Support existing and develop new functionality and components
Understand existing product and domain elements and work with business analysts to refine and implement new requirements
Refactor and improve the code to keep the product maintainable and adaptable to new requirements.
Work effectively in a team environment and follow/develop product software development processes and standards
Evaluate and improve application performance and high availability features
Create unit and integrated system tests to show that the developed functionality works as intended.
Do root cause analysis on bugs to find and fix the cause of a problem in an integrated system.
Build and deploy the system on an application server
Incorporate the work done by other developers and do whatever is necessary to get the system to work again with the changes, including debugging other people's code, making changes to test data, etc.
Closing date: 16th of October 2026
Requirements
Requirements:
Relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering or Computer Science and/or Matric, with 8-10 years of experience, of which 5 years must be as a senior developer as part of a team in a software development environment
A strong knowledge of Java is essential
Experience in JavaScript or TypeScript is preferred
Ability to work in a team environment: Follow/provide mentorship
A good understanding of the SDLC process, tools and techniques specifically as applied to software development methodology
Experience with team development tools: Use of source control applications (preferably Git)
Experience with the following technologies:
Java EE (J2EE) server-side technologies
Java 8 and above (Java 17 - preferable)
JPA /Hibernate
Experience with an application server/container (Karaf - preferable)
Build tools (i.e. Maven, GIT, Jenkins)
SQL and experience with a relational database (Apache Derby)
ReactJS
Bootstrap, CSS3, HTML5
REST/SOAP
Ability to deliver production-quality software by, e.g. paying attention to detail, doing extensive unit testing and supporting quality testing phases
Nice to have:
Experience with financial systems
Knowledge and/or experience of the following would be a plus:
Continuous integration (Hudson, Bamboo or Jenkins)
SoapUI
Integration experience (Web services, JMS)
JAXB and XML Schema
Docker
Use of a UML tool for documentation
KARAF/OSGi
Apache Blaze DS
JavaScript or TypeScript
Webpack/NPM/Yarn
Jest
Spring
Thymeleaf
Personal Profile:
Incumbent who has a passion for learning and understanding the broader technical and implementation approaches in the software development domain.
Ability to switch between big-picture thinking and discussing/defining details at a deeper technical level.