Job Description

Our client is a tech start-up making life better for everyday households in Africa and is looking for a Junior level Software Engineer at their offices in Cape Town, South Africa. The role is multifaceted in that it involves far more than pure software development. We are looking for a candidate with rigorous and structural through, and the discipline to deliver exceptional tech projects, but with an interest in learning business, finance and operations.
For any software engineer at the company, the mission is to:

• Understand the business's primary commercial imperatives
• Envision the technology that will support the commercial imperatives with feedback from the in-country operations teams and sales network
• Design, build, test, maintain and manage robust software solutions to enable them to achieve their jobs and ultimately the company's objective to serve customers

Skills you will use and develop:

• Commercial Effectiveness
• Front-end and Back-end skills
• APIL and Micro-services build and management
• System Architecture
• User Experience Design

Requirements:

• 0-3 years of experience
• Comp Sci or Engineering university degree from reputable academic university with strong results. (70%+ Average)

Way of working:

• Should be based in Cape Town Area or Winelands
• Team to spend at least 50% of their time in the office (Waterfront), they can choose days, hours etc.

General:

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us after 30 days you may consider your application unsuccessful
• In keeping with our client's employment equity requirements, only South African citizens will be considered.
• Please include your current salary and salary expectations.

Skills Required