Senior Software Developer

Boardroom Appointments; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 700 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm in Gauteng is seeking an experienced software developer to join their team. The successful candidate will have at least 8+ years of experience in application development and proficiency in React and/or Angular. Responsibilities include working in an Agile environment, optimizing code for performance, and mentoring team members. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to enhance their career in a collaborative and innovative setting.

Qualifications

• At least 8+ years of experience in building Applications.
• Good understanding of OOP concepts.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, and ES6+.

Responsibilities

• Work within a Software Development team using Agile methodologies.
• Optimize code for performance.
• Define and develop APIs.
• Mentor and guide team members.
• Monitor and measure customer experience and KPIs.

Skills

React

Angular

HTML5

CSS3

ES6+

REST APIs

GraphQL

WebSocket

Redux

Azure

SQL

JSON

XML

Unit testing

Scrum

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelors degree in computer science or engineering

Tools

Material-UI

Semantic UI

Bootstrap

Karma

Mocha

Jest

Grunt

Gulp

Job description

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Work within a Software Development team, following Agile development methodologies
• Work with Project management and solution architects to estimate and scope out projects
• Work with Creative team during planning, discovery, and production phase.
• Work with both front-end and back-end development teams to create and optimize solutions
• Optimizing code for performance
• Comment code and produce documentation to industry standards as needed.
• Produce code to the highest standards while adhering to industry accepted architecture and design pattern techniques and methodologies (e.g., MVC, SOA, OOP, DI etc.)
• Defining and developing APIs
• Contribute to the analysis and design of software products and tools
• Evaluate and advise on the technical feasibility
• Create quality prototypes for a clearer understanding of UI designs
• Test and confirm software is fit for purpose with intended audiences
• Recommend and implement refinements and improvements
• Follow formal Software Engineering best-practices
• Mentoring and guiding team members
• Monitoring and measuring customer experience and KPIs
• Managing periodic reporting on the progress to the management and the customer

Experience

• At least 8+ years of experience in building Applications
• At least 6+ years of experience with React and/or Angular
• Good understanding of OOPs concepts.
• Strong hands-on knowledge on HTML5, CSS3, ES6+
• Strong understanding of the React Virtual DOM, JSX and API
• Hands on experience on REST APIs, GraphQL and WebSocket
• Experience with a State-management framework like Redux (with middleware) or MobX
• Understanding of cloud-based technologies, Azure, SQL and relational databases, SOAP and REST Web-Services, JSON, XML, MSAL.
• Comfortable with concepts like Container/Presentation components, Higher Order Components
• Worked with UI libraries like Material-UI, Semantic UI, Bootstrap or similar
• Good understanding of CSS in JS, aka scoped-css or Styled Components
• Unit testing with Karma + Mocha or Jest
• Experience on working with frontend build systems and automating the same using Grunt / Gulp
• Exposure to Style Guides, Atomic Design
• Exposure to Scrum and Agile methodologies