Senior Software Engineer — APIs, ML & Big Data

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a software developer with at least 3 years of hands-on coding experience to join a collaborative team in Cape Town. The role emphasizes building, testing, and integrating software, while coordinating with data scientists and external partners to deliver robust solutions.

The ideal candidate has strong SDLC knowledge, experience with APIs, and familiarity with Linux and open-source tools.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of software development in any language.
• Strong knowledge of design patterns, development methodologies and frameworks.
• Solid understanding of the SDLC and MySQL databases.
• Experience developing and integrating custom APIs.

Responsibilities

• Build software by writing code
• Modify code to fix errors
• Direct system testing and validation procedures with other team members
• Create technical documentation for reference and reporting
• Work with developers and data scientists from other teams
• Work closely with our in-house team as well as outsourced service providers and partners
• Gather and evaluate user feedback
• Recommend and execute improvements
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software
• Integrate software components and third-party programs

Skills

3+ years software development

Design patterns

SDLC knowledge

MySQL / relational databases

API development & integration

Python & PHP

Linux familiarity

Big Data & open-source

Machine learning experience

Job description

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a software developer with at least 3 years of hands-on coding experience to join a collaborative team in Cape Town. The role emphasizes building, testing, and integrating software, while coordinating with data scientists and external partners to deliver robust solutions.

The ideal candidate has strong SDLC knowledge, experience with APIs, and familiarity with Linux and open-source tools.