Senior Software Engineer - RSAWEB
Job Information
Date Opened
25/09/2024Job Type
Full timeIndustry
Software DevelopmentWork Experience
7 yearsEducation Level
DiplomaCity
Sea Point, Cape TownProvince
Western CapeCountry
South AfricaPostal Code
8005
Job Description
Established in 2001, RSAWEB is South Africa’s fastest growing internet service provider (ISP) with a focus on providing connectivity to home customers, and a wide array of technology solutions to businesses. We are obsessed about ensuring all our customers receive the best possible digital experience and exceptional customer service.Thousands of customers have given RSAWEB a 5-star rating, with an average rating of 4.7 out of 5 on Google – the best-rated ISP in South Africa. We are extremely proud of winning KFM’s Best of the Cape Awards: Best ISP in 2021 and being one of the fastest streaming ISPs on Netflix and a consistently top rated ISP on My Broadband.
These accolades are not for nothing, as we constantly strive to improve our products, services, and solutions to enhance each customer’s experience. Having invested heavily in infrastructure, RSAWEB has built a strong presence in South Africa with Data Centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Specialisation fields:
- Cloud infrastructure
- Enterprise connectivity
- Mobile connectivity and data management
- Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH)
- Fibre-to-the-Business (FTTB)
Our mission transcends our values through every customer, every interaction, every connection, everyday.
Our values:
- Creativity
- Humanity
- Innovation
- Passion
Where will the successful candidate fit in?
We are looking for a fast learning, self-driven, agile team-player to join our Full Stack Software Engineering Team. If you enjoy problem-solving and have big ideas that can make a difference, this might be the job for you.
Software Engineers in our team are responsible for researching, designing, developing and testing enterprise-grade software. We build and maintain a host of Web Applications, REST Web Services, Mobile Applications and we have a strong Dev Ops culture doing our own Automation & Orchestration on our VMware Cloud Stack & EC2.We use mainly Python and PHP, but the language is no barrier for us, and we readily experiment with new tools & platforms to satisfy ever more complex business problems.
You will be working in a fast pace environment with a diverse team of passionate engineers with years of engineering experience across industries, tech stacks, and languages. We build awesome software that’s responsible for processing enormous amounts of transactions, our central position in the business see’s us having to orchestrate a broad array of requirements for our many stakeholders.This makes for an incredibly complex, high pressure but engaging work environment that always presents new opportunities for reinventing ourselves and our systems.
Engineers who enjoy blurring their domain of responsibilities and occasionally cross over into Dev Ops, Project Management, User Experience, and Analysis among other things tend to do very well at RSAWEB.
Our Tech Stack
Proficiency or interest in these platforms is welcome.
PHP | Python | Ruby | Go | Django | Flask | Rabbit MQ | VMware | EC2 | Lamda | Apache Mesos | React | Bootstrap | Foundation | Kubernetes | Docker | Swagger | MVC | Debian | Vagrant | Chef | Ansible | Git | Jira | Confluence | My SQL | GIS | Geo Django | REST | Mobile App Development | Wordpress | Apache | Ngnix | HAProxy | Varnish
What do we do all day?- Build Mobile Applications
- Produce, Maintain and Integrate with Various REST Web Services
- Build and Maintain Django & Python CRMs
- Build and extend Finance & Accounting System
- Systems Analysis, planning and scoping
- Engage with Stakeholders for requirements gathering
- Collaborate with other departments on projects and technical issues
Requirements
Do you have what it takes?- Proficient in modern programming languages with a focus on Python and PHP
- Full software development life-cycle experience
- A relatively grounded understanding of Automated Testing platforms, such as unit testing and behavior-driven development
- Some knowledge of continuous integration or automated deployment, orchestration on the cloud with containerizations
- A well-grounded knowledge of source control. Extra brownie points for GIT and GITflow
- A grounded understanding of OOP, MVC, DDD, and other software development patterns
- A solid foundation or sufficient exposure in working with MVC frameworks such as Rails, Cake, code-ignitor, Zend, Django
- Experience in agile or other development methodologies
- A grounded understanding of SOA (Micro Services) and Rest API
- Grounded Experience in working with & building REST API’s
- Experience with large scale business-grade software and heavily integrated systems
- Articulate with Good interpersonal relationship skills
- Ability to work with a diverse array of people with different values and concerns
- Ability to work under pressure
- An ability to acclimate to new systems quickly, and easily transition between problems
Minimum Requirements:
- 7+ years of relevant work experience using Python and PHP
- Having held some kind lead competency would be great
- Evidence of implementation in new systems, tech, processes, and methodologies
- A true passion for software development
- Flexible working hours
- Medical Aid
- Gap Cover
- Retirement Annuity
- Discounted Internet Connectivity
- Free Barista prepared coffee, breakfasts and snacks.
- Employee Wellness Programme (ICAS). Providing free 24/7/365 counselling for you and your family in your household, as well as other health and wellbeing resources, provided by registered professionals.
- Exposure to latest industry technologies and standards
- Lastly, a work environment that rivals the very best!