Senior Software Engineer: Enterprise Apps & DevOps Lead

ShopriteX; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

ShopriteX in Cape Town is seeking a senior Software Engineer III to design, develop, and support enterprise applications. You will lead architecture decisions, implement scalable solutions, and mentor junior engineers within an Agile/DevOps environment.

You will collaborate with architects, analysts, testers, and business stakeholders to deliver robust software, maintain production systems, and drive continuous improvement across the SDLC.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in software development.
• Experience delivering complex enterprise applications.
• Experience supporting production systems and troubleshooting critical incidents.
• Experience working within Agile and DevOps environments.
• Experience with enterprise integrations and release management.
• Retail industry exposure advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of enterprise software solutions.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions and system architectures.
• Develop clean, maintainable, and secure code using modern development practices.
• Produce technical specifications, UML diagrams, and system documentation.
• Drive adherence to engineering standards, best practices, and quality assurance processes.
• Collaborate with Architects, Analysts, Designers, Testers, and business stakeholders throughout the SDLC.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve complex production issues and system defects.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement preventative improvements.
• Support and enhance existing applications, integrations, and databases.
• Participate in after-hours support, deployments, and release activities when required.
• Design, develop, and support integration solutions using REST APIs and SOAP services.
• Perform and oversee unit, integration, performance, and automated testing.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, release management, and deployment processes.
• Manage source control, code reviews, and development governance.
• Act as a technical lead on large and complex initiatives.
• Mentor and support Software Engineers I and II.
• Lead code reviews and drive engineering best practices.
• Contribute to Communities of Practice and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

C#

.NET Framework / .NET Core

ASP.NET MVC

ASP.NET Core

Web API

Entity Framework

WinForms

WPF

WCF

SOLID / OOP

Unit Testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Software Engineering

Agile Foundation Training

OWASP Top 10 security training

Certifications in software development/IT

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

CI/CD Pipelines

Visual Studio 2019/2022

Visual Studio Code

Postman

SoapUI

PowerShell

Batch Scripting

Jira

Control-M

BigFix

Job description

ShopriteX in Cape Town is seeking a senior Software Engineer III to design, develop, and support enterprise applications. You will lead architecture decisions, implement scalable solutions, and mentor junior engineers within an Agile/DevOps environment.

You will collaborate with architects, analysts, testers, and business stakeholders to deliver robust software, maintain production systems, and drive continuous improvement across the SDLC.