Optimi is looking for an experienced Software Developer to enable innovation through technology solutions and drive coding standards in our software development team. The successful candidate will be involved in designing and building new technology solutions, interegrating existing software and mentoring junior development team members. We are looking for highly self motivated, strong problem-solver and a candidate with good communication skills.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree/Diploma/Technical Certification
• Must be computer Literate
• Customer service-oriented attitude
• More the six (6) years relevant experience
• Must be fluent in English
• Must be able to prioritize and meet deadlines
• Excellent organisational skills
• Preference will be given to candidates with their own laptops

DUTIES

• Take charge of the code-base to ensure quality and documentation standards are adhered to.
• Consult with other technology team members to ensure that technologies chosen are future proof, has proper community support, and will not result in code refactoring in the near future.
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with test analysts and business analysts to provide timely feedback and resolutions to issues identified during functional- and user acceptance testing.
• Work with the Technical Operations team to automate builds and code deployments and where automated deployments aren’t possible – communicate deployment times with the technical operations team.
• Effective communication and collaboration with cross-functional team members.
• Keep up to date with technology trends and how they can benefit Optimi’s software landscape.
• Identify areas for system and code improvements and implement them as well as taking system availability and business stakeholders into account.

The position is based in Centurion.

Should you not receive a call from us in 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.