Senior Application Engineer

Ithemba Recruitment- Sourcing Top Talent; Durban; On-site; ZAR 400 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Application Engineer based in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The ideal candidate will have a Diploma in IT and 3 to 6 years of application development experience, with strong skills in Java and frameworks like REACT. Responsibilities include designing and building high-performance mobile applications, debugging for optimal performance, and collaborating with development teams. If you're skilled in RESTful APIs and cloud APIs, apply to leverage your expertise in a vibrant work environment.

Qualifications

• 3 to 6 years experience with application development.
• 5+ years of experience in frameworks or languages like REACT and Java.
• Experience with Mobile UI design principles.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable Java code.
• Troubleshoot and debug to optimize performance.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Test Analysts in developing, testing, and deploying system components.

Skills

Java

Mobile UI design principles

React

RESTful APIs

Git

Education

Diploma/Degree in Information Technology or related

Tools

Apache

Bitbucket

Git

Job description

About the job Senior Application Engineer

Duties and responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high performance, reusable Java code;
• Identify and correct bottlenecks as well as repair all errors;
• Write unit and UI tests to identify malfunctions and errors;
• Liaise with Product Development Team to plan, roll out, test and integrate new features;
• Hands‑on experience in driving the full development lifecycle of cross‑platform mobile applications (concept, design, test, release, support, etc.) within deadline.
• Collaborating with internal development and other IT teams to set specifications for new applications.
• Build and deliver scalable cross‑platform mobile applications
• Maintain code quality, organisation, and automatisation;
• Write code to implement those visual elements
• Troubleshoot and debug to optimize performance
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the cross‑platform mobile applications is of the highest quality
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Test Analysts in developing, testing and deploying systems components.

Qualifications and experience

• Diploma/Degree in Information Technology or related
• 3 to 6 years experience with application development;
• + 5 years of experience in frameworks or languages like (REACT, Java, Swift, NativeScript, jQuery, Bootstrap)
• 2 to 3 years experience Mobile UI design principles, patterns, and best practices;
• Knowledge and experience with RESTful APIs to connect mobile applications to back‑end services;
• Knowledge and experience with cloud API
• Experience with Git, Apache, Bitbucket, Bazaar, Mercurial or Monotone.