Full Stack Developer

Job Title: Full Stack Developer – Typically 6 – 12 month contracts

Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Remote Working with the occasional day in the office in Bryanston, Sandton)

Company: UK Clients working through The South Africa Software Development Hub Ltd.

About Us: The South Africa Software Development Hub is a leading provider of technology skills to clients in the United Kingdom and Europe. Our clients include organisations in the BioTech, FinTech, Retail and Manufacturing sectors.

SASDH is seeking a talented Full Stack Developer with 4+ years of experience to join our dynamic team. If you are passionate about cloud technologies and have a knack for migrating applications from GCP to AWS, we want to hear from you!

The Position

The successful candidate will design, create, test and document new and amend complex solutions in accordance with agreed development and security standards and processes. The candidate will work closely with the product owners and testers in small scrum teams to deliver the highest quality products in a timely and cost-effective manner and work with the product owners, business users, testers and first-line support teams in day-to-day development and support activities.

The candidate will act as a role model, continually looking for opportunities to drive change & improvements both at a personnel and team level. They will actively promote the department's development and security policies and help ensure they are followed.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. Work within the various project teams developing applications
2. Design, code, test & maintain Logistics UK's bespoke systems
3. Assist in analysing and resolving defects and issues
4. Work as part of a small SCRUM team & take part in scrum ceremonies
5. Provide 3rd line support for in-house applications
6. Lead code reviews and secure code audits
7. Mentor less experienced members of the team
8. Champion the department's development and security policies
9. Challenge the status quo
10. Look for opportunities to drive change / improvements within the team
11. Act as a role model for individuals and team members, setting a standard, acting professionally at all times and working to a professional code of conduct and ethics
12. Develop systems according to Logistics UK's development policy and in accordance with its security guidelines
13. Use Azure DevOps as a Microsoft application lifecycle management tool to record bugs, user stories and tasks
14. Use Git within Azure DevOps for source control of all code projects
15. Lead out of hours releases on behalf of their discipline
16. Work effectively in a team environment often under pressure
17. Take responsibility for the work of others as well as their own
18. Maintain an awareness of developing technologies and their application and take responsibility for driving own development
19. Look for opportunities to develop others within the team
20. Have a detailed understanding of Logistics UK's systems or equivalent
21. Demonstrate a passion and aptitude for both coding and creating enterprise level solutions
22. Be proficient in Microsoft development technologies including C#, Asp.Net Core & REST APIs
23. Be familiar with T-SQL
24. Be proficient with Unit Testing including Xunit and Moq
25. Be proficient with Visual Studio IDE
26. Be open to new ideas and flexible to change in processes and technology
27. Be proficient in using GIT as a source control tool and familiar with different branch strategies
28. Have strong troubleshooting skills
29. Show a passion for continuing education and improving code quality through interaction with others, using e-learning tools and attending seminars
30. Be proficient with DevOps and how to create automated builds and releases
31. Understand how to develop secure applications by avoiding common security pitfalls and have an understanding of the OWASP top 10
32. Demonstrate an understanding of the dynamics of being a trade association
33. Possess strong time management skills with a history of meeting commitments
34. Have good verbal and written communication skills
35. A Bachelor's degree in computer science or related subject preferred