Senior Gemstone Engineer | AI-Driven Systems Leader

Khonology (Pty) Ltd; Rosebank; Presencial; ZAR 1.000.000 - 1.300.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Khonology (Pty) Ltd is seeking a Senior Gemstone Developer to design, develop and optimise Gemstone/S Smalltalk applications. You will lead technical efforts, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to architecture decisions while integrating AI-driven approaches for smarter automation and monitoring.

You will work with business analysts, testers and DevOps to ensure scalable, secure enterprise systems and maintain high code quality across production environments.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/IT/Engineering.
• 7+ years' experience in software development.
• 4+ years' hands-on experience with Gemstone/S Smalltalk or similar OO persistent environments.
• Experience on enterprise-scale systems in production environments.
• Strong understanding of OO design and design patterns.
• Database design, persistent stores and performance tuning.
• Strong debugging, profiling and system optimisation skills.
• Experience with version control systems (Git, SVN).
• 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 applications built on Gemstone/S Smalltalk.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable code aligned with best practices.
• Perform code reviews and provide feedback.
• Optimise system performance, reliability and scalability.
• Resolve complex production issues with robust fixes.
• Incorporate AI-assisted tools for testing, monitoring and optimisation.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and collaboration with stakeholders.
• Mentor junior developers and act as SME.

Educación

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field (or equivalent practical experience)

Herramientas

Gemstone/S Smalltalk

Git

SVN

CI/CD

Descripción del empleo

Khonology (Pty) Ltd is seeking a Senior Gemstone Developer to design, develop and optimise Gemstone/S Smalltalk applications. You will lead technical efforts, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to architecture decisions while integrating AI-driven approaches for smarter automation and monitoring.

You will work with business analysts, testers and DevOps to ensure scalable, secure enterprise systems and maintain high code quality across production environments.