Junior Software Engineer

SUMMARY:
A technology company in Cape Town is seeking a Junior Software Engineer.

POSITION INFO:
A technology company in Cape Town is looking for an exceptional and passionate Software Engineer/Developer to join their dynamic Mission Systems and Software Tools team. Successful candidates will form part of a software development team developing software for user applications. The company performs formal software development for highly reliable safety-critical and mission-critical systems.

Role and Responsibilities:
Includes the following, but is not limited to:

• Design, develop, and maintain mission-system-related software, including software for payload control, payloads emulators, relay applications, mission logic, etc.
• Manage and optimise Docker environments for mission system appliances
• Enhance software productivity by maintaining CI pipelines, integrated development platforms (IDPs), and build systems
• Develop and support other general software productivity tools
• Play a major role in the generation of outputs for projects, including design, testing, documentation, production and verification artefacts
• Implement engineering processes, plans and policies as applicable to a specific project
• Perform minor support roles within the company, if required

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (BSc) or Engineering (BSc Eng / BEng).
• Required Skills and Experience:
  • Proficiency with one or more general-purpose programming languages: Python, C++, Java etc.
• Recommended Skills and Experience:
  • Practical experience with modern Python, particularly versions 3.10 and beyond.
  • Strong knowledge of the Python Standard Library and common third-party libraries such as lxml, numpy, and argparse.
  • Familiarity with markup languages and related technologies, including XML, XSLT, XML Schema, JSON, and YAML.
  • Proficiency with containerisation technologies such as Docker.