Senior Software Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer, to collaborate with other developers in writing well-designed, testable code. You will be working with a team of passionate technology professionals, developing with modern technologies, and solving tough problems. Our team is hands-on, collaborative and driven. Our expanding team is moving the needle and pushing boundaries.

• Participating in regular code reviews
• Standardisation of technologies, approaches, and architectures across teams
• Active engagement with the development teams on all areas of software development
• Liaise with agile coaches and product owners in order to resolve team impediments
• Working with agile coaches, technical leads, development managers, and the executive team to drive architectural changes in projects and deliver on initiatives
• Understanding the interdependency of work items and teams
• Active monitoring of the software development process and continuous improvement thereof
• Work with the various development and technical support teams to resolve any production issues timeously and efficiently, keeping business impact to a minimum

• At least 7 years of work-related experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer
• Ideally have an IT Diploma or Degree
• Ability to develop software in .Net 8 C#, Javascript, ReactJs, HTML, CSS and other programming languages (polyglots preferred)
• Excellent knowledge of Postgres, Mssql technologies (EF, NHibernate)
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases such as Redis, Riak, MongoDB, and others.
• Experience developing web applications, with a good understanding of how the web works
• Proven experience in high-scale applications and an understanding of the practices and approaches that are employed in scaling applications beneficial.
• Experience with unit testing, knowledge of applying test-driven development beneficial
• Understanding DevOps principals and how to apply them practically beneficial.
• Experience in cloud services preferred – AWS, Azure.
• Experience with containerisation (Docker, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, Appveyor) highly beneficial.
• Experience working with agile methodologies – a true believer.