Job Description

At Safaricom Ethiopia, we are a purpose-led technology company dedicated to transforming lives through digital connectivity and inclusive financial services. In under four years, we have grown to serve over 10 million customers, with our network now reaching 55% of Ethiopia’s population – a testament to our bold vision and trusted partnerships.

Guided by core values such as customer obsession, innovation, integrity, and get it done together, we are building a workplace that is dynamic, inclusive, and empowering. We believe our greatest strength lies in our people. That’s why, for two consecutive years, we have proudly get earned the Top Employer Award – in recognition for our unwavering commitment to fostering a supportive, innovative, and inclusive environment to people.

Join Safaricom Ethiopia and be part of a team that is shaping the digital future of Ethiopia. Here, your work has meaning, your voice matters, and your growth is our priority. Together, we are transforming lives for a digital future.

Reporting to Digital Distribution Manager-MIS, the Digital Distribution MIS Specialist will play a crucial role in managing and enhancing the Management Information Systems (MIS) to support data-driven decision-making

Job Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or with related field of study

Experience:

• Minimum 2-3 years of progressive experience in enterprise grade application development.

• Hands-on experience delivering or supporting Spring Boot and Angular/React applications in a production environment.

• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and containerized deployments (Kubernetes exposure preferred).

Duties & Responsibilities

Full Stack Development and Implementation 

• Implement backend services and REST APIs using Spring Boot following established architecture standards.

• Develop Angular/React UI features and integrate with backend APIs.

• Contribute to code reviews, refactoring, and adherence to engineering standards.

Backend Engineering & Data Processing

• Build and maintain modular Spring Boot components (controllers, services, repositories).

• Support scheduled jobs and high-volume data loading from databases or upstream APIs.

• Troubleshoot performance issues and contribute improvements under senior guidance.

Frontend Engineering & Optimization

• Implement Angular/ React components, forms, and UI workflows.

• Improve frontend responsiveness and optimize API consumption (pagination, caching, efficient calls).

• Fix UI bugs and ensure cross-browser compatibility.

CI/CD and Deployment Support

• CI/CD and Deployment Support

• Support Kubernetes deployment activities (Helm values, config updates, environment variables).

• Assist with HTTP proxy configuration changes and release validation activities.

Security and Compliance Support

• Implement secure coding practices and follow team standards for authentication/authorization patterns.

• Use approved mechanisms for secrets/config management and support secure service-to-service communication.

• Collaborate with security/platform teams during reviews and remediation tasks.

Operations Excellence & Incident Ownership                                                  

• Participate in production support (Tier-2), log analysis, and incident triage.

• Support root cause analysis by collecting evidence (logs, metrics, traces) and implementing fixes.

• Contribute to monitoring/alerting improvements and operational runbooks.

Collaboration and Documentation

• Work closely with DevOps, and dependent system teams to deliver features.

• Maintain technical documentation: API specs, deployment notes, configuration changes, and troubleshooting steps.

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