Back End Developer

Allan Gray; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Allan Gray is seeking a talented developer to join their Client Communication Team in Cape Town. This role focuses on building microservices architecture and integrated backend APIs. Candidates should possess at least 5 years of professional development experience and proficiency in multiple programming languages such as Go, Scala, or Java. Key responsibilities include feature design, testing, system optimization, and mentoring others. Enjoy working in a dynamic team environment and thriving in an innovative culture with the latest technologies.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of professional development experience.
• Knowledge of computer science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages, beneficial if including Go, Scala, Java, or C++.
• Experience in database technologies like SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
• Experience in distributed computing and building enterprise-wide systems.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices throughout the software development life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and design new features.
• Write unit, integration, and acceptance tests for all components.
• Ensure build automation scripts are written.
• Improve and optimize the performance of existing systems.
• Troubleshoot and root-cause errors.
• Mentor other developers.
• Deliver features timeously.
• Drive innovation and improvement in our tech stack.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver technical solutions.

Skills

Professional development experience

Object-oriented design

Data structures and algorithms

Proficiency in multiple programming languages

Database technology proficiency

Distributed computing experience

Software engineering practices

Interpersonal skills

Education

Tertiary Qualification in computer science or related field

Tools

SQL Server

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Go

Scala

C++

.NET (C#)

Job description

Allan Gray is looking for talented developers who are willing to help us in building out our microservices architecture in developing complex and integrated backend APIs that solve vital problems and provide cutting‑edge features to the business.

This opportunity will allow you to form part of the Client Communication Team which builds and maintains a communications capability that enables targeted and relevant communications to be sent to our retail clients.

At Allan Gray, we are constantly looking for better ways of doing things, so if you can bring a willingness and excitement to find innovative solutions in a performance‑driven environment that will allow you to play with the latest and great technologies, then we may just be perfect for you.

As a key member of our team, you will work alongside the product owner, business analysts, senior developers, and testers in order to deliver high performance enterprise grade applications.

We have adopted a Microservices architecture with RESTful API’s written in Go as well as Scala. Our Microservices are built and deployed on an elastic containerized infrastructure supported and managed on premises with cloud (AWS) through Kubernetes.

Responsibilities:

• Analyse and design new features
• Write unit, integration, and acceptance tests for all components.
• Ensure that build automation scripts are written.
• Improve and optimize the performance of existing systems.
• Troubleshoot and root‑cause errors.
• Mentor other developers.
• Deliver features timeously.
• Drive innovation and improvement in our tech stack.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver technical solutions.

Requirements:

• At least 5 years’ worth of professional development experience
• Since we are a multi‑technology environment, knowledge of computer science fundamentals in object‑oriented design, data structures and algorithms are a necessity.
• Proficiency in more than one modern programming language. It is beneficial if you have experience in one statically typed language such as Go, Scala, Java, or C++.
• Proficiency in a database technology such as SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle
• Experience in distributed computing and building enterprise‑wide systems.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes and testing.
• Must be willing and able to live in Cape Town, as this role is based in the Cape Town office.

Nice to haves:

• Development using a .NET language such as C#
• Development using Scala.
• Development for reports in FO / Crystal / SSRS
• Development of monitoring and alerting in Grafana / Redgate / Dynatrace

Key Attributes:

• Good interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types and deal with conflict in an effective way.
• Ability to work individually and with teams within an Agile context.
• Experience in influencing best practices within teams.

Qualifications:

• Tertiary Qualification in computer science, computer engineering, information systems or related technical discipline