Principal Software Engineer — Design, Build, and Optimize

HENSOLDT South Africa; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

HENSOLDT South Africa is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain software in line with our roadmap and standards. You will lead technical work within a dynamic Pretoria team.

The ideal candidate holds a B.Eng in Electronic or Computer Engineering with 10+ years of software development experience and is proficient in Java, C#, and C++, plus relational and NoSQL databases and modern tools such as Eclipse, IntelliJ, VS Code, Git, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronic or Computer Engineering or a related field.
• At least 10 years of software development experience.
• Experience with Java, C#, C++ and modern development tools.

Responsibilities

• Design software based on user and functional requirements.
• Document implementation plans and break down tasks using Jira or Confluence.
• Estimate task effort and remain within allocated hours.
• Provide design input for product development.
• Develop functionality aligned with sprint goals and deadlines.
• Identify and report bugs to the Team Lead.
• Participate in sprint reviews and update task progress.
• Develop modular, secure, and maintainable code following established standards.
• Conduct software code reviews and implement unit testing.
• Ensure thorough testing of software within the system context before release.
• Commit source code regularly to repositories.

Skills

Java

C#

C++

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Code optimization

Education

B.Eng in Electronic Eng / Computer Eng

Tools

Eclipse

IntelliJ

VS Code

Sonarlint

Git

SVN

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Sonarqube

Job description

HENSOLDT South Africa is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain software in line with our roadmap and standards. You will lead technical work within a dynamic Pretoria team.

The ideal candidate holds a B.Eng in Electronic or Computer Engineering with 10+ years of software development experience and is proficient in Java, C#, and C++, plus relational and NoSQL databases and modern tools such as Eclipse, IntelliJ, VS Code, Git, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and