unit tests with Mockito, Spring Boot
• Experience with source code management tools such as Git, GitLab, etc
• Experience with log monitoring tools such as Elastic, Kibana, GrayLog, etc
• Experience with dependency management tool such as Maven/Gradle
• Package management tools such as NPM
• To excel in this role, following are some nice-to-have technical requirements:
• Experience working in a full stack capacity with AngularJS
• Knowledge of RxJS
• Experience with Containerization & Orchestration frameworks including Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
• Experience working with event driven architecture including Kafka, Event Bus
• Experience with DataDog for metric monitoring
• Bonus points for experience working with WebSockets (industry standard for real-time applications)
• Bonus points for experience working with other JVM based languages such as Kotlin
• Active participation in code and design reviews
• Computer Science degree or equivalent diploma from a reputable school (or 8+ years relevant experience if no degree)
• Proven track record of working in relevant roles for 5 years or more
• Proven industry experience in Financial or banking, or telecommunications an advantage
• Experience working in an Agile methodology an advantage
• Experience working with other integrated applications within the Clickatell ecosystem or 3rd party systems
• Strong communication skills with a team player attitude

A Bit About You: Tactical

Behavioral competency requirements of a Pacesetter:

• Cultivating Talent: Actively drives the development of skills and strengths within the team, and recognizes achievements. Coaches the team on procedures, technical issues and priorities. Leads and contributes to a positive team environment with open communication and clear goals. Listens to team members' feedback and resolves any issues or conflicts.
• Managing Resources: Manages resources optimally by making the right decisions that impacts how resources are used and for what benefit. Accurately estimates, forecast, projects, and monitors available levels of relevant resources and makes the right calls.
• Expert Exchanges: Seeks and communicates insights. Acts as access point for information within their team and throughout the organization, and ensures sharing of key learnings. Prepares and presents reports, and updates advising on performance and capacity.
• Risk Mitigation: Resolves problems that are relatively complex and drives decision-making processes. Systematically processes key factors when resolving conflict, managing risk, ensuring compliance and addressing quality concerns.
• Foster Teamwork: Builds relationships and influentially engages across teams to elevate performance. Facilitates brainstorming that delivers the best solutions. Encourages an inclusive culture where voices are heard and being open-minded is valued.
• Emotions and Performance: Puts effort into managing the link between emotions and performance that helps others do their best work by increasing self-awareness and reducing blind spots. Fosters a safe environment where others feel comfortable to take smart risks and build relationships.
• Drive Execution: Develops tactical plans that support the strategy and plans the detail of theprojects, activities, and resources to deliver the goal.
• Coordinating Activity: Develops and manages processes conceptually and technically. Plans, monitors work, and accurately reads situations to course correct and ensure expectations are met.
• Navigating Change: Delivers change by bringing the team together, aligning their work and navigating them through the process. Stays on track by being optimistic and focusing on what is in their control. Executes by getting the right things done by the right people to deliver results.
• Driving Performance: Relentlessly reviews dashboards, systems, KPIs, procedures, and processes, and drives the team's performance to incrementally improve results. Ensures processes are effective while aligning to best practice and increasing value.

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