Senior Software Engineer (Python)

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with solid Python skills. The role involves writing and testing code, reviewing team outputs, and architecting systems. Candidates should have at least an 8-year degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience, mastery in object-oriented programming, and familiarity with Flask, Django, and database technologies. Competitive compensation and an innovative work environment await talented individuals who wish to contribute significantly to the software development team.

Responsibilities

• Writes code & tests and pushes to production independently.
• Reviews code, providing valuable improvements for the team.
• Designs system-level code and delivers significant team-level projects.
• Creates and executes unit test plans.
• Develops detailed technical analysis and design specifications based on functional requirements.

Skills

Flask

Django

PHP

Elastic Search

MySQL

Google BigQuery

E-commerce applications

Software development

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

8 years of relevant experience

Tools

Issue tracking systems

Job description

About the job Senior Software Engineer (Python)

Responsibilities:

• Writes code & tests and pushes to production independently.
• Reviews code, providing valuable improvements for the team.
• Designs system-level code and delivers significant team-level projects.
• Creates and executes unit test plans.
• Develops detailed technical analysis and design specifications based on functional requirements.
• Investigates and resolves defects.
• Participates in functional and technical specification reviews.
• Participates in creating and executing integration level test plans.
• Monitor services and systems within our infrastructure.
• Works effectively across multiple teams to deliver large projects.
• Continuously improve the architecture methodologies and find ways to improve code design, system performance, high scalability and security vulnerabilities.
• Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent 8 years experience.
• 5-8 years in professional software development.
• Proven mastery of at least one OO programming language.
• In-depth knowledge of networking, databases, data structures, algorithms, cloud computing, security, code design, distributed systems and testing.
• Understands how to build solutions at scale without increasing technical debt.
• In-depth understanding of coding best practices, system scalability, security and performance tuning.
• Solid experience in relational databases.
• Solid experience in issue tracking systems.
• Flask / Django
• PHP (Laravel)
• Elastic Search
• MySQL
• Google BigQuery
• Experience with e-commerce based applications