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Full Stack Developer

IT – Software Development
Somerset West – Western Cape

ENVIRONMENT:
A vibrant, fast-paced & growing provider of cutting-edge FinTech software solutions for the Property sector seeks the expertise of a Full Stack Developer who is a expert JavaScript developer and skilled with Vue.js and has ample experience working with web and mobile applications.  Your primary focus will be to develop user-facing web applications and components that interacts with SQL / Non-SQL database environments. In addition, you will also be responsible for the analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of our Property Management technology.
 
DUTIES:
  • Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications.
  • Participate as a team member in fully agile Scrum deliveries (Trello), assist team in planning projects, including identifying tasks groups, time estimates, and recommending assignments.
  • Design, develop and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable JavaScript / PHP code and applications.
  • Ensure the best possible performance, quality, efficiency and responsiveness of applications.
  • Responsible for regular communication with others involved in the development / design process.
  • Implement test, bottleneck-fix and bug-fix functionality.
  • Provide support to end users.
  • Help maintain code quality, organisation, and automatization.
  • Produce the systems that support our always-on culture.
  • Staying up to date with all recent developments in the Javascript, Vuejs, SQL / non-SQL and AWS space.
  • Keeping an eye on security updates, server environments and issues found with Vue.js and all project dependencies.
  • Proposing any upgrades and updates necessary for keeping up with modern security and development best practices.
 
REQUIREMENTS:
  • Tertiary qualification in Computer science or related fields would be a benefit.
  • 3 – 5 Years of software development experience.
  • Highly proficient with the JavaScript language and its modern ES6+syntax and features.
  • Highly proficient with the Vue.js framework and its core principles such as components, reactivity, and the virtual DOM.
  • Familiar with the Vue.js ecosystem, including Vue CLI, Pinia, Vue Router, and Nuxt.js.
  • Highly proficient in design and coding of modern, interactive, and functional user interfaces (UI’s)
  • Experience with SlimPHP framework, familiar with request / response framework. Good understanding of HTML5 and CSS3, including Bootstrap and other CSS frameworks.
  • Building modular and reusable components and libraries.
  • Understanding of server-side rendering and its benefits and use cases.
  • Knowledge of functional programming and object-orientated programming paradigms.
  • Ability to write efficient, secure, well documented, and clean JavaScript code.
  • Optimizing your application for performance.
  • Proficiency with modern development tools and Git.
  • Experience with both consuming and designing RESTful API.
 
Other Experience and Skills needed:
  • AWS / EC2 and RDS.
  • IIS and Apache Web Servers.
  • SQL Server, MySQL and MONGOOdb.
  • Cordova, PhoneGap and Flutter – Mobile application development frameworks (IOS and Android).
  • AWS Lambda serverless services.
  • Pusher real-time comms layer.
  • WebSocket communications.
  • Experience with AWS CI/CD processes would be beneficial.
 
ATTRIBUTES:
  • Strong communication and presentation skills. 
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.