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Solvo Global

SR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Africa

August 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM

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Location

  • Nairobi County, Kenya

Programming Languages

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • SCSS

Frameworks

  • AngularJS
  • React
  • Vue.js
  • Express

Cloud Services

  • AWS
  • Azure

Databases

  • NoSQL
  • MultiValue (PICK)

Experience Level

  • Senior

Experience and Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree, advanced degree, or equivalent experience, with 10+ years of software industry experience in product design, architecture, or support.
  • Experience with legacy modernization is a significant advantage.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Desire to mentor developers on the team.
  • Strong willingness to learn new technologies, tackle challenges, and take direction.
  • Positive attitude and ability to work effectively as an individual contributor.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with the team and share expertise efficiently.
  • HCM domain knowledge is a plus.

Job Summary

As a Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack), you will work with web-based software development technologies across all tiers of the application, from database to front-end. You will join a distributed team working on PrismHR’s flagship software products in SaaS, mobile, and on-premise environments.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

  • Perform complex application code development, maintenance, and debugging.
  • Perform unit testing on assigned work.
  • Prepare technical application documentation across multiple lifecycle phases.
  • Lead code reviews.
  • Develop and adhere to software engineering standards throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Lead system design efforts to ensure security, performance, data integrity, and scalability requirements are addressed.
  • Review key requirements deliverables to ensure a cohesive and functionally sound product definition.
  • Work closely with the Quality Assurance team to ensure the testing strategy covers all aspects of the project.

Technical Skills

  • 5+ years of JavaScript/TypeScript experience at an expert level is required.
  • Experience building and maintaining complex single-page web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks and libraries such as AngularJS, React, and Vue.js.
  • In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SCSS, and related technologies.
  • Experience with RESTful web services and/or microservices, especially Node.js and Express.
  • Strong Node.js development experience.
  • Cloud experience with AWS or Azure is a plus.
  • Experience working with Agile development methodologies, continuous integration, test-driven development, and Git version control.
  • Experience with Docker under Linux or OSX.
  • Experience with NoSQL or MultiValue (PICK) databases.