Back End Developer Java Contract - GautengHybrid - ISB7001486

Our client requires the services of a Software Engineer (Senior) Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotation

• Amazing brand with cuttingedge technology
• Excellent teams in Global team collaboration
• High worklife balance with Flexible hours
• Agile working environment

POSITION: Contract until December 2027

EXPERIENCE: 68 Years related working experience

COMMENCEMENT: 01 March 2025

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

Minimum mandatory qualifications:

• Relevant 3year IT / BSc Computer Science degree.

Minimum mandatory experience:

• 7 years of building and maintaining mission critical Java systems inside corporate or medium sized business.
• 5 years production experience of building/updating and fixing webservices (Restful).
• 5 years of experiences to mission critical systems in the Cloud.
• 3 years experience on building/running microservices architecture.

Advantageous experience:

• Proven track record of successful projects delivered.
• Proven experience in senior / leadership roles fulfilled in IT / Engineering teams.
• Agile working experience (any framework).

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Extensive Java 8/11 or higher experience.
• Building and maintaining mission critical systems inside corporate or medium sized business.
• Production experience of building/updating and fixing webservices (Restful).
• Developing and maintaining mission critical systems in the Cloud.
• Cloud architecture: Azure App Service (or other cloud relevant products ECS/App Engine)
  • IAC (Terraform or Equivalent).
  • Containerisation from build to deploy.
• Building / running microservices architecture.
• Solid proficiency in Jakarta/JEE Standards.
• Quarkus or Spring Framework Experience.
• Proven Production experience on working with Relational Databases (Oracle Postgres Database).
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

ADVANTAGEOUS SKILLS

• Kafka publishing and consuming large volumes of messages across a distributed system.
• Agile toolchain experience (Jira Confluence Atlassian Tool Suite).
• Extensive usage of version control systems and tools: Git Remote Repository (GitHub Enterprise).
• Proven CI/CD Pipeline experience: GitHub Actions (Provision Configure Maintain and Secure Pipelines).
• Operations experience 2^nd Line (advantageous when building IT systems).
• Payara / Grafana / Prometheus / Dynatrace
• Proven experience on using Generative AI (ChatGPT/CoPilot) to increase individual output.
• Proven effective personal time management.
• Proven Critical Thinking ability.
• Proven ability to question and propose better requirements / design / efficiencies.
• German speaking.
• Automotive Domain Knowledge

ROLE:

• Analyze business requirements and technical specifications to design and develop the backend architecture of software applications / platforms.
• Select and implement appropriate programming languages frameworks and databases to meet the applications functional and nonfunctional requirements.
• Ensure the backend components are scalable maintainable and aligned with industry best practices and standards.
• Write clean efficient and welldocumented code to implement the backend logic and functionality of the software applications / platforms.
• Develop and integrate APIs microservices and other backend components to enable seamless communication between the frontend and backend systems.
• Ensure the backend components are secure reliable and capable of handling highvolume data and user traffic.
• Design and implement efficient database schemas tables and queries to support the software applications data storage and retrieval requirements.
• Optimize database performance including indexing query optimization and data partitioning techniques.
• Develop and maintain data backup and recovery strategies to ensure the integrity and availability of the applications data.
• Collaborate with the quality assurance team to develop and execute comprehensive test plans for the backend components.
• Implement automated testing frameworks and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to ensure the reliable and efficient deployment of backend updates.
• Provide technical support and troubleshoot issues related to the backend systems addressing bugs performance bottlenecks and security vulnerabilities.
• Stay up to date with the latest trends best practices and technologies in backend development to continuously enhance the organizations backend capabilities.
• Explore and experiment with emerging backend technologies and techniques to drive innovation and improve the overall application performance and scalability.
• Contribute to the organizations knowledge base and share best practices with the development team to foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Perform daily system handover and startup tasks to ensure operational readiness of systems.
• Deployment and maintenance of system services to ensure business continuity.
• Assist user departments in drafting system requirement documentation based on business processes work with Business Analysts to specify requirements.
• Implement testing and monitoring tools to ensure the optimum availability of the system.
• Review and present proposed system solutions to ensure high performing environment.
• Develop systems solutions in line with quality and delivery standards of the organisation.
• Propose and review system design and evaluate alternatives.
• Preparation and maintenance of system/technical documentation to ensure continuous compliance (as per relevant GROUP Work Instructions Guidelines Policies and standards).
• Coach and give training to fellow colleagues and users when required.
• Effective systematic problem solving and implementing of workarounds to ensure system availability as per relevant SLA.
• Work in a full DEVOPS environment with international colleagues / external partners.
• Standby based on a rotational schedule to support the up time of the software applications / platforms for business.

Soft Skills:

• Ability to work interdependently and to submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality.
• Selfstarter.
• Good interpersonal and organizational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and written) on technical and nontechnical level.
• Good written and verbal communication skills and Progressive and Creative thinker.
• Problem Solving capability.
• Above board work ethics this is of utmost importance.
• Flexibility to take up different tasks in the project.
• Ability and willingness to coach and give training to fellow colleagues and users when required.
• Must be able and willing and able to travel to Germany if required.
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• Candidates MUST be based in Gauteng or WILLING TO RELOCATE!

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