Job Description

Our Client in the Medical Devices industry is looking for a Backend Developer (Hybrid), in Pretoria.Responsibilities:

• Will be responsible for DevOps, optimizing internal tools and flows, and ensuring security and processes for development and cloud infrastructure with technical documentation and software development lifecycle flows.
• Communicates with B2B GM and B2B Backend Lead regarding understanding of systems, and strategy and then oversees the implementation.
• Communication with team members about expectations and solutions specifications, ensuring product quality by standardizing work procedures based on the company policies (establishing such policies).
• This would include responsibilities such as DevOPS, optimizing secure flows, ensuring redevelopment process with the for development and cloud infrastructure with technical documentation and software development lifecycle flows.
• Assists with process, structure, task management, and implementations.
• Developing and maintaining software products and solutions offered by the company.
• Backend Development & Programming 50%:

• Work with stakeholders to design and achieve appropriate, scalable technology solutions.
• Develop and implement project plans to develop software.
• Analyse systems for root cause, impact, workarounds, and permanent fixes.
• Communicate effectively and efficiently with the line manager on progress, priorities, and workload.
• Meet development timelines in projects and deliverables.
• Identify and mitigate risks, making appropriate mid-course corrections as required.
• Adhere to agreed-upon standards for code.
• Generate and maintain effective and efficient high-quality, reusable code.
• Use effective and efficient components & techniques to implement solutions.
• Ensure all work is versioned and backed up according to company standards.
• Meet set deliverable deadlines.
• Ensure system security and data safety and compliance with standards.
• Ensure all documentation is completed for projects/updates, that all code is commented on, and that QMS standards are followed in this regard.
• Create pipelines to optimize code deployments (CICD).
• Design and implement new databases.
• Plan and execute migrations between legacy and new databases/software.
• Analysis and Planning 20%:

• Multitask on a range of products and tasks simultaneously, defining priorities and ensuring efficiency.
• Define and communicate problem, goal, and acceptance criteria.
• Communicate and collaborate with development, business analyst, and design teams to solve problems, make recommendations, and discuss best programming practices.
• Research possible solutions and techniques.
• Prepare a work breakdown structure.
• Determine and account for dependencies among deliverables, products, and systems.
• Accurately estimate the duration of deliverables.
• Document analysis and planning process.
• Testing and Implementation 10%:
• Ensure that all work is tested, benchmarked, and fulfils functional requirements submitted for approval, review, or deployment.
• Prepare test environment, examples, and instructions.
• Participate enthusiastically in peer code reviews.
• Deploy changes to the live environment.
• Maintain system and product change logs and release notes according to company standards.
• Database Administration 5%:
• Engineer data structures.
• Ensure compliance with data security standards.
• Perform maintenance to ensure data integrity and efficiency.
• Deploy new structure and content.
• Restore data when required.
• Provide reports on database administration as required.
• Reporting and Communication 10%:
• Keep project documentation up to date and standard.
• Provide timely, efficient, and effective feedback on project status.
• Proactively keep stakeholders updated on progress, risks, and problems.
• Assist in the collection and documentation of user requirements, and development of user stories, estimates, and work plans.
• Prepare reports, manuals, and other documentation on the status, operation, and maintenance of software.
• Provide insight and feedback on queries regarding relevant projects.
• Compliance 5%:
• Comply to ISO, CE, FDA (and other) standards and requirements as applies to assigned products.
• Safeguard confidential information and data.
• Maintain backups and backup systems.

• 5+ years working experience.
• Bachelorxe2x80x99s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering (or similar)
• Course or Certificate in Programming.
• Backend Software development (Required nature of experience)
• Skills and Knowledge (essential):
• Design and build data stores with complex relationships (relational or NoSQL).
• Built/Designed distributed systems, back-end APIs, or microservices and cloud infrastructure, best practices, and security.
• CS fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, and complexity analysis.
• Experience with continuous deployment technologies (CICD e.g. GitHub actions).
• Skills and Knowledge (desirable):
• Golang & Typescript:
• Familiarity with (TDD) unit testing, performance, load, or end-to-end integration tests.
• Cloud infrastructure such as AWS and Azure.
• IAC, CDK, AWS Cloud formation, Terraform.
• Understand business processes and domains.

• R600 000 xe2x80x93 R850 000 per annum plus a 13th cheque, pension & risk benefit contribution.

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