Are you an expert back-end Java developer seeking to impact next-generation global IT solutions for a dynamic technology group
Join a global feature team where your technical vision and delivery drive business-critical innovation!
Cutting-edge global IT system landscape
Hybrid and remote working options
Energetic Agile-driven global team environment
High work-life balance with flexible schedule
POSITION: Contract: 01 September 2025 31 December 2028
EXPERIENCE: 10 years related work experience
COMMENCEMENT: 01 September 2025
LOCATION: Hybrid: Midrand/Menlyn/Rosslyn/Home Office rotation
Qualifications / Experience
- Computer Science degree or related formal qualification required
- 10 years Java (8/11) building & maintaining mission-critical systems
- 7 years of production experience with RESTful web services
- 7 years supporting mission-critical systems in the Cloud
- 5 years building/running microservices architecture
- Experience delivering successful projects in senior/lead roles
- Agile frameworks (any) exposure
- Solid expertise in Jakarta/JEE standards
- Quarkus or Spring framework experience
- Proven experience with relational databases (Oracle Postgres)
- Angular experience advantageous
- Industry leader and versatile communicator with automotive domain knowledge and German language skills (advantageous)
Essential Skills Requirements
- Extensive Java 8/11 or higher
- Building/maintaining mission-critical cloud-based systems and distributed architectures
- RESTful services CI/CD (GitHub Actions) version control (Git GitHub Enterprise)
- Production experience with databases
- Kafka for large-scale message processing
- Ops experience (2nd Line advantageous)
- Angular TypeScript JavaScript (ES6) HTML5 CSS3/SCSS
- DevOps toolchain: Jira Confluence (Atlassian Suite)
- Generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT Co-Pilot) for productivity
- Cloud architecture (Azure AKS) IAC (Terraform or equivalent) containerization
- Strategy supervision and team leadership
- Delivery of complex outcomes integrating several systems
- Strong negotiation communication problem solving and critical thinking
Advantageous Skills Requirements
- Payara Grafana Prometheus Dynatrace experience
- Automotive and cloud architecture (Azure AKS)
- Experience in technical supervision and industry representation
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally
- Proven skills in coaching training and guiding junior colleagues
- Cross-cultural awareness and flexibility to support multiple projects
Role Requirements
- Analyze business and technical requirements to design and develop scalable backend architectures
- Select and implement suitable programming languages frameworks and databases
- Develop integrate and optimize APIs microservices and backend components
- Ensure security reliability and high performance at scale
- Employ best practices for coding testing documentation and database management
- Collaborate with QA operations and business analysts in requirement definition and quality assurance
- Support deployments business continuity troubleshooting and system monitoring
- Mentor team members and provide training as needed
- Work within full DEVOPS environment and Agile methodologies
- Prepare and maintain all system and technical documentation
- Effective problem-solving and delivering workarounds per SLA
- Contribute to organizational knowledge sharing and continuous improvement
- Any additional responsibilities as per the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter
NB:
- South African citizens/residents only.
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