Senior Java Software Engineer

Equal Experts South Africa; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Equal Experts South Africa is seeking senior Backend Java Engineers to join our network. You will collaborate with clients to deliver enterprise-scale software solutions across diverse industries, applying agile methods and modern testing practices.

The role emphasizes running production-grade services, embracing microservice architectures, and contributing to continuous improvement in delivery via CI/CD and automated testing.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in developing, maintaining and operating enterprise-scale distributed systems.
• Expert Java knowledge and tooling; willingness to move between languages and stacks.
• Experience with automated testing and agile practices; strong remote collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Work with client and team to determine system requirements and delivery approach.
• Deliver software using agile practices (pair programming, TDD, CI/CD).
• Automate infrastructure and deployments; provide production support.
• Advocate agile methods to client organisations and improve delivery capabilities.
• Collaborate with globally distributed teams to achieve common goals.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

TDD

CI/CD

Remote collaboration

Tools

RESTful services

Microservices

Cloud environments

Job description

Equal Experts is an innovative consultancy specialising in the delivery of custom software solutions for blue-chip enterprise and public sector clients across a range of industry sectors. We work on important projects for our clients, deliver market-leading propositions across the digital, online and mobile channels, and are recognised for our leadership in the application of agile and lean delivery methods to assure delivery. We have offices in Australia, India, South Africa, the UK, the EU and the USA.

We're seeking Backend Java Engineers with proven senior-level experience to join the Equal Experts Network.

As a member of the team, you will work alongside our clients to help deliver products and solutions to meet business needs and help your teams deliver better. And, of course, all this happens in a consultative, collaborative fashion - in keeping with our values. You should have extensive experience delivering software on commercial projects backed up by

extensive knowledge of agile practices such as TDD, pair programming and CI/CD to name a few.

A growth-based, learning mindset is a must, coupled with a passion for technology.

This role involves working in teams that use modern agile technical practices - including continuous integration and deployment and fast feedback loops - to deliver timely and pragmatic solutions, as well as helping others to do their jobs in a more effective way.

Responsibilities

• Working with the client and the team to determine system requirements and how best to deliver them.
• Delivery of software using agile (pair programming, TDD, CI/CD, etc) practices.
• Automation of system infrastructure and deployments.
• Production support of systems you are working on (You build it, you run it).
• Advocating agile practices to the client organisation.
• Helping improve the team and clients' delivery capabilities.

Required Skills

• Minimum 10 year's proven diversified experience in developing, maintaining and operating enterprise-scale distributed systems.
• Expert level knowledge of Java programming language and the associated tooling.
• Experience with other languages is highly desirable.
• A passion for technology and a willingness to move between languages and technology stacks.
• Hands-on experience with test driven development and other forms of automated testing.
• Strong understanding of the principles underlying agile development and an understanding of the various approaches that can be effective in realising these principles in different contexts.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively while working remotely with globally distributed teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including a desire to collaborate and share knowledge with other team members, including client team members. This also includes the ability to work collectively towards a common goal without insisting on a given course of action.
• Must be based in South Africa

Nice To Have

• Hands-on experience developing distributed systems including microservice architectures and RESTful services.
• Hands-on experience developing and running large scale production systems ideally in containerised/cloud environments using either AWS, GCP or Azure.