Senior Software Developer

Sita Soc; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 800 000 - 1 000 000; Full time

Job summary

A government tech organization in Gauteng, Pretoria is seeking a Senior Software Developer to lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of software solutions. Candidates should have at least 6-7 years of experience in software development and a relevant degree. Key responsibilities include leading development teams and providing support for existing systems. The ideal candidate will possess strong skills in multiple programming languages and database systems, and demonstrate effective leadership and customer interaction skills.

Qualifications

• 3 years of education in ICT relevant fields.
• 6-7 years of experience in software development.
• Experience in development and maintenance of large corporate/public sector systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of software systems.
• Implement, debug, document, and release software solutions.
• Provide maintenance and enhancement support for existing systems.
• Supervise the software development team.

Skills

Software development lifecycle (SDLC)

Team leadership

Solution analysis and development

Customer interaction

Database management systems

Programming languages (Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, HTML)

Education

National Higher Diploma / Bachelor's degree in ICT

Tools

Oracle

MySQL

MsSQL

Job description

Job title: Senior Software Developer

Job Location: Gauteng, Pretoria. Deadline: December 08

Purpose of the job

To lead the design, implementation, debugging, documentation, release and maintenance of software-based solutions, write code and enhance software/systems in accordance with ICT standards and the enterprise architecture for Government.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Lead the design and development of new features for the software systems, and improvement of the existing ones.
• Implementation, debugging, documentation and release of the software solutions.
• Provide maintenance and enhancement support of the existing systems.
• Perform software systems coding assignments.
• Supervision of the Software development team.

Qualifications and Experience

Minimum: 3 years National Higher Diploma / Bachelor's degree in ICT (Computer Science, Information Systems, Technology and Engineering) or related field.

Experience: 6 - 7 years' experience with full software development lifecycle (SLDC), including solution development, operational responsibility in a large corporate / public sector organisation.

The experience must include:

• Experience in solution analysis, and development for the development, implementation and maintenance / enhancements of systems within the corporate / public sector, including: Successfully developed and implemented applications.
• Software development team leadership competency.
• Software development deliverable effort planning, estimations and execution management.
• Developed efficient and effective IT solutions to diverse and complex business problems.

Extensive experience with a wide variety of database management systems and maintenance.

Extensive experience with a wide variety of programming languages and technologies.

Extensive experience with working on multiple tasks and report status.

Experience in interacting with customers.

Knowledge and experience with one or more of the major programming languages: Java, C-Sharp (C#), Python, Javascript, HTML, etc.

Experience with one or more of the major database systems: Oracle, MySQL, MsSQL, etc.

Deadline: 8th December