Junior Software Developer (JHB)

• Participate in every stage of the development lifecycle, including feature conception, design, implementation, testing, rollout and making everything run smoothly and safely in production.
• Business mindset and are continuously thinking about new ways how to improve the systems through effective and strategic development.
• Follow and improve business practices at every stage of development.
• Tackle the challenges that come with processing highly sensitive data.
• Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve applications and optimize performance.
• Participate in conferences and educational programs.
• Perform quality assurance checks and testing before launching to the live site.

• Strong academic background with a Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT or relevant discipline (unless a proven record of skills) – University results need to be above 75%.
• A passionate software developer with experience developing in a web framework.
• Experience working with relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL).

• Python / Django.
• Numerical libraries such as Numpy/Pandas.
• Front end Web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript & CSS.
• Version Control software such as Git.
• Latex.
• Expertise in Cybersecurity.
• Financial Sector experience.

• Great problem solver who takes pride in their work.
• A people person who is trustworthy and motivated.
• Ability to exchange knowledge and willingness to mentor team members in best practices, code quality and tech frameworks.

While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.