Full Stack Developer - Johannesburg at Optimal Growth Technologies

Key Responsibilities

• Stakeholder analysis for user stories elicitation and software design.
• Development and deployment of front end, backend microservices and database schemas.
• Software application monitoring to ensure set availability and performance KPIs are met.
• Unit, system, load, and security testing of delivered solutions to ensure they work as per expected standards.
• Validation & Verification oversee the user acceptance assurance of application functional logic, data processing and error management.
• Liaise with Support teams, infrastructure team, network administrators, information security to maintain service availability and integrity of the applications.

Back- End Skills

• Programming Languages: Proficiency in one or more programming languages commonly used for backend development, such as Java, Python or Node.js. Knowledge of multiple languages is beneficial for adapting to different project requirements.
• Microservices Architecture: Solid understanding of microservices architecture principles, including service decomposition, bounded contexts, API design, and event-driven communication.
• Web Development: Experience in developing RESTful APIs and web services using frameworks like Spring Boot (Java), Flask (Python), Express.js (Node.js), or Ruby on Rails (Ruby).

Front -end skills

• HTML/CSS: Proficiency in HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to create and style web pages. Understanding of semantic HTML and modern CSS frameworks (e.g., Bootstrap) is valuable.
• JavaScript: Strong knowledge of JavaScript, including ES6+ features, to add interactivity and dynamic behavior to web applications. Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks and libraries like React, Angular, or Vue.js is beneficial.
• Responsive Web Design: Understanding of responsive design principles to create web interfaces that adapt and display properly across different devices and screen sizes.
• UI/UX Design: Knowledge of user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design principles to create visually appealing and intuitive user interfaces. Familiarity with design tools like Sketch, Figma, or Adobe XD is a plus.

Qualifications - External

• Front end and backend programming experience using either PhP, Java, C#, Python, JavaScript etc.
• Solid understanding of web services/technologies - REST/JSON, SOAP, GraphQL
• Experience with data management data structures, relational/NoSQL databases
• Experience in deploying APIs on middleware technologies such as TIBCO, Tomcat, Glassfish, and containerized environments i.e., Docker, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, Azure, AWS.
• Experience with event-based and message-driven distributed system like Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ, Rabbit MQ or Tibco EMS
• Experience in use of source code management systems like SVN, GIT and build tools like Ant, Maven.
• Strong knowledge & experience using (CI/CD) such as Jenkins.
• Experience in Agile Development/software life-cycle development