Job Opportunity at Vodacom, Squad: Software Specialist (Developer)

Description

The Developer is responsible for creating prototypes, designing and building modules and solutions in an iterative agile cycle, develop, maintain, and optimize the business outcome. This role is responsible for estimating user and technical stories, designing, and developing code, writing and executing unit and integration tests, and supporting testing of deliverables against user and technical story acceptance tests

Key Responsibilities

Competencies and Qualifications

Core competencies, knowledge and experience 

• Agile and lean programming and development of software systems in Web scale environments
• Mobile app developer skills with ability to create, maintain and implement the source code to develop mobile apps and programs that meet the needs and requirements of the clients using the computer programming languages.
• Backlog item estimation
• Unit, integration, smoke and static code
• Analysis testing Architectural element testing e.g. APIs
• Automated testing and tools e.g. Selenium
• Software incident and problem management
• Expertise in multiple programming and markup languages, such as HTML, CSS,
• JavaScript/Native script, Android, Java,PhP,
• Ruby, SQL, XML, JSON, C and Python, and paradigms such as object-oriented-, even driven.

Must have knowledge of the following 

• Databases i.e. MariaDB, MySQL, MongoDB.
• Vast knowledge of Operating systems such as LINUX etc
• DocuSign Envelope ID: 52EBC4A8-528F-46FB-B764-F9F3EDC001B0
• Cloud-native architectures, including public cloud PaaS / IaaS, micro-services architectures, API
• Flexibility to deal with changing projects and priorities in a short space of time
• Strong problem solving skills and ability tolearn new methods and processes
• Good understanding of the business capability / user journey, wider organizational goals, and desired product business outcomes

Must have technical / professional qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field
• 2 -3 years relevant experience of which a minimum of one year is in programming and/or systems analysis applying agile frameworks
• Experience working with agile methodologies, such as Scrum, Kanban, XP, LSD, and FDD
• Experience working with multiple programming and markup languages, such as
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, Ruby, SQL, XML, JSON, and Python, and paradigms such as object-oriented-, even-driven-, procedural-, functional-, and declarative programmin

Skills

• MicroServices and APIs
• Data Analytics and Insights
• Agile
• Coding
• Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD)
• Security
• Architecture and Design
• Software Engineering

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