Full Stack Engineer (Contract)

Full Stack Engineer - Ghana - 3 month contract

About bigspark

bigspark, a UK based consultancy delivering next level data platforms and solutions with a focus on exciting technologies including Apache Spark, Apache Kafka and working on projects within Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Streaming and Data Science is looking for a Full Stack Engineer to join our offshore team in Ghana on a permanent basis in a remote, work from home capacity.

We provide the backbone for modern analytics to our clients through expertise in DevOps, distributed computing, machine learning and adoption of proven open source projects. We specialise in backend development, infrastructure automation and performance engineering for data workloads at scale.

Your Role

In your hands-on role of Full Stack Engineer you will

• Adhere and contribute to our delivery principles
• Develop scalable and maintainable code for both front-end and back-end components
• Interact with stakeholders and program management to understand client requirements
• Solution Design - Using predefined architectural components to agree an acceptable design
• Deliver software development for clients, whilst collaborating with team members at various levels across the globe

Your Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Educated to at least BSc (Hons) level - preferably in Computer Science, Data Science or Mathematics
• At least 3-5 years in a commercial software environment
• Commercial experience in Backend/API Development in Python
• Experienced in JavaScript frameworks, ideally React 
• Experience with SQL (e.g. PostGres, MySQL), REST integration
• Knowledge of Libraries such as Play, Akka, Spring, Struts, Flask, FastApi, Django etc
• Understanding of version control and Git based workflow
• Agile Development Methodologies
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Flexible in learning and working with new technologies