Developer (Senior) at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

• We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Full Stack Java Developer to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable enterprise applications.

Areas of responsibility may include but are not limited to

Design

• Translate business requirements into technical designs adhering to Discovery Insure processes, standards and guidelines, taking cognisance of performance, security and scalability requirements. Deliver within agreed timeframes.
• Liaise with relevant parties where clarification of business requirements or resolution to technical issues is needed
• Research and find effective solutions to technical issues that arise
• Estimate development timelines based on business requirements

Development

• Construct robust, maintainable, scalable, optimally performing system code in line with technical specifications, following prescribed process, standards and procedures. Deliver within agreed timeframes
• Conduct unit testing and fix any defects found

Testing

• Verify build stability and quality with the development team before releasing to test team, aiming to release with zero defects.
• Assist the Business analyst in ensuring the test pack includes relevant scenarios and test data.
• Consult and assist in reviewing risk / impact of defects found in testing, and assist with fixing where necessary.

Support / Troubleshooting

• Assist system users with technical support issues and handle according to defined procedures
• Ability to effectively analyse root cause of system errors (data errors, performance and stability issues)
• Mentoring/ Team development
• Actively coach other developers to understand and apply the Insure coding and architectural standards correctly, as well as any technologies in use
• Perform code review to ensure logical correctness, maintainability, scalability, performance, compliance with architectural standards and frameworks

Personal development

• Keep abreast of current technological trends and how these might be applied in the Discovery environment
• Constant improvement of knowledge of the various applications, their functionalities and data models

General

• Ability to communicate clearly, constructively and effectively. Easily able to follow and participate in technical, business process, and other discussions
• Able to build business relationships with other members of team and the business areas we support

Skills and Competencies:

• Technical Mastery
• Systems Thinking
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
• Delivery & Execution
• Code Quality & Engineering Standards
• Problem Solving & Critical Thinking
• Adaptability & Continuous Learning
• Leadership & Mentorship

Technical Skills

• Excellent understanding of Object Orientated principals and Java language fundamentals
• Knowledge of commonly used design patterns
• Broad understanding of how to put together an EE-based business solution from scratch
• Core skills (Java, Spring Boot, SQL)
• Tech (EJB, JSF, JAXB, MDBs)
• Front-end basics (HTML, jQuery)
• Methodologies (UML)
• Formats/standards (XML/XSD)
• Application server (JBoss)

Education and Experience

Education:

• Matric (Essential)
• BSc Computer Science /Information Systems degree (Essential)
• Formal Java qualification

Minimum Experience:              

• 6+ years’ experience in Java development with exposure to core competencies listed

Advantageous Experience

• REST Web services
• JSON
• Business Process Management Tools
• Apache Camel
• Apache Webserver Configuration
• JBOSS Configuration
• CSS
• GIT
• Strong backend development experience using Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and containerization.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control tools.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Integrated Build Tools
• HTML 5