Job Openings at Agricultural Research Council

Job description

Description
This role will play a key part in building and leading Allan Gray’s development team in Johannesburg.
In addition to this, the position would require the person to add and maintain features to our world class software and be involved in all facets of the software development process.

Main Responsibilities

• Help to build a development team
• Lead a team of developers
• Liaise with senior IT members in Cape Town and ensure that the technical vision of the company is preserved
• Liaise with senior IT members in Cape Town and build software and processes accordingly
• Perform managerial tasks such as: career guidance, performance appraisals etc.
• Design clean and simple solutions
• Ensure that elegant robust code is written – (explicitly phrased this way as it can mean that the person writes code themselves or delegates code to be written)
• Improve and optimize the performance of existing systems
• Provide guidance in troubleshooting root-cause errors
• Ensure that unit, integration and acceptance tests for all components are written
• Ensure that build automation scripts are written
• Assist with analysis where required

Qualifications
Degree in computer science, computer engineering, information science or related technical discipline
Knowledge of computer science fundamentals in object oriented design, data structures and algorithms

Skills/Competencies And Experience

• At least 8 years’ worth of professional development experience
• Experience Leading Other Software Developers
• Strong software design skills
• Strong understanding of software development process.
• Proficiency i+B2:B11n more than one modern programming language such as Java, Scala, C# or Golang
• Experience in system integration, distributed computing and building enterprise-wide systems
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes and testing
• Strong communication skills
• Good deductive and inductive reasoning
• Strong analytical and problem solving capabilities
• Good interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types and deal with conflict in an effective way
• Ability to work individually and with teams
• MotivationScreening questions (Attach your answers in PDF format)
• Motivate why you are the best candidate for the position.

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Job description

Description

The Senior UX Designer position on offer will be responsible for creating the “logic” for all tools, platforms and systems via wireframes and prototypes. The role demands superior communication skills and entails conducting research, competitive analyses and user testing. The environment is fast moving, constantly pivoting and he/she is expected to handle high pressure situations, while maintaining excellent quality output that is on-time as determined by rigorous project schedules.

Main Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers & business stakeholders to confirm business objectives and define user objectives & flows.
• Build wireframes & convert wireframes into a working prototype.
• Collaborate with AGO technical leads in order to design innovative & engaging user experiences within platform constraints and technical limitations.
• Work closely with the UI designers to ensure adherence to design guidelines & best practices across all platforms.
• Facilitate user testing and evaluate user feedback to further improve the concept or existing products.
• Work closely with the development & QA teams to ensure successful implementation of the specified designs.
• Measure the effectiveness of each initiative & refine.
• Research interaction design trends.
• Research technology trends.
• Add new components to our style guide as you create them.
• Champion the importance of design.
• Help build UCD capability in the organisation
• Develop and define the UCD process followed at Allan Gray

Qualifications

• At least 5 - 8 years’ experience in a UX design role, (finance or investment environment advantageous)
• Experience with user interface design patterns and standard UCD methodologies across multiple platforms
• Relevant tertiary qualifications

Skills/Competencies And Experience

• Proven UX experience and the ability to demonstrate how you have managed to enhance user satisfaction by improving the usability, accessibility and pleasure of previous tools, products or systems you have developed.
• Demonstrable UX design thinking skills with a strong verifiable portfolio which must be presented for review.
• Solid experience in creating wireframes, prototypes, user journeys, written specifications, and information architectures
• Solid experience in conducting research, competitive analyses, data analysis and user testing.
• Good understanding of HTML5, Java script and CSS.
• Understanding of the technical consequences of design decisions, with the ability to compromise but also to stand your ground to defend your designs.
• Proficiency in tools such as Invision, Sketch, Axure, Principle
• Experience in ancillary design skills such as photography, illustration, video editing.
• Solid understanding and proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, or other visual design and wire-framing tools.
• Ability to present your user experiences and designs in order to sell your solutions to various stakeholders.
• Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Up-to-date knowledge of the the latest UX trends, techniques, and technologies.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.

MotivationScreening questions (Attach your answers in PDF format)

Motivate why you are the best suited candidate for this position.

go to method of application »

Job description

Description

The UX Designer position on offer will be responsible for creating the “logic” for all tools, platforms and systems via wireframes and prototypes. The role demands superior communication skills and entails conducting research, competitive analyses and user testing. The environment is fast moving, constantly pivoting and he/she is expected to handle high pressure situations, while maintaining excellent quality output that is on-time as determined by rigorous project schedules.

Main Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers & business stakeholders to confirm business objectives and define user objectives & flows.
• Build wireframes & convert wireframes into a working prototype.
• Collaborate with AGO technical leads in order to design innovative & engaging user experiences within platform constraints and technical limitations.
• Work closely with the UI designers to ensure adherence to design guidelines & best practices across all platforms.
• Facilitate user testing and evaluate user feedback to further improve the concept or existing products.
• Work closely with the development & QA teams to ensure successful implementation of the specified designs.
• Measure the effectiveness of each initiative & refine.
• Research interaction design trends.
• Research technology trends.
• Add new components to our style guide as you create them.
• Champion the importance of design.
• Help build UCD capability in the organisation
• Develop and define the UCD process followed at Allan Gray

Qualifications

• At least 3-5 years’ experience in a UX design role, (finance or investment environment advantageous)
• Experience with user interface design patterns and standard UCD methodologies across multiple platforms
• Relevant tertiary qualifications

Skills/Competencies And Experience

• Proven UX experience and the ability to demonstrate how you have managed to enhance user satisfaction by improving the usability, accessibility and pleasure of previous tools, products or systems you have developed.
• Demonstrable UX design thinking skills with a strong verifiable portfolio which must be presented for review.
• Solid experience in creating wireframes, prototypes, user journeys, written specifications, and information architectures
• Solid experience in conducting research, competitive analyses, data analysis and user testing.
• Good understanding of HTML5, Java script and CSS.
• Understanding of the technical consequences of design decisions, with the ability to compromise but also to stand your ground to defend your designs.
• Proficiency in tools such as Invision, Sketch, Axure, Principle
• Experience in ancillary design skills such as photography, illustration, video editing.
• Solid understanding and proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, or other visual design and wire-framing tools.
• Ability to present your user experiences and designs in order to sell your solutions to various stakeholders.
• Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Up-to-date knowledge of the the latest UX trends, techniques, and technologies.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.