Lead Developer - (EE) - Cape Town

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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