Software Developer Ref No. RTMC/RTIT/SD/2026 at The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC)

Job Purpose: 

• The Software Developer is responsible for developing software and applications within the policy and software development lifecycle.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To develop software and applications.
• Participate in Scrum Meetings and Daily Stand-ups to gain an understanding existing product and domain elements and work with business analysts to refine new requirements.
• Receive new issues assigned by Team Leader: Software Development through a defect, new specification or specification change
• Analyse assignments and plan implementation and unit tests to verify code
• Check out existing code and implement new code or change to existing code and submit for review by checking code back
• Re-factor and improve the code to keep the product maintainable and adaptable to new requirements.
• Working effectively in a team environment and follow / develop product software development processes and standards.
• Evaluating and improving application performance, and high availability features.
• Creating unit and integrated system tests to show that the developed functionality works as intended.
• To continuously develop own personal expertise and drive personal growth
• Do root cause analysis on bugs to find and fix the cause of a problem in an integrated system.
• Building and deploying the system on an application server.
• Creating and executing qualification tests
• To build value adding relationships with stakeholders.
• To deliver, monitor and continuously improve customer service

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Matric (NQF Level 4) as essential
• National Diploma in Information Technology (NQF Level 6) as essential
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Information Technology (NQF Level 7) as an added advantage
• 1-3 years’ experience in Software Development with experience in Java
• Spring and SpringBoot is advantageous
• Knowledge of Flutter is advantageous

KEY ATTRIBUTES AND COMPETENCIES:

• Quality oriented.
• Deadline oriented.
• Analytical ability.
• Professionalism and attention to detail.