Intermediate Fullstack Developer (React/C#) – Hybrid Cape Town at Datafin Recruitment

ENVIRONMENT:

• Our client is a leading international gaming, leisure, and entertainment group offering exciting and entertaining customer experiences, in venues or online. 
• They are looking for an Intermediate Software Engineer who will contribute to the department's development strategy by building and maintaining features across the squad's systems, working closely with and under the guidance of a Senior Engineer or Tech Lead

DUTIES:

• Work with Product Managers, business stakeholders, and senior engineers to build and maintain features that reduce legacy dependencies.
• Write clean, high quality code following OOP best practices, design patterns, SOLID and DRY principles.
• Take ownership of assigned tasks, ensuring they meet business and compliance requirements.
• Write and maintain developer/peer and unit tests and keep test plans current.
• Participate in code reviews, both giving and receiving feedback to maintain quality.
• Analyse problems and identify root causes, escalating and collaborating with senior engineers on more complex or unclear issues.
• Assist in investigating and resolving production issues under guidance, including lower priority tickets.
• Contribute practical, well-reasoned input on solution approaches, with guidance from senior team members on trade-offs.
• Support technical delivery on assigned tasks within a project, working alongside more senior engineers on larger or more complex pieces of work.
• Communicate progress, blockers and risks clearly to the team and tech lead.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Full stack, back end or front end expertise depending on placement: front end needs 2+ years React/TypeScript and RESTful API integration (Material UI, CSS grid and Tailwind CSS advantageous); back end needs working .NET/C# experience building RESTful APIs plus MS SQL database development (queries, stored procedures).
• Experience with front end automated testing tools advantageous.
• Ability to write unit tests, with a working understanding of SOLID design principles.
• Previous experience in betting, financial and/or banking sectors are advantageous.
• Growing ability to write clean, testable, readable code using design patterns, SOLID and OO principles.
• Some experience building, automating and deploying software to production.
• Good technical analysis skills, with support translating business requirements into functionality.
• Good written and verbal communication, calm under pressure, good attention to detail.
• Ability to work with reasonable independence, take ownership of assigned work, and meet deadlines.
• Gaming industry knowledge or experience is a plus, not a requirement.
• Bachelor's degree preferred, though a solid academic background is valued alongside genuine hands on ability.

ATTRIBUTES

• Eager to learn and grow technically, open to mentorship and feedback from senior engineers.
• Clear communicator who works well in a team and with business stakeholders.
• Takes ownership of work and delivers reliably to deadlines.
• Comfortable working within the controls and processes of a regulated environment.