Jobs in Cape Town, South Africa

About the role

We feed our Software Engineers coffee and doughnuts which provides the fuel they need to produce high-quality software that solves very real problems. It’s important at this point to note that we call you “Software Engineers” and not “Developers”, “Programmers” or “Coders”. Why? Because you won’t just code up something that’s been designed. You will help us Engineer a solution. You are part of the solution. Part of our world-class team.

What you'll bring

• Good understanding of the Java programming language/syntax
• Exposure to or good understanding of HTML/CSS and Javascript
• Experience with SQL and RDBMS database concepts and design
• Exposure to Object Relational Mapping (e.g. Hibernate, EJB3)
• Exposure to Java servlet containers (e.g. Tomcat, GlassFish, Jetty)
• Experience with Java IDEs (e.g. Eclipse, IntelliJ, Netbeans)
• Practical database experience (e.g. MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL)
• Good English writing capabilities and communication skills
• Exposure/understanding of version control and the software development lifecycle in a team environment
• Exposure to Linux (e.g. CentOS, UBuntu, Fedora, RHEL, openSUSE, Debian)
• Exposure to accounting and business concepts
• Must be willing and able to learn new technologies