Senior Software Engineer

NOV; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy industry solutions provider in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop and deploy software products. You'll work with the product team to create technical cloud-based services, code and deploy APIs, and model complex engineering processes. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and strong programming and design principles knowledge. This role promises significant impact in shaping intelligent energy systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent software engineering experience).
• Strong proficiency in an object-oriented and/or functional programming language.
• Solid understanding of algorithms, software design principles, and design patterns.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Hands-on experience working in agile development environments.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with product team to collect requirements and verify design feasibility.
• Transform high-level application requirements into performant and extensible architectural designs.
• Model complex engineering processes in software.
• Code, document, and deploy APIs for internal consumption (REST, AMQP, etc.).
• Build high performance services to collect edge data for reporting and simulation software.

Skills

Object-oriented programming

Functional programming

Algorithms

Software design principles

Agile development

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Tools

.NET (C#, F#)

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

NOV ReedHycalog is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture, and sale of tools and equipment used by the energy industry. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team based in Cape Town. In this role you will be responsible for the development and deployment of software products to internal customers. The software engineer will work closely with the product team to create technical cloud-based services in support of engineering, manufacturing, and wellbore physics simulation.

What you'll be doing :

• Work closely with product team to collect requirements and verify design feasibility
• Transform high-level application requirements into performant and extensible architectural designs
• Model complex engineering processes in software
• Code, document, and deploy APIs for internal consumption (REST, AMQP, etc.)
• Build high performance services to collect edge data that will be incorporated into our reporting and simulation software.

What you'll need :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent software engineering experience)
• Strong proficiency in an object oriented and / or functional programming language
• Solid understanding of algorithms , software design principles , and design patterns
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Hands‑on experience working in agile development environments

Preferred experience :

• Experience with energy, manufacturing, or mechanical engineering software tools
• Experience deploying infrastructure as code
• Familiarity with .NET (C#, F#)
• Proven ability to build and scale production‑grade applications

Why NOV?

At NOV, we build solutions that power the world. As part of our team, you'll contribute to groundbreaking software used in real‑world drilling, design, and manufacturing environments-where your work makes a visible difference. Grow your skills. Expand your impact. Help shape the future of intelligent energy systems.

Apply Now and help us drive innovation from code to field.

ABOUT US

Every day, the oil and gas industry's best minds put more than 150 years of experience to work to help our customers achieve lasting success.

We Power the Industry that Powers the World

Throughout every region in the world and across every area of drilling and production, our family of companies has provided the technical expertise, advanced equipment, and operational support necessary for success-now and in the future.

Global Family

We are a global family of thousands of individuals, working as one team to create a lasting impact for ourselves, our customers, and the communities where we live and work.

Purposeful Innovation

Through purposeful business innovation, product creation, and service delivery, we are driven to power the industry that powers the world better.

Service Above All

This drives us to anticipate our customers' needs and work with them to deliver the finest products and services on time and on budget.