Senior Java Engineer - Remote Backend Specialist

Recruit-It; Centurion; Remote; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruit-It is seeking a senior software developer to join a Java-centric team in South Africa. You will refine requirements with business analysts, refactor code for maintainability, and deliver production-ready software with thorough unit tests.

Required: 8-10 years in software development, strong Java skills, experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, REST/SOAP, and modern tooling like Git, Maven, Jenkins. You will collaborate closely within a team following SDLC processes.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years as a senior developer in a team setting.
• Strong knowledge of Java is essential.
• Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript preferred.
• Familiarity with SDLC processes, tools, and methods in software development.
• Experience with source control (Git) and build/CI tools.

Responsibilities

• Support existing functionality and develop new components.
• Refactor and improve code for maintainability and adaptability.
• Collaborate with business analysts to refine requirements.
• Follow and contribute to product software development processes and standards.
• Evaluate and improve application performance and high availability features.
• Create unit and integration tests to validate work.
• Perform root cause analysis on bugs in an integrated system.
• Build and deploy the system on an application server.
• Incorporate work of others and debug/adjust test data to ensure system works after changes.

Skills

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Git

SDLC

Unit testing

REST/SOAP

Education

Engineering or Computer Science degree

Matric

Tools

Jenkins

Maven

JPA/Hibernate

Karaf

Apache Derby

Git

Webpack

NPM/Yarn

Job description

Recruit-It is seeking a senior software developer to join a Java-centric team in South Africa. You will refine requirements with business analysts, refactor code for maintainability, and deliver production-ready software with thorough unit tests.

Required: 8-10 years in software development, strong Java skills, experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, REST/SOAP, and modern tooling like Git, Maven, Jenkins. You will collaborate closely within a team following SDLC processes.