Analyst Developer

Vito Solutions

Cape Town, Western Cape
Permanent
Full-time

30 days ago
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EMPLOYMENT TYPE:PermanentCOMPANY:A large retail chain based in Cape Town.LOCATION:Cape Town (Hybrid working model (3 days in office, 2 days remote).JOB OVERVIEW:The client is looking for a person who enjoys developing and improving back-end applications. This position is for a technical leader who enjoys analysing and solving client requests while delivering professional working software, and taking pride in the quality of the applications which the chosen candidate delivers and maintains.DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:

Understand and analyse user requests
Design, develop and maintain back-end applications
Design, develop and maintain APIs
Design and maintain underlying database objects
Support quality assurance (automated testing and supporting of user testing when required)
Guide, mentor, and share your experience with your teammates
Actively participate in code reviews
Participate during all stages of the software development life cycle
Keep improving processes (including application testing, deployment, performance, and monitoring)
Help with day-to-day queries from clients and Pepkor IT teams
Shared production standby responsibilities with rest of team
Design and develop with support and reusability in mind

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

Experience development using Spring Boot, Java 21 (including working with Streams and Java Generics), JUnit, Maven, Message Queues (AMQP), and JPA/Hibernate
Experience with database replication technologies (such as SymmetricDS)
Experience working with Oracle databases
Experience development using Python
Experience using version control systems and IDEs, such as GitLab and GitKraken
Familiarity with Continuous Integration tools such as Jenkins
Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Google Workspace
Familiarity with the Apigee platform
Familiarity with Angular, and Node.JS
Exposure to Agile methodologies, such as SCRUM and KANBAN
Able to work within a team
Be curious about technology

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems, or relevant qualification.EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

5 + years experience using Java, preferably the Spring framework (Spring Integration, Spring Data Rest, and Spring Cloud Stream)
Experience designing, and developing RESTful APIs
Solid understanding of message brokers (RabbitMQ)
Experience using relational database technologies (MySQL and/or PostgreSQL)
Experience using container technology such as Docker
Experience/knowledge of microservice architecture and systems
Solid understanding of application architecture
Able to take responsibility and be self-motivated
Able to develop ideas and share them clearly (in non-technical terms when required)
Able to explain solution trade-offs (in non-technical terms when required)

**Please note: If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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