Lead Developer - (EE) - Cape Town

 

Recruiter:

5th Dimension Consulting

Job Ref:

Lead Developer

Date posted:

Monday, March 29, 2021

Location:

CapeTown, South Africa

Salary:

negotiable


SUMMARY:
Seeking a Lead Developer with an IT Degree/Diploma and a minimum of 5 years IT development experience across the systems development lifecycle, for an EE position with a large corporate in Cape Town.

POSITION INFO:

Job Role

  • Responsible for development, testing, maintaining and supporting software that meets business requirements on the Policy Administration System.
  • Responsible for lead developer functions to improve team processes.

 Responsibilities

  • Adhere to defined software development lifecycles and best practice (including code standards, code reviews, source control, etc.).
  • Configure and develop screens and applications that meet business requirements (UI’s, business logic, rules, process flow, etc.).
  • Build integration / web services.
  • Create XML payloads for integration between systems.
  • Create test data and unit tests to ensure developed software works according to business requirements, design and specifications.
  • Consider non-functional requirements during software development (e.g. performance, load, response, etc.).
  • Prepare and produce releases of software components.
  • Support and maintain developed applications and services.
  • Continuous improvement of the team processes, quality of deliverables and technical standards.
  • Provide estimates on development efforts required for sprint planning.
  • Contribute and collaborates with team members across the SDLC from business analysis, design, development and testing in Agile / self-managed team environment.
  • Identification of potential risks / issues and give input into risk plan.
  • Provide support to other members of the Development Team and members of the Project Management team as required.
  • Unit and functional testing of developed software to ensure it meets quality standards.
  • Responsible for code reviews.
  • Participate in technical issue resolution meetings.

 Requirements

 Qualifications

  • Tertiary IT qualification and/or qualification through experience.

Experience

  • Minimum of 5 years IT development experience across the systems development lifecycle
  • Solid experience in :-
    • Java 8, J2EE
    • XML
    • Object oriented development
    • Web application development
    • Web services
  • Experience in SQL
  • Experience with all phases of the software development lifecycle.
  • Experience with Agile Methodology.
  • Experience in integrating applications with 3rd party solutions using REST/JSON and SOAP/XML requests.

Knowledge/ Skills

  • Knowledge of SOLID principles / Design Patterns and their use
  • Working knowledge of the Atlassian Suite of products (e.g. Bamboo, JIRA, Confluence) would be advantageous.
  • Knowledge of Agile methods, e.g. Kanban, SCRUM
  • Knowledge of Groovy advantageous
  • Knowledge of the Short Term Insurance industry is advantageous.
  • Identifying, resolving or escalating risks, issues, dependencies, etc.
  • Must be able to work in a highly pressurised and dynamic environment
  • Investigation and analysis of information
  • Proven teamwork and communication skills.


 

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