Key Purpose
Work closely with a passionate development team to design, develop and maintain Java based solutions for a dynamic, multi-national company that sets the benchmark in its industry.
Must be a team player and have the ability to work with both vertical and horizontal colleagues both in a formal and informal setting.
Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
Develop, test, and maintain high quality application software.
Analyse, maintain and enhance existing application and troubleshoot issues.
Assist with the production of technical specifications and designs.
Promote new technologies and share knowledge within the team.
Recommend improvements to development processes, contribute to implementation plans, and assist in rollout.
Adhere to coding standards and know best practices
Perform code reviews.
Personal Attributes and Skills
Passionate about technology and development
Results oriented with the ability to work under pressure and cope with multiple concurrent projects with changing priorities and deadlines
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Ability to deal with complexity and migrate between detailed and high level requirements
Self-starter who takes ownership and accountability, and is able to work with minimal supervision
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Education and Experience
Education:
Matric/Grade 12 and formal Java qualifications
IT related Degree or Diploma (BSc/BTech or similar).
Experience:
5 years Java systems development experience.
Experience in Presentation layer development (HTML5, CSS, JSP, TypeScript / JavaScript, Spring MVC, Angular 1 & 2)
Solid understanding of Java 1.6 and later
SDLC
Experience in application frameworks (Spring Framework)
Unit testing and mocking frameworks.
Integration experience
Spring Framework 3.0 or later, Angular2
Weblogic 10 & 12
Maven
Hibernate/JPA experience
JMS, Tibco EMS experience.
Oracle and PL/SQL knowledge.
Optional:
ElasticSearch or SOLR experience
Experience with Business Rules Management Frameworks.
Experience using formal modelling languages (UML, ArchiMate etc) and modelling tools (Enterprise Architect, Visual Paradigm etc.)
Exposure to Agile principles and methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Test Driven Development