Senior Software Developer – Cape Town (12 Month contract) at Paracon

Primary Duties:

• Develop cutting-edge software using the latest development tools and frameworks.
• Unit-test all software artifacts.
• Maintain current systems (web/other) and develop new systems (web/other) using the latest technologies.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Test Analysts in developing, testing and deploying systems components.
• Research and develop new technologies.
• Provide second/third line support to IT for software deployed into company eco system.
• Analyse and resolve complex and high impact production issues where required.
• Monitor systems performance and ensure all SLA’s are met.
• Assist technical writers with technical documentation and user manuals related.

Support to Team

• Transfer of business and technical knowledge to the greater team.
• Technical guidance and mentoring of developers.

Support to Technical Lead and Software Development Manager

• Assist in enforcing Agile and Scrum methodology in the teams.
• Assist in code reviews.
• Assist in coordinating Pair Programming.
• Assist in implementation of best practices, coding standards and relevant methodologies.

Essential Criteria:

• 10+ years of professional experience of which at least 6 was spent working with the relevant platforms (C# and .Net Core)
• Demonstrates consistent behaviour aligned to the Organizational Culture.
• Experience in working with agile teams and successfully delivering agile based software projects.
• Proven experience in coding with an understanding of system architectures and knowledge of SOA.
• Solid knowledge of OO, development methodologies and applying patterns.
• Ability to work alongside Architects to integrate and propose viable solutions to business.
• Strong understanding of a platform specific IDE (VS, VSCode, or Rider for instance).