Senior Software Engineer III

impact.com; Cape Town; Hybrid; USD 50 000 - 80 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in partnership management is seeking a Senior Software Engineer III in Cape Town. The role involves delivering software solutions, mentoring junior staff, and collaborating with a distributed team. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in Java, SQL, and cloud technologies, contributing to innovative projects in a supportive and diverse environment.

Benefits

Medical aid

Provident fund

Stock units

Fitness reimbursements

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with Java 8+, SQL, Unix, version control.
• Experience with TDD, CI/CD, and large-scale processing.
• Knowledge of monitoring, alerting, and production support.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a distributed team to achieve quarterly objectives.
• Develop code independently and through pair programming.
• Mentor junior staff to support their growth.

Skills

Java

SQL

Cloud Computing

Teamwork

Problem Solving

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Spring

Hibernate

Jenkins

Gradle

Job description

At impact.com, we are passionate about our people, our technology, and are obsessed with customer success. Working together enables us to grow rapidly, win, and serve the largest brands in the world. We use cutting-edge technology to solve real-world problems for our clients and continue to lead as the SaaS platform for automating partnerships and increasing revenue. Our entrepreneurial culture rewards ambition and curiosity. If you value a team where your opinions are heard, your contributions matter, and you enjoy working with talented, diverse colleagues, then impact.com is the place for you!

impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform, transforms how businesses manage and optimize partnerships—including affiliates, influencers, content publishers, B2B, and more. Our platform enables companies to create, manage, and scale ecosystems of trusted partnerships with brands and communities to drive revenue growth. For more about impact.com’s technology and global enterprise clients such as Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oreal, and Fanatics, visit www.impact.com.

Your Role at Impact.com

As a Senior Software Engineer III, you will focus on delivering epics through planning, designing, implementing, testing, and deploying. You are expected to work independently with an understanding of ancillary services and infrastructure, defining appropriate cloud services, implementing libraries, and solving problems autonomously.

You should have experience across multiple programming languages, architectural patterns, testing frameworks, and complex integrations. You will deliver independently, assist team members, escalate issues effectively, and work closely with the SSO to align with strategic product directions, contributing to planning, design, and implementation.

What You'll Do:

• Collaborate with a distributed team to achieve quarterly objectives
• Develop code independently and through pair programming
• Maintain design, user, and test documentation
• Familiarize yourself with squad technologies
• Verify and fix bugs, support testing and QA processes
• Create SQL scripts for Tech Updates
• Stay updated with industry trends and incorporate improvements
• Review business needs, requirements, and technical specifications
• Respond to alerts, review error messages, and fix bugs promptly
• Mentor junior staff to support their growth
• Review pull requests, perform releases, and maintain build stability
• Research new technologies and influence system architecture
• Contribute to technical documentation and adopt new promising technologies
• Debug, resolve technical issues, and improve development efficiency

What You Have:

• Initiative, teamwork, and personal development focus
• B.S. in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
• Open source contributions are a plus
• 8+ years of experience with Java 8+, SQL, Unix, version control, Hibernate, JPA, Spring MVC, HTTP/REST, build tools (Gradle/Maven), CI tools (Jenkins/Bamboo), JVM, Garbage Collection, NoSQL & Data Lakes, Cloud Computing, Load Balancing
• Experience with Java, Spring, relational databases, SQL, TDD, CI/CD, large-scale processing, and Google Cloud is highly desirable
• Knowledge of monitoring, alerting, and production support
• Understanding of JVM and Garbage Collection
• Optional: Digital Marketing knowledge, front-end technologies, mentoring experience, ownership of large projects

We support work-life balance and offer benefits such as medical aid, provident fund, stock units, and fitness reimbursements.

Impact.com is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion.

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