L’Alliance of Bioversity International recrute un Consultant Développeur Full Stack, Nairobi, Kenya
Job Description
The Organization
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives. The Alliance solutions address the global crises of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation ( https://alliancebioversityciat.org/ )
With novel partnerships, the Alliance generates evidence and mainstreams innovations to transform food systems and landscapes so that they sustain the planet, drive prosperity, and nourish people.
The Alliance is a member of the CGIAR Consortium ( www.cgiar.org ) a global research partnership for a food-secure future.
Position Summary
The Climate Action research area of the Alliance Bioversity-CIAT is searching for a highly skilled Full Stack Developer to join our team in Nairobi with experience in both front-end and back-end coding languages and frameworks. The candidate will contribute to design, development and maintenance of scalable web-based platforms to disseminate output from agro-climate modeling exercises. The successful candidate will work with a multidisciplinary team of researchers working on developing data science driven solutions for agricultural development in the developing countries.
- Carry out the design, development, adjustment, and maintenance of information management and dissemination platforms to be used by wide range of stakeholders, including the CGIAR Research community, NARS and farmer-facing organizations.
- Build the front-end interface following user-center design principles.
- Develop APIs for data access to support end-user data access.
- Work with data architects and scientists to build and manage databases.
- Conduct regular bug fixing and carry out performance enhancements.
- Generate technical documentation and data reports.
- Identify and implement software engineering process improvements.
- Provide technical support to different groups of users.
- Attend regular meetings through the project cycle to assist the team.
- Participate in the design, documentation, and creation of scalable and secure software.
- Breakdown of large-scale requirements into smaller ones oriented to user stories/technical tasks
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- Proven work experience as a Full Stack Developer for at least 2 years.
- Proficient in both front-end and back-end languages, frameworks, and databases, such as: angular, react, Python, node JS, MySQL, MS SQL, Mongo.
- Experience implementing Web Services (REST API), authentication, CI/CD lifecycles and pipelines.
- Experience building software in cloud environments, AWS, cloud-based solution implementation and maintenance and service-oriented architecture.
- Experience facing user stories to address the end-user requirements.
- Experience working with Git and GitHub.
- Analytical and assertive communication skills.
- Excellent communication skills in English.
Terms of Engagement
The consultancy contract will be for a maximum of a 6-month period. The consultant will be Based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Applications
Applicants are invited to visit https://www.bioversityinternational.org/jobs/ to get full details of the position and to submit their applications. Applications MUST include Full Stack Developer Consultant as the position applied for. Application and CV should be saved as one document using the candidate’s last name, first name for ease of sorting.
Note: The Alliance does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing or training). The Alliance also does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts.
