9 Job Positions at Bank of Kigali (Deadline: 30 November 2018)

• Shaping and implementing technology / business solutions to contribute to our competitive differentiation
• Uses Agile engineering practices and various software development technologies to rapidly develop creative and efficient solutions that enhance our technology stack
• Comfortable with both front-end and back-end development
• Collaborates with other team members to implement user stories, write tests, and continuously deliver new / improved product functionality
• Communicates with internal IT teams to resolve technical dependencies during implementation
• Builds Bank of Kigali’s brand in the technology community

• 3+ years of software development experience
• Experience with relational and NoSQL Databases
• Experience in code refactoring, pair programming, continuous integration and deployment
• Experience leveraging various design patterns, test-driven development, and automated testing frameworks (e.g. RSpec, JUnit, Selenium)

• To contribute across the technology stack, covering the end-to- end development of web and native applications, as well as improvements to DevOps tooling

• Diploma and above

Bank of Kigali Digital factory

• • Ensure that quality is built throughout delivery, from story the grooming stage all the way through to completion (as opposed to ‘after’ development).

• Contributing to story preparation (acceptance criteria, authentication, authorization, data integrity, and user flow), test data preparation, multi-platform testing and exploratory testing
• Ensure that the software meets the acceptance criteria on all devices and platforms.
• Automate tests using tools that execute against multiple browsers and platforms.
• Ensure that new stories delivered do not break existing stories. This is done by the QA writing automated functional tests which will be executed regularly to ensure that the software behaves as expected and that new functionality does not break previously delivered and working software.

• 2+ years working as an QA/Tester in an Agile software project
• Has knowledge of various technology stacks and is very detail-orientated and focused
• A track record of having strong testing and debugging abilities
• Be able to work in a collaborative and flexible manner

• A Quality Analyst is a team member that is skilled in testing software and makes sure that software is produced with good quality

• Diploma and above

• Provide ongoing facilitation and coaching that enables the team to excel at agile development
• Facilitate medium-to-high complexity Agile initiatives from initiation through release
• Navigate and identify shared IT services required by the team in the delivery of its objectives
• Facilitate discussions leading to collective decision-making, goal setting and conflict resolution within the team
• Actively manage risks and external dependencies drawing in team members as appropriate
• Create and maintain the appropriate vehicles for open communication within the scrum team (e.g. tracker boards, JIRA) to create a trusting and safe team environment
• Continuously seek to improve team performance by promoting joint accountability for results and solving productivity issues

• At least 1 successfully delivered project using Scrum methodology in the role as Scrum Master
• At least 3 successfully delivered technical projects with experience in software development and/or project management

• Enabling cross-functional teams to develop medium-to-complex business / customer/ employee solutions using the Agile way of working that integrates the business and technical needs

• Diploma and above

• Design and deliver elegant and delightful product experiences as part of a cross-functional Agile product teams
• Actively collaborate with business / brand stakeholders throughout the design and development process
• Help Product Owners define both long and short-term vision and roadmap for digital products
• Clearly articulate proposed design and key decisions with Product Owners
• Explore solution space and refine concepts via wireframes and detailed high definition design
• Define the visual style and position relative to design guidelines
• Research, identify and articulate customer needs
• Build prototypes and design tests to validate customer needs, requirements and behaviours
• Collaborate with other designers within and cross-team to problem solve design challenges and maintain a level of design consistency and coherence across products

• Strong experience in design and development
• Experience with designing quality consumer products
• Experience with user-centered design portfolio that spans some combination of web, mobile, tablet, TV, and wearables
• Experience with Graphical and Visual Design, including use of a diverse set of software such as Adobe suite, OmniGraffle, Balsamiq, Axure, InVision, Sketch or other tools for Graphic Design, Visual Design

• Drive product design from end-to-end to create distinctive visual digital solutions for customers and employees

• Diploma and above
• A design portfolio that demonstrates design principles for web and/or mobile platforms

• Clearly articulate design needs and key decisions to business stakeholders across markets and brands collaborating closely with Product Leads and Product Managers
• Work with Product Owners define both long and short-term vision and roadmap for digital products
• Design elegant and delightful product experiences as part of a cross-functional Agile product teams
• Research, identify and articulate customer needs
• Produce and review wireframes and storyboards for digital products
• Interview user to gain an understanding of their needs and behaviours and perceptions
• Build prototypes and design tests to validate designs based on customer needs, requirements and behaviours
• Collaborate with other designers within and cross-team to problem solve design challenges and maintain a level of design consistency and coherence across products

• Knowledge of agile values, principles and practises
• Knowledge of financial services industry
• Understanding of customer journeys and customer experience, with particular reference to digital, design and financial services

• To drive user experience design from end-to-end, including discovery, ideation, conceptualising, detailed design, prototypes and validation

• Diploma and above

• Design Lead’s primary responsibility will be to drive end-to-end user experience design, including discovery, ideation, conception, detailed design, prototypes and validation across multiple products and areas
• Working across multiple cross-functional product teams, the Design Lead will seek to create and influence the creation of elegant user experience to create business impact (e.g., customer, employee and advisor engagement /productivity)
• The design lead will work closely with digital factory executives, Product Leads, Product Managers along with marketing and business stakeholders to design and deliver user-centric experiences.
• Lead a team of UX/UI Designers in providing engaging and intuitive user experiences for digital products
• Lead user research, persona development, usability testing, contextual inquiry, and task analysis.
• Champion user-centred design practices when solving design requests and challenges.
• Constantly monitor analytics, customer feedback, digital entertainment leaders and best practices in order to practice insight-driven optimization and innovation.
• Collaboratively work with Product Leads, Product Managers to understand their digital product roadmaps and requirements and to ensure UX is tightly integrated into the roadmaps
• Work with cross-functional product development teams to build designs that meet those requirements – including design specification documents, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, etc.
• Develop, communicate and enforce user experience guidelines for each of our digital solutions.

• Strong experience in design and development
• Experience with designing quality consumer products
• Experience with user-centered design portfolio that spans some combination of web, mobile, tablet, TV, and wearables
• Experience with Graphical and Visual Design, including use of a diverse set of software such as Adobe suite, OmniGraffle, Balsamiq, Axure, InVision, Sketch or other tools for Graphic Design, Visual Design

• Design Lead will be involved in partnering with the Chief Digital Officer and digital factory leadership team to develop effective product strategies, visions and execution plans. His/her mission will be to shape and deliver digital solutions that transform customer experiences

• Diploma and above
• A design portfolio that demonstrates design principles for web and/or mobile platforms

• Provide ongoing facilitation and coaching that enables your team to excel at agile development.
• Facilitate discussion leading to collective decision-making, goal setting and conflict resolution across a digital factory
• ontinuously seek to improve team performance by promoting joint accountability for results and solving productivity issues
• Coaches the Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Tech Leads within the digital factory to focus on delivering incremental business value while sustaining an engineering culture
• Facilitates cross-team meetings and helps teams find innovative ways of resolving dependencies and navigating complex business and technical trade-offs.
• Engages in problem solving sessions with team leads on how to develop long-term strategies and roadmaps which are congruent with the Agile approach
• Conducts training sessions on the fundamentals of Agile with new team members
• Communicates the new way of working with groups outside of the digital factory
• Engages teams of external dependencies to develop an incremental integration plan

• Strong experience in software design and development
• At least 5 successfully delivered projects using Agile methodologies
• At least 2 – 3 projects that include an end to end Agile implementation where you played the role of a Scrum Master or Tech Lead. Experience in coaching 1-3 people on each project you have delivered
• Practical experience with any of the key disciplines required in agile delivery – such as software development or business (system) analysis;
• Entrepreneurial self-starter who is self-motivated, but also a team player with a professional presence
• Experience applying a wide variety of well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach(example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs,etc)
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills

• An Agile Coach is responsible for mentoring the key Agile roles within our digital factory, with the goal of improving the quality and efficacy with which products are developed leveraging an Agile methodology. Agile Coaches act as a conduit between technology and business to ensure that all voices are being heard.

• Undergraduate Degree or equivalent experience
• Certified Scrum Master / Agile Practitioner

• Understands business problems and designs end-to-end analytics use cases
• Develops complex models and algorithms that drive innovation throughout the organization. This may include improving on-time performance, network planning, etc.,
• Conducts advanced statistical analysis to provide actionable insights, identify trends, and measure performance
• Collaborates with model developers to implement and deploy scalable solutions
• Provides thought leadership by researching best practices, conducting experiments, and collaborating with industry leaders

• 5-7 years’ experience in a statistical and/or data science role
• Experience working with large data sets, simulation/ optimization and distributed computing tools
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with strong desire to work in cross functional teams

• AApply strong expertise in machine-learning, data mining, and information retrieval to design, prototype, and build the next-generation analytics engines and services

• Undergraduate Degree or equivalent experience
• Certified Scrum Master / Agile Practitioner