Back-End Developer

Introduction

Labournet is a proudly South African company with over 28 years of innovation in payroll, HR and employment legislative compliance. We are driven by our mission to change the world of work by simplifying compliance, empowering people, and delivering technology-driven solutions. Our people are the key to this mission, and we invest in them to grow, innovate, and make an impact.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Senior Back-End Developer is responsible to transfer skills where it's needed and ensure that cross-collaboration within the Technology environment is being achieved, and code committed is clean and in line with architecture to minimize the effect of Dev Comeback. 

Core metrics: 

  • Identify and analyze user requirements 
  • Prioritize, assign, and execute tasks throughout the software development life cycle 
  • Develop Java EE applications 
  • Writing well-designed, efficient code 
  • Review, test, and debug team members’ code 
  • Schedule product releases with internal teams 
  • Document development phases 
  • Ensure our applications are secure and up to date 
  • Assisting in incident resolution 

Desired Experience & Qualification

 

  • 7+ years' experience within a development role, coding in Java 
  • 2 – 3 years' experience in using MS SQL 
  • 7+ years' experience in applying Java SE (java SE 8 is mandatory) 
  • 4+ years' experience in applying JEE (Spring experience advantageous)  
  • 3 – 4 years' experience in applying Angular 2+ (advantageous) 
  • 3 – 4 years' experience in applying CSS and JavaScript (advantageous) 
  • Exposure to Microsoft Azure (advantageous)  

Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree in IT or related field  

  • Exposure to working in an Agile methodology  
  • Exposure within a Payroll/HR or financial services environment would be advantageous
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