Developer at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

The role involves getting to know existing software models in order to be able to maintain them, as well as developing new models. A less challenging but equally important role is running the programs on a daily and monthly basis. These programs that need to be run include in-house developed software as well as third party software, in which the input files require regular creation.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Maintaining existing software

• Creating input for programs – both in-house developed and third party

• Collating output from the various programs and loading into a database

• Automating the process of running groupers from creating input files to loading outputs

• Developing simple front ends (usually webpages) to enable the team to run the programs themselves on a single record basis

• Keeping third party software up to date by updating license keys etc.

• Developing Adhoc programs and scripts as required by the team

• Investigating new technologies and methodologies to keep the team up to date

• Developing new software

Personal Attributes and Skills

• C programming (proficient)

• SQL programming (good)

• Unix shell scripting

• Good knowledge of Unix (mainly Solaris, and some Linux)

• Technical computer knowledge – e.g. using shared memory, binary files etc.

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products; MS-Word, MS-Excel

• Working with a source-level debugger (for C)

• ProC (Oracle’s SQL interface for C)

• XML / XSLT

• HTML / CSS

• PHP

• Java/JavaScript

• Any other web technologies such as APIs

• Must be able to work unsupervised (mentorship is provided)

• Enthusiasm and willingness to learn

Education and Experience

• Computer-related tertiary qualification – not necessarily a BSc.

• Minimum 5 years solid C programming experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience developing in a Unix environment.

• Minimum 3 years SQL experience, preferably with Oracle and/or Netezza

• 2 years shell scripting (knowledge of awk or perl advantageous)

• 1 year HTML exposure

• 1 year XML/XSLT exposure

• 6 months PHP

• 2 years MS-Excel, MS-Word etc.

 Employment Equity  

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.