It Software Engineer jobs in South Africa

Responsible for the programming and development of Blue Group's applications and supporting software.

Provides advisory support through refining designs, practices, tools and processes to ensure the delivery of quality products to internal and external customers.

Duties & Responsibilities

Development Lifecycle: Development of secure, concurrent, event driven highly scalable transaction processing applications.

Conduct development using .NET as the primary development language.

Promote and enhance team efficiencies through the use of established tools, supporting applications and prototypes.

Automate tasks through the use of appropriate tools and scripting.

Perform development in accordance with specifications and Blue Label Group development standards.

Ensure that the requisite technical supporting documentation, in line with the established Blue Label Group development standards and internal policies is created and adhered to.

Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to identify, troubleshoot, investigate and resolve issues and improve product features, documenting any changes and resolutions as may be required.

Perform maintenance programming and address technical debt.

Participate in a peer review process where all work delivered must be validated according to the documented requirements and in line with the Blue Label Group development standards.

Ensure software is developed according to the Blue Label Group development standards and underlying technologies.

Review and refine high-level business requirements and transform those requirements into Functional Specifications.

Breakdown, prioritize and execute tasks to achieve product deliverables per sprint.

Provide estimates for initial high-level requirements and more detailed estimates for upcoming tasks for input into Sprint planning.

Recommend changes to improve established application processes and procedures.

Develop unit tests to ensure that requirements are met, and code coverage is adequate.

Create, document and implement component test scripts and test strategies.

Maintain technical documentation using defined technical documentation templates and prescribed policies and procedures.

Build a culture of respect and understanding across the organisation.

Recognise outcomes which resulted from effective collaboration between teams.

Build co-operation and overcome barriers to information sharing, communication and collaboration across the organisation.

Facilitate opportunities to engage and collaborate with external stakeholders to develop joint solutions.

Team support: Role model behavior and motivate team members in line with the core values.

Provide support and guidance on career path planning, on-the-job training, coaching and mentoring to associate software developers and other team members.

Self-Management: Demonstrate abilities to manage competing demands. Anticipate and manage change.

Demonstrate consistency in application of internal procedures.

Plan and prioritise respond to organisational and team needs.

Behavioural competencies:

Ensures Accountability - Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.

Manages Complexity - Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to solve problems.

TechSavvy - Anticipates and adopts innovations in digital and technology applications.

Decision Quality - Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.

Customer Focus - Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer‑centric solutions.

Situational Adaptability - Adapts approach and demeanour in real time to match shifting demands of different situations.

Desired Experience & Qualification

General Education: Bachelor of Science majoring in Computer Science or equivalent prior learning.

General Experience: Minimum of 8 years' progressive experience as a .NET Developer.

Expert-level Coding Skills; Functional Testing experience, including ability to create, maintain and execute both manual and automated tests.

Proficient in C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET Framework, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, Blazor and MS SQL with a good knowledge of their ecosystems.

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools and skill for writing reusable libraries.