Software Engineer

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Job Description


Would you be eager to continually improve customer value and internal efficiency through quality, innovative software? Our Managed Hosting team could use your skills, passion and experience to develop solutions that will help keep thousands of websites online.

We are passionate about frequent, iterative delivery of high-quality software and aim to build lasting solutions using agile principles and the latest technology available. We work together in autonomous teams that take full responsibility for their own part of the xneelo ecosystem and require commitment to and understanding of the Agile (Scrum) development philosophy. The software development team is based at the company's head office in the Tygervalley area in the Western Cape.

As a Software Developer, you will form part of a team that will be responsible for the development, integration and maintenance of in-house developed and 3rd party web applications, providing innovative tools to the power user, ensuring a seamless, intuitive hosting experience to our customers.

Overall disposition

The ideal candidate will have a passion for:

  • Technology to serve operational and client requirements
  • Programming, open-source Technologies and IT in general
  • Optimal systems and simple procedures
  • Agile development and a self-organising team environment
  • Sharing ideas and innovation
  • Ongoing learning and improvement
A high level of proficiency in the following
  • Database design and performance tuning (MySQL or similar)
  • Software development within the Linux/Unix environment
  • Agile development practices (TDD, refactoring, continuous integration, pair programming)
  • Microservice principles and development
  • Understanding of and development using Containers
  • Linux systems administration skill will be an advantage
Responsibilities
  • Design & development of backend software and APIs
  • Object-oriented programming using a language like Ruby
  • Design & development of frontend components using React
  • Software development within the Linux/Unix environment
  • Agile development practices (team focus, continual improvement, automated tests, refactoring, continuous integration, pair programming)
  • Effective communication
  • Self-motivation and self-management
Qualifications
  • BSc or BTech majoring in Computer Science will be advantageous, however, your ability to demonstrate your in-depth understanding of the web technologies and sound software engineering practices will trump a formal qualification.

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1298770
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  • Education
    Not mentioned