Job Title

Full Stack Senior Software Developer

South Africa, Gauteng

Market Related

Area: South Africa, Gauteng

Sector: Banking

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES, NOT LIMITED TO:

Help create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture
Take accountability for team targets
Assist to hire junior and mid-level developers
Encourage creativity and intelligent risk-taking
Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications.
Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable C# code.
Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems.
Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization.
Analyze system requirements and prioritize tasks
Develop technical specifications and architecture
Test and debug various .NET applications
Review and refactor code
Deploy fully functional applications
Upgrade existing programs
Support junior developers’ work
Document development and operational procedures

Tech Stack:

Frontend (Customer) – React, using redux for state management.
Frontend (Admin) – React, using sagas for state management.
Frontend (Marketing) – React, using gatsbyjs for static site building.
Backend (Dashboard/Admin/ DMZ Layers) – .Net Core 2.2
Backend Microservice (Services running through kubernetes and docker management)
Azure DevOps (Source control)
CI / CD
Pipeline management
Azure cloud services
Bugsnag (Front-End Real-time issue monitoring)
Graylog (Back-End Real-time issue monitoring)
Postman (API Documentation)

REQUIREMENTS

8+ years’ experience as a back-end Software Developer,
2+ years’ experience as a front-end Software Developer,
Prior experience in a technical position,
College or University degree in Computer Science, a related discipline or proven experience in software development.

General

Proficient in C#, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems and best practices.
Proficient with the .netcore (v2.2) frameworks.
Strong understanding of object-oriented programming.
Proficiency in writing reusable C# libraries
Proficiency in building web-based applications.
Familiarity with agile environments
Proficient Troubleshooting abilities
Good communication skills.
Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
Good understanding of front-end development languages including ReactJs, HTML5, and CSS.
Good understanding of server-side css pre-processing frameworks, such as LESS and SASS.
Good understanding of modern frameworks – ReactJS, KnockoutJS, AngularJS
Proficient understanding of version control tools. (Git, Mercurial, SVN)
Experience building and integrating with RESTful API’s
Experience working with common front-end tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM and YARN.

Core Competency Requirements

Proficient with C# development.
Experience with React development.
Experience with source control management systems and continuous integration/deployment environments. GIT, Azure Pipelines
Basic understanding of Common Language Runtime (CLR), its limitations, weaknesses, and workarounds
Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
Knowledge of concurrency patterns in C#.
Familiarity with Microsoft SQL Server.
Knack for writing clean, readable C# code.
Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.
Experience with agile and scrum development methodologies.
Experience with debugging, performance profiling and optimisation
Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes

Front-End Competency Requirements

Nice to haves:

Have a decent amount of financial/investment knowledge and associated database/process design
Show interest in fintech, cryptocurrencies, blockchain and broader financial industries
The ability to think and act strategically while also being hands-on
Able to embrace the start-up nature, so must be open to work abnormal hours at certain times if required
A British or EU passport in addition to a South African passport

Leadership Team