Senior Full Stack Engineer (Java, UI, Maven, SQL) (CPT Hybrid)

ENVIRONMENT:

THE coding expertise of a forward-thinking & meticulous Senior Full Stack Engineer is sought by a leading provider of cutting-edge Telecommunications Solutions in Stellenbosch to become a core contributor to its team developing user interfaces and supporting application server components for data organisation, data exploration, data analysis, data visualization, GIS and workflow. The ideal candidate will require a BSc. Computer Science or BEng (with Computer Science subjects up to final year) OR equivalent plus 2 - 5 year’s relevant work experience in an aligned position. You will also need UI Development, to be familiar with UX interaction design process with familiarity of user research, personas and information architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture. Your tech toolset should include Java, SQL, Maven, GIT, JIRA, Spring Boot, JavaScript and TypeScript, Vue.js, gRPC / gRPC-web, HTML & CSS.

DUTIES:

1. Help extend the company’s position as market leader providing insights into Telecoms Big Data delivered by very large, distributed processing systems.
2. Create new user interface applications using Vue.js and Spring Boot and make a significant contribution to the success, technology evolution, UX design and architecture.
3. Obsess over requirements, design and user experience to deliver just the right product that promotes user adoption and delights customers.
4. Work in an Agile team with high customer focus, developing software in a Continuous Integration environment.
5. Over time, provide guidance on adoption of advances in technology and software architecture design to improve the position in the market through the quality of products.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Have passion for developing robust, reliable, high-throughput systems used by hundreds of expert Operators, Analysts and Administrators.
2. BSc. Computer Science, BEng (with Computer Science subjects up to final year) OR equivalent plus 2 - 5 year’s relevant work experience in an aligned position.
3. Full stack UI Development.
4. Familiar with UX interaction design process with familiarity of user research, personas and information architecture.
5. Experience building new UI architectures from scratch.
6. Experience in Automated Test Development and processes to support Continuous Integration.
7. Experience in multi-threaded performance-centric design.
8. Experience in deploying solutions to production, providing support and maintenance, dealing with user and support feedback and troubleshooting to rapidly solve problems.
9. Experience in design and development for distributed service-oriented architectures and asynchronous messaging.
10. Experience in integration of diverse systems in a Service-Oriented Architecture.
11. Dependency Injection.
12. Refactoring skills.
13. Semantic Versioning.
14. Software Development effort estimation and planning.
15. Micro-service architecture design patterns.
16. Application of SOLID design principles and principles of modular application architecture.
17. Automated Test Development and Continuous Integration.

Tech Stack:

1. Java
2. SQL
3. Maven
4. GIT
5. JIRA
6. Spring Boot
7. JavaScript and TypeScript
8. Vue.js - familiarity with the Vue.js ecosystem
9. gRPC / gRPC-web
10. HTML
11. CSS

ATTRIBUTES:

1. Innovative, solving tough problems and revealing unique solutions.
2. Detail orientated approach that seeks to gain a deep understanding of the domain.
3. Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills to promote collaboration and enhance teamwork.
4. Desire to mentor others to promote the strength of the team.
5. Aspire to learn new skills and research to gain knowledge.
6. Takes initiative, prioritizes his or her time and works independently with little need for supervision.
7. Desire to improve and drive change that leads to higher quality and productivity for the whole team.