SUMMARY:
Front-End Developer (Expert)
Location: Menlyn, Pretoria
Hybrid: 2 days in office per week
Contract: 3 years, renewable
Nationality: South African citizens/residents preferred. Applicants with valid work permits will also be considered.
We are looking for an experienced Front-End Developer (Expert) to join a global IT environment, working on solutions supporting Supplier Call Off and Supply Chain Control products.
The environment provides standardized IT processes for demand planning, call-off creation and supply control, including Track & Trace capabilities for lot-size parts, with a strong focus on usability, user experience, operational stability and scalable solutions.
POSITION INFO:
Essential Skills Frontend At least 6+ years' experience in front-end technologies: JavaScript TypeScript HTML5 CSS Thorough knowledge of UI frameworks such as: Angular (Version 9 or higher) or React At least 3 years' experience with Test Frameworks , e.g.: Selenium Cypress Playwright Backend - Java or Python At least 3+ years' developing experience in: Java (JavaEE) and\/or Python (3.9 upwards) At least 1 year's experience with frameworks : Java: Spring, Spring Boot or Quarkus and\/or Python: Flask or Django At least 1 year's experience with Test Frameworks , from Unit to E2E DevOps Experience At least 1+ year Containerization and Orchestration : Kubernetes Docker At least 1+ year CI\/CD, Pipeline Setup and Automation , e.g. GitHub Actions At least 1+ year Automated Provisioning of Infrastructure and Applications , including: Infrastructure as Code GitOps Terraform Ansible ArgoCD Flux Helm Monitoring and Logging Experience with ITIL Operation processes : Incident Management Problem Management Change Management Experience with public cloud providers, e.g. Microsoft Azure Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter Advantageous Skills Experience with Streaming solutions, e.g. Kafka Knowledge of developing and maintaining Microservices Agile development experience, e.g. Scrum Experience with SAP systems (ECC, S4) Role & Responsibilities Operations - 2nd and 3rd level Development of new functionality - backend and frontend Changes to the existing solution Development of automated tests for the solution Further improving automated test coverage Development of API to the backend Functional and technical refinement Maintenance and functional enhancement Support and error analysis during overall test cycles and rollouts Quality checks regarding development across all teams, including local, international and third-party supplier teams Qualifications & Experience Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar qualification 6+ years' experience in Frontend development 3+ years' experience in Backend development 3 years' experience in Public Cloud (Azure) Level Expectations This is an Expert-level position requiring the ability to: Negotiate through discussions and compromise across short-term operational, medium-term tactical or limited strategic matters Deliver complex outcomes requiring the integration of several nuanced systems and processes Provide guidance to lower-level employees Operate as an industry best-practice leader for a product or multiple products Create products or systems based on international best practice or guidelines from organisations that have implemented similar solutions Solve complex and escalated tasks requiring deep understanding of the product or service Lead team leaders who have their own team members
