Mi-Pay are Recruiting in Romania

Mi-Pay Ltd is a rapidly growing international supplier of mobile payment services, whose customers include telecoms and financial institutions and has offices in UK, Romania and the UAE (Dubai). Mi-Pay has now positioned itself as Europe's leading direct channel top-up service provider. The market is expanding and the volume of projects and client base is also rapidly increasing. Due to this continued growth in providing top up and mobile money services across the world, we now are looking to recruit the following staff to our offices in Sibiu, Romania.

Software Delivery Manager

Java and Technical Support Developer

.Net Software Developer

All three roles are full time and will require a good level of English (both spoken and written).  Mi-Pay Ltd. is a young and dynamic team where individual achievement is encouraged and recognised. The successful candidates must be able to work under pressure to tight personal deadlines whilst maintaining a focus on the commercial importance of their contribution to the team. Flexibility, dedication and loyalty are required, as is absolute honesty and integrity. The successful candidates must demonstrate a strong sense of ownership for assigned tasks and a real commitment to deliver. A pleasant personality and ability to work within a team is essential, as is a good sense of humour. 

If you wish to be considered for any of these roles, please send a copy of your current CV along with a covering letter (both in Word format please) to info@mi-pay.com with the name of the role you wish to apply for in the subject line.

Software Delivery Manager - Sibiu, Romania

We are looking for a Technical Software Delivery Manager to join our team to take responsibility for managing and driving our software development capability which is based at our offices in Sibiu, Romania. The candidate needs to have had hands on experience ofmanaging an application development group for a minimum 2 years as adevelopment manager, with a background in software engineering.

Specific Responsibilities

• Responsibility to manage the delivery of a portfolio of Software Development projects by Mi-Pay own staff and 3rd parties to meet delivery and budget timescales to the agreed quality levels.
• Lead and support estimating of projects and supporting Mi-Pay input to client budgetary or forecasting processes as required.
• Manage sanctioning process for all Software development deliverables.
• Ensuring that projects are properly estimated and that development and delivery plans fit with business requirements, escalating issues for resolution with the appropriate personnel.
• Initiate and manage projects within established Project Management methods (e.g. DSDM and Agile methodologies), ensuring the delivery & control of all artefacts (documentation, plans, prototypes, software, configuration management plans and other IT deliverables to quality standards).
• Effectively monitor & control the progress of many concurrent activities, spotting areas of potential slippage and taking timely corrective action to ensure the project is kept within schedule.
• Demonstrate sophisticated relationship-building capabilities; be able to constructively challenge business requirements with confidence whilst maintaining a sensitivity to conflicting issues.
• Develop a good understanding of Mi-Pay products, the role of Mi-Pay UK and create good, sustainable working relationships with the UK team
• Evaluate and manage issues and risks throughout the software delivery project, identifying cost effective countermeasures to control and minimise them to agreed quality standards. Report to the Head of Design and Development and Programme Manager projects, escalating issues and risks as far as necessary to resolve them.
• Manage the production of an effective delivery and test plan across the full IT development life cycle.
• Manage Change Control effectively, ensuring that the development team meets business needs and customer expectations with available resources and other development priorities.
• Provide a consolidated report on all development projects on an agreed regular basis highlighting progress against plan, expected milestones and deliverables, and commentary on the status of the project. Support and ensure that the handover to Operations is smooth with the agreed levels of documentation obtaining formal signed acceptance from Operations teams and Customers (as may apply from time to time). Ensure that End Stage/Post Project or Exit Reviews are conducted when appropriate and recorded to facilitate future learning in relation to the Software Development aspects.
• Demonstrate leadership skills to ensure successful project completion, identifying areas of conflict and using effective influencing and team skills to achieve workable compromises that maximise benefits to all parties

Main Requirements

• Understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle, various development methodologies
• Excellent business, problem analysis, identification and problem resolution skills. Ability to troubleshoot problems in a logical and disciplined manner.
• Excellent customer and team skills and an ability to negotiate in order to ensure tasks are delivered on time.
• Strong technical software development experience including but not limited to Total Quality Management (TQM)
• Experience of working with 3rd parties in delivery of software
• Ability to understand the issues relating to offshore development and to engineer, with 3rd parties, a dynamic and high quality software development and delivery operation.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and multi-task in a complex and demanding operational environment without sacrificing work output or quality.
• A motivated, pro-active, self-starter with a success oriented attitude
• Disciplined with a close attention to detail.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, bothinternally, with 3rd parties for whom English is not a first language, and withcustomers. Ability to document activities, problems and procedures clearly,accurately and concisely.

• A demonstrated ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines preferably in a 24x7 real-time operational server e nvironment.
• A demonstrated ability to plan, organise and deliver multiple medium to large sized projects contemporaneously, on time, to budget and to agreed levels of quality.
• Experience in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project and other desktop applications.

Other Requirements

• Demonstrate commitment to maintaining and improving own level of performance, as defined within this Role Profile, through on-going learning and development opportunities
• A full, clean driving license is highly desirable.

Java and Technical Support Developer - Sibiu, Romania

We are looking for a talented Java developer to assist in the ongoing development of our Mobile applications and provide support to our Banking partners and other Clients using our secure financial applications. In addition the role encompasses supporting the technical operations team handling production issues. The work involves some shift patterns and an on call rota to support a 24 X 7 operation. The role will be responsible for taking calls from our 1st line contact centre helpdesk and from Clients' help desks (in English), resolving technical problems to restore services and where necessary passing issues to our 3rd line support (in English) for longer term fixes and conclusion.

We are looking for a talented and versatile individual. 

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Main Responsibilities

• Excellent knowledge of Java development including CLDC development for mobile devices with J2ME.
• Excellent knowledge of Application Servers such as JBoss.
• Preferably Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in one or more of the following areas: WindowsXP/Vista, Windows 2000 & 2003 Server, Active Directory, Network Infra-structure, SQL Server, Database Administrator
• Knowledge of at least one major database, preferably Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
• Experience of Microsoft Office and other desktop applications.
• Good software development, methodology, problem analysis, identification and problem resolution skills. Ability to troubleshoot problems in a logical and disciplined manner.
• Disciplined with a close attention to detail.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, both internally and with customers. Ability to document activities, problems and procedures clearly, accurately and concisely.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and multi-task in a complex and demanding operational environment without sacrificing work output or quality.
• A motivated, pro-active, self-starter with a success oriented attitude.
• A demonstrated ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines preferably in a 24x7 real-time operational server environment.

Specific Responsibilities

• Developing Mobile Java handset applications around a licensed core Security kernel
• Prioritization of own development tasks and communicating regular progress on tasks
• Technical analysis of queries, changes, requirements associated with the core Payment technology platform (where necessary)
• Working with Mi-Pay India Software Development Centre and the UK HQ
• Making use of and keeping to processes that ensure source control is checked in and logged out so that version controls are maintained.
• To ensure that all changes comply with the documented Change Control Process.
• To ensure that all installations and upgrades are implemented as per the agreed and documented procedures. To ensure that all changes comply with audit, security and licensing requirements.
• To actively assist in the timely and quality implementation of internal and customer-driven projects.

Release Management Duties

• Undertake release management in line with Mi-Pay Release Management procedures, maintaining proper records and in line with standards.
• Ensure that all processes relating to access to Mi-Pay systems are met.
• Ensure all installations and upgrades are implemented as per the agreed and documented procedures. To ensure that all changes comply with audit, security and licensing requirements.
• Work with and meet software release and configuration control procedures.
• Provide 24x7x365 operational support for all mission-critical production systems on a rota and on call system.

.Net Software Developer - Sibiu, Romania

We are looking for talented individuals to work on multiple projects. You will be an analyst/developer with 3 years experience. In return we offer you the opportunity to be part of the next wave of world growth in mobile financial services

General Requirements

• An excellent knowledge of software development in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Internet Application Server.
• Preferably Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in one or more of the following areas: WindowsXP/Vista, Windows 2000 & 2003 Server, SQL Server, Database Administrator
• Detailed understanding of some or all of the following technologies: ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript, Java, HTML, CSS, SQL, SOAP, Web Services
• Knowledge of at least one major database, preferably Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
• Experience of Microsoft Office and other desktop applications.
• Good software development, methodology, problem analysis, identification and problem resolution skills. Ability to troubleshoot problems in a logical and disciplined manner.
• Disciplined with a close attention to detail.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, both internally and with customers in English. Ability to document activities, problems and procedures clearly, accurately and concisely.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and multi-task in a complex and demanding operational environment without sacrificing work output or quality.
• A motivated, pro-active, self-starter with a success oriented attitude.
• A demonstrated ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines preferably in a 24x7 real-time operational server environment.

Specific Responsibilities

• Developing of Mobile applications around a licensed core Payments engine
• Prioritization of own development tasks and communicating regular progress on tasks
• Technical analysis of solution requirements, creating prototypes and necessary documentation leading to development of the solution to a high standard
• Working with design architects (business interface team) from UK HQ as well as colleagues and peers in the Sibiu office
• Making use of and keeping to processes that ensure source control is checked in and logged out so that version controls are maintained.
• To ensure that all changes comply with the documented Change Control Process.
• To ensure that all installations and upgrades are implemented as per the agreed and documented procedures. To ensure that all changes comply with audit, security and licensing requirements.
• To actively assist in the timely and quality implementation of internal and customer-driven projects.

Other Requirements

• Full, clean driving license is highly desirable
• Ability to travel internationally without undue restriction