3 Job Vacancies at Smart Codes Ltd Tanzania

Smart Codes is an award-winning digital agency founded in 2010 committed to solving African problems.

Our inherent inquisitive nature has made us push boundaries and produce work from our Products and Innovation department such as M-Paper, a digital newspaper application and Kwanza which collects all bloggers and website in one place for convenient media buying at a local level. Our products have won international awards such as the Apps African Innovation Award and we have been featured in Quartz Africa, TechCrunch and Forbes magazine.

The ideal candidate is a creative team player, talented wordsmith, and grammar sleuth. You will be responsible for developing marketing and communications content that will separate us from the crowd.
Preview a short clip about us: https://vimeo.com/336116468

Job Position: Copywriter 
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 
Reporting to: Projects Manager

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal partners to interpret project briefs and develop relevant concepts into content
• Ensure that all products are proofed and ready for delivery or posting
• Prepare files and concept boards for client review and presentation 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Advertising
• 3+ years’ of marketing or copywriting experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
Full Time

Job Position: Software Engineer
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Reporting to: Projects Manager 
A. Summary of Position
Our Technology team is an integral part of our business. They are perpetual problem solvers, creative technical thinkers and are always seeking new and innovative ways to leverage technology solutions to bring ideas to life and grow our clients’ businesses.
As a Software Engineer, you will be focused on bringing rich experiences to life primarily leveraging web-based technologies. You are a confident back-end web and mobile developer who is also comfortable working with and helping to build front-end services. The experiences you build can range from customized enterprise solutions to deep data-driven tools and services.

B. Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages technical project execution and delivers on targets such as quality and timing.
• Hand-code applications that support web and mobile platforms
• Leverage frameworks and libraries such as React, Angular, Ember.Js, and others to architect dynamic web experiences.
• Produce fully functional mobile applications writing clean code
• Produce fully functional web applications backed & front-end (Good UI & UX)
• Create API (Rest-API & SOAP)
• Integrate the application with a third-party platform
• Design and implement optimized database
• Reviews system specifications and documentation at appropriate points in the System Development Life Cycle
• Troubleshoot and debug to optimize performance in different platforms
• An eye for details in maintaining the end-user experience
• Perform Projects UAT to ensure Quality
• Perform any other tasks provided by the Management.

 C. Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field is required.
• Master’s Degree is added advantage (Technical, Projects or MBA)
• At least 3 years of working experience in the relevant field;

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
Full Time

Job Position: Senior UI/UX Designer
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Reporting to: General Manager, Smart Codes
Job Summary:
The ideal candidate is a brilliant problem solver, quick study, resourceful self-starter, and excellent communicator with a passion for great design and the ability to achieve it. The candidate possesses that rare blend of interaction design, visual design, and prototyping skills with the innate ability to deliver designs on time for our developing pipeline. From brainstorming through implementation, the Senior UI/UX Designer will work with members of our Development Team to ensure the successful execution of designs.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Understanding product specifications and user requirements;
• Conducting concept and usability testing and gather feedback;
• Defining the right interaction model and evaluate its success;
• Developing wireframes and prototypes around customer/client needs;
• Identifying creative ways to solve UX problems (e.g. usability, findability);
• Communicating design ideas and prototypes to developers;
• Working with developers to implement designs;
• Keeping abreast of competitor products and industry trends;
• Ensuring timely delivery of client’s products and services. 

Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field;
• At least 3 years of working experience in a relevant field;
• Proficient in design software e.g. UXPin, Balsamig, Photoshop etc.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
Full Time

How to Apply job smart Codes
To apply, send your CV to jobs@smartcodes.co.tz
Application close: 16th March, 2020
* SMART CODES is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We strongly support diversity in the workforce.