Gemstone Software Architect & AI-Driven Tech Lead

Khonology (Pty) Ltd; Johannesburg; Presencial; ZAR 900.000 - 1.400.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Khonology is seeking a Senior Gemstone Developer to lead design, development, and optimisation of complex Gemstone-based applications. You will mentor juniors and contribute to architecture decisions while ensuring stability, performance and scalability.

In addition, you will explore AI-assisted approaches to improve testing, monitoring, and automation, embedding smart tooling within production workflows and collaborating with cross-functional teams across the business.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 7+ years' experience in software development.
• 4+ years' hands-on experience with Gemstone/S Smalltalk or similar object-oriented persistent environments.
• Proven experience with enterprise-scale systems in production environments.
• Advanced understanding of OO design and design patterns.
• Experience with database design, persistent object stores and performance tuning.
• Strong debugging, profiling and system optimisation skills.
• Experience with version control systems (Git, SVN, etc.).
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices.
• Experience in financial services, insurance, investments or high-transaction environments (advantageous).
• Exposure to AI-assisted development tools or ML integration (advantageous).

Responsabilidades

• Design, develop, test and maintain Gemstone/S applications.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Write clean, well-documented code following best practices.
• Provide technical feedback through code reviews.
• Optimize system performance, reliability and scalability.
• Resolve complex production issues with robust fixes.
• Incorporate AI-assisted tools for testing, monitoring and optimisation.

Conocimientos

Strong analytical

Problem solving

Accuracy & quality

Independent worker

Teamwork & communication

People development

Adaptable under pressure

AI tools awareness

Educación

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Herramientas

Gemstone/S Smalltalk

Git

SVN

CI/CD

Descripción del empleo

Khonology is seeking a Senior Gemstone Developer to lead design, development, and optimisation of complex Gemstone-based applications. You will mentor juniors and contribute to architecture decisions while ensuring stability, performance and scalability.

In addition, you will explore AI-assisted approaches to improve testing, monitoring, and automation, embedding smart tooling within production workflows and collaborating with cross-functional teams across the business.