Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

The Senior Software Engineer is responsible for building, enhancing and maintaining products and/or systems to enable Sage’s business plans and long-term objectives using the identified architecture. The Senior Software Engineer will assume ownership in the design, develop and delivery of high-quality products and/or systems and services that exceed customers’ or business partners’ expectations and will proactively share their own knowledge for specific technical solutions and business processes in their area of responsibility.

Location - 3 days per week in the Johannesburg office.

• Possess and apply a broad knowledge of principles, practices, and procedures of software development to the completion of difficult assignments.
• Successful develop, delivery maintain high quality software (requirements, design, code, documentation, etc.)
• Work with product managers early on to shape product definition so that it can be built in flexible, extensible, and robust way
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting
• Evaluates progress and results and recommends major changes in procedures.
• Partner effectively with all team members to deliver against commitments
• Thought leader and deliver deep technical expertise for PD that drives colleague engagement, clarity and instils a culture of innovation and execution
• Work cross-functionally with various Sage teams: product management, QA/XD/SD, various product lines, or business units to drive forward results
• Passion for growing and applying technical skills in service to customers
• Extensive experience with Agile Development, SCRUM, and/or Extreme Programming methodologies
• Ensure all tasks are completed to the required quality standards.
  
  
  
  
  
  

Skills, know-how and experience: Must have: (5 or 6 Max)

• Technology expert in their field.
• Complex problem-solving ability. Innovative and creative thinking.
• Operates with considerable latitude for unreviewed action or decision.
• Ability to interpret and/or gather user requirements and translate these into technical specifications and/or code
• Proficient with several relevant programming languages, frameworks and databases
• Experienced implementing Architecture Best Practices and Patterns like Microservices, CQRS, Event Sourcing, Domain-Driven Design
• Proven experience in using a TDD approach
• Proven Track record of creating API-first products
• MS Azure experience
• A rapid ‘pick up and learn approach’ that will ensure valuable contribution to any team within days of joining the team
• Very good in spoken and written English
  
  
  
  
  
  

Preferred:

• Innovative and creative thinking
• 5-10 years relevant professional experience, Payroll and/or financial domain expertise is an advantage Technical / professional qualifications (technical skills on at least intermediate, preferably expert level):
• Computer Science (or related degree/qualification)
• Real world application development experience
• C#.Net
• JavaScript client-side framework (ReactJS)
• Microsoft SQL Server
• REST API / Web API
• Carbon REACT
• API development & testing tools – e.g. Postman