ENVIRONMENT:

A reputable company with a national footprint and frontier technology seeks a highly talented Senior Software Developer who will be responsible for the planning, execution and success of complex software solutions to meet the needs of the business. You will provide work estimates based on analysed business and technical requirements, work closely with QA to identify development and production issues while supporting & mentoring junior team members. The successful incumbent must have at least 8 years’ work experience in Software Development including working with enterprise scale application stacks, RESTful web services, microservices architecture and design & Relational DBMS, MSSQL. You must also be proficient with Kotlin/Java Spring Boot.

DUTIES:

• Support and enhancement of an established, multi-faceted technology platform, and associated 3rd party integrations.
• Work with Solutions Architects and other Team Leads to deliver on business requirements.
• Provide work estimates based on analysed business and technical requirements.
• Work closely with QA to identify development and production issues.
• Take responsibility for ensuring changes are:
  
  
  
  • Unit and Integration tested.
  • Documented.
  • Optimized to ensure benchmarks are met.
  
  
• Assist in out of hours’ production releases when required, as well as out-of-hours support when necessary.
• Support and mentor junior team members.

REQUIREMENTS:

• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in Software Development.
• Have experience of working with enterprise scale application stacks.
• Had exposure to the full Software Development Lifecycle.
• Kotlin/Java Spring Boot Framework.
• Experience in RESTful web services.
• Experience with microservices architecture and design.
• Experience with Relational DBMS, MSSQL.
• Exposure to Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).

Advantageous –

• C# .Net Core.
• Versed in DevOps methodology including setting up CI/CD pipelines.
• Identity Server authentication.
• Cloud Native architecture.
• Docker.
• Kubernetes.
• Exposure to mobile apps development (primarily Android).

ATTRIBUTES:

• Passionate about technology, enthusiastic about problem solving, and constantly seeking to learn and improve your skillset.
• Ability to communicate about technology in non-technical terms to colleagues and clients.
• Able to work calmly and methodically when under pressure.

While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.

COMMENTS:

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