Mecer Consulting Limited is a world class Human Capital Development and Business Growth Re-engineering firm. Our services include, but not limited to: Workforce Development – ISO (QMS, EMS, FSMS, ITMS, MDQMS and all other quality certification) Implementation and Audit.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Software Developer
Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy full-stack or backend solutions for web, mobile, and USSD applications.
- Ensure adherence to security, scalability, testability, and auditability standards.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code using Git-based workflows.
- Collaborate with designers, product managers, and project managers to implement user-centric features.
- Conduct code reviews and provide technical mentorship to junior developers.
- Oversee outsourced builds—validating deliverables, ensuring maintainability, and enforcing quality standards.
- Work with cross-functional teams to integrate APIs, dashboards, payment gateways, and legacy systems.
- Support user acceptance testing, continuous integration (CI), and continuous delivery (CD) pipelines.
- Manage performance monitoring, optimization, and production deployment.
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of hands-on software development experience with a strong record of delivering production systems (web/mobile/USSD).
- Proficiency in backend technologies such as Node.js, Express, NestJS, Python (FastAPI/Django), or Java/Spring.
- Strong grasp of modern frontend frameworks like React or Next.js.
- Experience with API design and integration (REST/GraphQL), authentication/SSO, and secure data handling.
- Solid understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL, SQL) and BI/dashboard integration (Metabase, Power BI).
- Familiarity with integrating AI components (chatbots, OCR, NLP pipelines) into applications is a plus.
- Experience working with government tech stacks, data platforms, or civic systems.
- Understanding of secure coding practices, logging/audit trails, and performance optimization.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
- Strong knowledge of DevOps tools and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Docker, DigitalOcean).
- Working knowledge of ISO standards, NDPA/PII handling, and access controls is an advantage.
- Familiarity with testing frameworks such as Jest, PyTest, or JUnit.
- Excellent teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Professional certifications in software development, DevOps, or cloud technologies are an added advantage.
Application Closing Date
31st October, 2025.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: recruitment@mecer.consulting using “SSD” as the subject of the mail.