Are you ready to be part of a transformational journey that will reshape the digital landscape of Africa? A leading Pan-African telecommunications company is launching a groundbreaking Software Engineering Centre of Excellence dedicated to building future-focused digital products designed to empower and revolutionize the continent.
This is your opportunity to join an innovative team and grow your career at the forefront of technological advancement, as we accelerate towards a brighter, more connected future for Africa.
As a Senior Software Developer , you will work closely with other developers to manage both front-end and back-end development processes, implementing solutions from conception to final product according to business needs. You will also implement and oversee the design, development, and maintenance of fully-fledged and functioning platforms.
Responsibilities:
- Work within a Software Development team, following Agile development methodologies.
- Work with Project Management and Solution Architects to estimate and scope out projects.
- Collaborate with the Creative team during planning, discovery, and production phases.
- Work with front-end and back-end development teams to create and optimize solutions.
- Comment code and produce documentation to industry standards as needed.
- Produce code to the highest standards while adhering to industry-accepted architecture and design pattern techniques and methodologies (e.g., MVC, SOA, OOP, DI etc.).
- Define and develop APIs.
- Contribute to the analysis and design of software products and tools.
- Evaluate and advise on the technical feasibility.
- Create quality prototypes for a clearer understanding of UI designs.
- Test and confirm software is fit for purpose with intended audiences.
Experience:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in building applications.
- Minimum 4 years of experience with React and/or Angular.
- Good understanding of OOP concepts.
- Strong hands-on knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, ES6+.
- Strong understanding of the React Virtual DOM, JSX, and API.
- Hands-on experience with REST APIs, GraphQL, and WebSocket.
- Experience with a state-management framework like Redux (with middleware) or MobX.
- Understanding of cloud-based technologies, Azure, SQL and relational databases, SOAP and REST Web Services, JSON, XML, MSAL.
- Comfortable with concepts like Container/Presentation components, Higher Order Components.
- Experience with UI libraries like Material-UI, Semantic UI, Bootstrap, or similar.
- Good understanding of CSS in JS, aka scoped-CSS or Styled Components.
- Unit testing with Karma + Mocha or Jest.
- Experience working with front-end build systems and automating using Grunt/Gulp.
- Experience with MVC frameworks (Backbone.js, or similar) and knowledge of common JavaScript design patterns.
- Experience working with server-side JavaScript frameworks based on Node.js.
- Exposure to Style Guides, Atomic Design, Scrum, and Agile methodologies.
Why join us?
- We are a top employer in South Africa with certified excellence in employee conditions.
- Career progression, with a focus on your strengths and continuous coaching from senior colleagues.
- You will work alongside Accenture experts who are solving some of the biggest industry challenges with innovative thinking and pioneering tools.
- You will have access to state-of-the-art technology that will give you the opportunity to deepen your existing skills even as you help create the latest business trends.
- You will have the opportunity to make a difference in the communities.
Location: Johannesburg or Cape Town
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments, and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth, and improve citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale.
Accenture reserves the right to close the role should a suitable applicant be found.
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