Java Engineer

As a key member of the Cape Town based team, the Software Engineer will develop software for our current and next generation cloud and mobile enterprise products. Working closely with Product Engineering and Operational Teams, this highly visible and mission critical position will assist in the development of products that process tens of millions of online golf rounds per year. You will work with cutting edge technologies and become involved in the implementation and evolution of the entire product development lifecycle.

The Software Engineer will contribute their skills and experience as a Java developer and be part of a multidisciplinary team that is responsible for new products, new features, maintenance, and support of our platform through the delivery of key responsibilities that include:

• Contributing to the design and development of Object-Oriented software.
• Interacting with multiple stakeholders spanning Product, Technology, and Operations teams.
• Contributing to the software development lifecycle including analysis, design, coding, and testing.
• Proactively managing their own tasks to agreed deadlines.
• The ability to take ownership for delivery of any projects they are contributing towards.
• Adopting and providing feedback on industry best practices to our development teams.
• Working collaboratively within and beyond the team to identify innovative ways to improve practices and procedures.

Qualifications:

Skills & Experience:

It is essential that candidates have:

• Extensive professional Software Development experience.
• Experience using SQL and RDBMS, preferably PostgreSQL.
• Experience developing in Java and frameworks (Spring / Hibernate).
• Experience with Docker.
• Experience across a Test Driven Development (TDD) process.

Candidates must also be able to demonstrate:

• Professional experience in Object Oriented Development.
• That they are self-motivated, highly organised, proactive, and passionate about software development.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills with attention to detail.

Additional skills and experience that would be desirable:

• Unit testing and Mocking frameworks.
• CI / CD with build tools such as Jenkins / GitHub / GitLab.

Location: Cape Town, SA. Hybrid working arrangements available.