Senior Backend Perl Developer at Humanstate

Responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to the following:  

• Prototype product features based on business requirements; 
• Develop, test, debug, maintain and refactor product features;  
• Help refactor existing processes and workflows to improve availability and performance; 
• Through code reviews and training, help other members of the team to grow; 
• Analyze business and technical requirement and develop solutions, taking into account variable aspects, such as performance, scalability, ease of maintenance; 
• Develop, update and maintain technical documentation; 
• Provide internal support for system-related questions and issues; 
• Participate in R&D of new technology trends and tools. 

Requirements include: 

• 8+ years Perl coding both back-end and front-end systems 
• Excellent modern OO Perl (Moose, Mouse, Moo) 
• Very strong Perl ORM (DBIx::Class) 
• Experienced building systems with modern Perl web frameworks (Mojolicious, Catalyst, Dancer) 
• Experienced with testing (Test::Harness, Test::More, Test::Most) and continuous integration 
• Strong experience with Unix/Linux and shell scripts 
• Strong MySQL & PostgreSQL knowledge 
• Strong experience with Git 
• Write & maintain technical documentation  
• Strong attention to detail 
• Experienced with Apache and Nginx 
• Minimum 10 years professional experience 
• Excellent English communication skills 
• Passionate about learning new languages and technologies 
• Experience writing and deploying code in a DevOps environment 
• Experience with security and PCI compliance 
• Strong understanding of how software technical decisions impact paying customers and the business as a whole 

Salary: R690,000.00 per annum