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Senior Application Engineer

Ithemba Recruitment- Sourcing Top Talent

Durban

On-site

ZAR 400 000 - 600 000

Full time

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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.
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