Full Stack Developer - Remote work

SUMMARY:
While connected with the best, this digital solution company, is improving communication, increasing engagement and driving business performance. Since they opened their doors in 2012 they were listed as a top 10 African start up company by CNN. Their services have expanded to 4 continents and they stand out as a FNB Innovation Finalist.

POSITION INFO:

The purpose of the Full Stack Developer focus will be on the design and development of platform features, analyses of current product technical requirements and development of standardised interfaces.

Furthermore, the focus will also be on building and working on enterprise grade software systems, as part of an agile team. Contribute to team mentorship and growth by positive interaction with team members

Key areas of responsibility

For this job, the most critical areas of responsibility (Key Performance Areas – KPA’s) are:

1. Software Development
2. QA and Testing
3. Team and Collaboration
4. Design and Architecture

Software Development
● Where applicable, perform detailed analysis on new features, and develop technical specifications and design documents.
● Translate software requirements into concise and robust code by developing, maintaining and supporting effective solutions. This includes process and system design, development, and testing of own code.
● Use common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
● Use your knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms,
such as JSON Web Token.
● Use your knowledge of containerisation to create and maintain Docker containers.
● Apply your knowledge to primary systems based on NodeJS, Express, React, Redux, Typescript, Webpack.
● Interact with and develop against MongoDb as the primary database.
● Interact with PostgreSQL as a secondary database.
● Interact and contribute to an ElasticSearch cluster.
● Interact with secondary systems built with Angular/Angular JS.

QA and Testing

● Assist QA and Support departments by debugging and fixing bugs on an ongoing basis.
● Unite testing of all working code

Team and Collaboration

● Contribute to the team by mentoring Junior Developers on
specific systems & processes, as well as best development practices, processes, and technologies.
● Continually strive to improve personal and team productivity
through contributing improvements to processes and systems

Job requirements

Minimum qualifications

● 3-year degree in IT / Computer Science or equivalent from a reputable institution with software development as a main focus in the
programme.

Minimum experience

● 3+ years’ experience in widely adopted programming languages
and browser scripting languages.

 Competencies

● Strong ethical principles

● Conscientiousness

● Good attention to detail

● Strong analysis and problem-solving skills

● Willing to work in a team

● Good mentorship skills

● Effective written and oral communication skills

● Experience in Agile Development

Skills

● Javascript

● Typescript

● NodeJS

● Express

● MongoDB

● Git

● HTML5 and CSS (Beneficial)

● AngularJS / React or Javascript Frameworks (Beneficial)

● SQL (Beneficial)

● Unit testing

● Exposure to Agile project management processes (Scrum, Kanban)

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