PYTHON / GOOGLE APP ENGINE SOFTWARE ENGINEER JOB OPENING AT UPPERLINK LIMITED

Upperlink Limited is an incorporated company with headquarters in Lagos. Its core areas of specialization are in Internet Applications, Electronic Payments Integration, and Custom Software Development. Our focus is to eliminate business operational borders, actualize seamless process flow and resource optimization via ICT deployment. Upperlink maintains strategic partnerships with Interswitch, NIBSS, Google, SAP and 18 Commercial banks in Nigeria.

Upperlink is currently seeking suitable candidates for the position of:

PYTHON / GOOGLE APP ENGINE SOFTWARE ENGINEER

DESCRIPTION
We are looking for an Experienced and Self Motivated Python Software Developer with at least 2 years experience developing on Google App Engine and Google Cloud SQL and/or Amazon Cloud to help develop an Enterprise Application. He/She should possess strong web application development skills with significant Back-end Development experience, creativity, and an affinity for solving complex problems.
Must have worked in a team that have developed Enterprise Cloud Application before.

THE JOB:
Develop the server side application using Google App Engine (Python)
Building fast, testable, scalable systems, manage latency and caching cleverly is key.
RESTful API to support the front end client and mobile clients.
Design robust and loosely coupled application code.
Meet the deadlines.

ABOUT YOU:
You are a professional developer who can manage his tasks to achieve excellent results on time.
You must enjoy a fast-paced, high-responsibility environment. You will be part of a small team that is working together to create and continuously improve the feature set and architecture of the application. You will however be sole responsible for designs, interface and coding.
Have a good portfolio of projects (especially Enterprise Applications) as well as good reviews.
Technical Skills

REQUIRED:
Python (at least 2 years experience)
Python: Google App Engine, Django
Python TDD: Unit Test, Nose, Mock
Google Services: Google Cloud SQL/Storage
NoSQL databases: Google Datastore
Experience with large scale applications
Experience with RESTful API design
JSON
Experience with development of Highly Responsive Sites using JQueries and Bootstrap. HTML5, CSS3, AJAX etc
SVN experience
Excellent if you have:

Amazon Web Services: EC2, S3, other cloud services
PHP
MySQ

Should be second nature:
Good knowledge of Linux/Unix system and administration
Very good data structure, software design and OOP experience
Love for good, clean and testable code.

TO APPLY
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CVs (quoting the Job Title) to: jobs@upperlink.ng Note: Shortlisted candidates will be contacted with further details.

DUE DATE: 30 January, 2015

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