TJ 16405 - SENIOR DIGITAL SOLUTIONS BACKEND JAVA DEVELOPER (12 MONTH CONTRACT – OFFICE BASED)

Recruiter:

Professional Career Services

Job Ref:

TJ 16405 - SENIOR DI..

Date posted:

Friday, July 25, 2025

Location:

Pretoria, South Africa

Salary:

R800k – R1’2 MILLION EXPERIENCE DEPENDENT

SUMMARY:
SENIOR DIGITAL SOLUTIONS BACKEND JAVA DEVELOPER (12 MONTH CONTRACT – OFFICE BASED)

POSITION INFO:

Food ingredient manufacturers

Collaborating with internal and external developers,
Ensuring the whole back-end infrastructure is analyzed, shaped, and developed.
These include, connectivity, microservices, databases, API infrastructure, and data lakes.
A key role is played in the entire application development cycle, from analysis to development and release.
Work in a cross-functional team to deliver data driven digital solutions from specification through implementation and deployment (CICD).
Collaborate with the development team to implement soft ware solutions with attention to security, stability, usability, efficiency, and performance.
Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code meeting project requirements.
Develop a deeper understanding of programming concepts, architectures, and technologies.
Assist in testing, troubleshooting, debugging, and software upgrades to validate functionality and ensure high-quality deliverables.
Create and maintain up-to-date documentation of code, (non-)functional application requirements, business processes, workflows, systems architecture, features, and user guides, ensuring that relevant information is easily accessible.
Collaborate effectively within an agile team environment, actively participating in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospect
Communicate daily work, challenges, and solutions, share ideas, and receive constructive feedback from team members.
Play a proactive role in beta testing and market introduction of sciORIAN™.

Bachelor or Master’s degree in Information Technology, Electronics-ICT, Computer Science, Software Engineering or comparable relevant.

Strong analytical skills (critical thinking, data analysis, research, communication, problem-solving).
Programming skills in back-end development (Java, Spring).
Basic knowledge of database concepts an experience with database development (PostgreSQL, Azure Data Lake).
Understanding of web services, APIs, communication data types, and protocols (JSON, HTTP/REST, MQTT, WebSocket).
Highly motivated, with an outgoing personality, well organized, and able to work independently and in a team.
Familiar with Agile practices (Azure DevOps).
Basic understanding of streaming frameworks such as Akka, Java Streams, Kafka, …
Experience with SoftwareAG’ s Cumulocity IoT platform is a plus.
Interested in IoT architecture – from connectivity to aggregation, analytics, and visualization layers.
Back-End Web Development
Software Development
PostgreSQL
Java
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