Software Developer Internship

Britam Holding PLC is a leading diversified financial services group and is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The group has presence in seven Africa countries in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan, Mozambique and Malawi.

Britam offers a wide range of financial products and services which include: Asset Management, Life Assurance, Retirement Planning, General Insurance, Health Insurance, Banking and Property Insurance.

Job Purpose:

Work within Betalab under the Partnership and Digital department to identify requirements, design and develop solutions (database design, workflows, user/data interfaces, integrations) and offer technical support for Betalab solutions.

Key responsibilities:

• Champion the development of digital solutions by carrying out business analysis, designing end user testing documents, collaborating with internal and external parties to carry out user testing.
• Work with developers to design algorithms and flowcharts.
• Design and development of front-end tier(s), middle tier(s), and /or back-end database tier(s) for business applications.
• Perform the necessary technical design and development functionality to ensure that business application systems can be effectively developed and implemented.
• Enhance and create user and system documentation as needed.
• Perform data modelling to analyze and specify data structures within an application system.
• Developing database objects and structures for data storage, retrieval and reporting according to specifications.
• Produce clean, efficient code based on specifications.
• Integrate software components and third-party programs.
• Verify and deploy programs and systems.
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software.
• Gather and evaluate user feedback.
• Capturing of business applications information needs and mapping of the same to the software and /or database components.
• Research and provide input on design approach, performance and base functionality improvements for various procedures and applications.
• Generation of ideas to improve efficiency in software and application services offered to the business, and/or generate revenue for business.

Knowledge, experience, and qualifications required:

• Degree in Computer Science or technical-related field from an accredited institution.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Development experience with any modern programming tools/Platforms e.g. .NET, Java, Ruby, PHP.
• Development experience with Spring boot and React or Angular Framework.
• Certified Solution Developer/ Architect e.g. Java, Microsoft is an added advantage.
• Experience in applications development, which includes system customization and report designs.
• Experience with RDMS preferably MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, Sybase, and Informix.