Senior Software Developer (OS) - (CONTRACT) (N)

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Purpose of the Job:

Our client is currently undertaking Digital Transformation. The candidate will be part of a team that delivers world class applications and business solutions with the best of breed of technologies at their disposal. As a Senior Developer the applicant has deep specialized knowledge to create, test and document high quality software will be a key success factor. The applicant’s collaborative technical guidance and mentorship to others will ensure that high quality of code and performance is maintained, as well as contribute to design patterns, libraries, frameworks and processes. The applicant will be part of a team that provides technical solutions to enterprise problems and deliver high performing software for a fast-paced consumer environment. The applicant will apply DevSecOps principles, and employ proper source code control, infrastructure security and necessary automation. Work closely with Business Analysts and Solution Architects, as well as other cross functional teams and stakeholders in co-creating a sustainable Application experience.

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Job Objectives

1. Code, Test and Debug Software:

Ensure that coding mistakes are found and eliminated at the earliest possible point, by using the best available coding and debugging techniques, unit testing and TDD (where applicable), smoke testing and further testing, and interaction with QA professionals.

Apply DevSecOps principles by automating as much of code standards checks, built-in security and testing as possible.

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2. Deploying application to live environment:

Work in environments that may employ various approaches such as Scrum, Kanban, CI/CD, etc.

Gain a deep understanding and ability to employ and assist with the best available deployment approaches.

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3. Research and Development:

Keep improving one''s understanding of the ever-changing software industry.

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4. Customer Service:

Do everything with a customer-first approach.

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Qualifications:

3 Years IT Degree/Diploma or Matric

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Experience:

• Extensive, relevant and demonstrable job-related experience in writing robust, efficient production code.
• Experience in general software development including testing and standards development with experience in backend, web and mobile technologies - (essential). Including the practical ability in developing applications using multiple programming languages, frameworks and technologies.
• Experience developing in at least one of Java, J2EE, C++, C, Golang, (Preferred) in a front-end focused test-driven environment.
• Experience with AWS, Stateless architecture design, Micro Services and the understanding of the strengths and weaknesses thereof.
• Any additional experience in technical solutions support with exposure to both waterfall and agile projects in DevOps with the Agile/Scrum Tool set, preferably Atlassian.

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Knowledge and Skills:

Tech stack environment:

Development: Go Lang, Java, Node.Js, Bash, React.js

Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, ECS

Data: MongoDB, ElasticSearch, SQL

Cloud: AWS Cloud technologies (EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, CloudWatch).

Integration: Payment gateway, POS

CI/CD: Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline,

Testing: Selenium

Source Code Management: Git

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