JavaScript Engineer

JavaScript Engineer

Hybrid (Cape Town OR Gauteng)

Permanent

An international software firm that solves real-world problems with innovative solutions and modern technology stacks seeks an experienced Platform / Cloud Engineer to join their software development teams. The companys experience spans the various industries including education, financial services, gaming, government, insurance and telecoms sectors.

The company maintains a relaxed, but professional work environment, which is reflected in its flat management structure. Being a part of this company like this means working on dynamic project teams, while pursuing your own career growth through their well established Continuous Learning Programme.

The Role

Were looking for JavaScript Engineers with experience in OO principles, design and architectural patterns, and planning, designing and developing new features and to assist with:

• Conducting software analysis, programming, testing and debugging
• Identifying production and non-production application issues
• Contributing to all phases of the development lifecycle
• Writing well designed, testable, efficient code
• Ensuring designs follow specifications
• Preparing and producing releases of software components
• Supporting continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review.

Requirements:

• BSc Degree in a technology-related field preferable
• Proficiency C# with +-4 years solid exposure at an academic or professional level
• Must be interested in pursuing a professional career in JavaScript.

Essential

• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming
• Skills for writing reusable C# libraries
• Source control (Git, Mercurial, TFS, SVN or similar)
• For web roles: Understanding of web technologies (ASP.NET, HTML5, CSS, XML, JSON)
• SQL Server 2016, 2014, 2012 and/or 2008 R2, SQL Query and Stored Procedure.

Experience in (relative to seniority):

• OO Principles polymorphism, inheritance, encapsulation
• Proficient in C#, with a good knowledge of its ecosystems
• Familiarity with the .NET framework
• Various design and architectural patterns
• Concurrency patterns in C#
• WinForms, WebForms, WCF, Win Services, Console Apps (any type of C# app)
• Working with enterprise software architectures and design patterns
• Planning, designing and developing new feature functionality for software and platforms as per specifications
• Microsoft Reporting Services, SQL Integration and Analysis Services would be an advantage
• Modern JavaScript libraries (AngularJS, KnockoutJS, EmberJS) is advantageous.