Job Vacancies at Datafin Recruitment

ENVIRONMENT:

• THE coding expertise of a forward-thinking Backend Developer is sought by an innovative Electronic Procurement Specialist in Joburg to work on exciting new projects. Your role will entail generating and maintaining effective & efficient high-quality code, supporting current and legacy project while collaborating with other Devs and Testing to ensure all work is tested, benchmarked, and fulfils functional requirements before submission. The ideal candidate must possess an IT related Degree/Diploma with 5 years commercial or private Development experience and the ability to demonstrate reliability and high accuracy working in large datasets. Your tech toolset should include C# (Visual Studio 2019) with a strong emphasis on object orientation, shared libraries, inheritance & abstraction, WPF, Threading, LINQ & LINQ-to-SQL and Microsoft SQL Server. Applicants will be provided with a technical test.

DUTIES:

• Closely follow project plan to develop software.
• Multitask on a range of projects and tasks simultaneously, defining priorities and ensuring efficiency and must be able to work with minimal oversight at times.
• Meet deadlines and timelines as determined in the planning phase.
• Adhere to agreed upon standards for code, as set and determined by the relevant Development Project Manager.
• Generate and maintain effective and efficient high-quality code.
• Use effective and efficient components & techniques to implement solutions.
• Ensure all work is versioned and backed up according to company standards.
• Support and maintain current and legacy products (bug fixing) and convert legacy code to new systems.
• Provide timeous, efficient, and effective feedback on project status to development project managers and other
• stakeholders.
• Collaborate with other Developers and Testing Department to ensure that all work is tested, benchmarked, and fulfils functional requirements before submission.

REQUIREMENTS:

• IT-related Degree or Diploma.
• At least 5 year of Development experience (commercial or private).
• Candidate should have demonstrable reliability and high accuracy working in large datasets.

Preferred Skills -

• C# (Visual Studio 2019) with a strong emphasis on object orientation, shared libraries, inheritance & abstraction.
• WPF.
• Threading.
• LINQ & LINQ-to-SQL.
• Microsoft SQL Server.

Advantageous -

• Delphi experience.
• Experience with Windows and Web services (WCF).

ATTRIBUTES:

• Fluent in English.
• Proactive and able to follow instructions clearly to complete projects with minimal supervision.
• Good communication skills.
• Inquisitive by nature investigating.
• Understanding their project fully and willing to take on responsibility for code and applications developed.

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ENVIRONMENT:

• AN innovative electronic procurement specialist in Joburg seeks the coding talents of a Full Stack BI Developer to join its team to work on new and exciting projects. Applicants must provide a portfolio of BI reporting projects and will be provided with a technical test. You will be expected to generate and maintain effective and efficient high-quality code, use effective and efficient components and techniques to implement solutions while ensuring all work is versioned and backed up according to company standards. The ideal candidate must enjoy working with and presenting data. You must preferably have Matric/Grade 12, a Bachelor's Degree in IT/Computer Science or similar field with 5 years' Reporting Development work experience including proficiency in SQL Server, LINQ queries, Visual Studio, SVN, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, HTML, Excel & Telerik Kendo.

DUTIES:

• Closely follow project plan to develop software.
• Multitask on a range of projects and tasks simultaneously, defining priorities and ensuring efficiency.
• Meet deadlines and timelines as determined in the planning phase.
• Adhere to agreed upon standards for code, as set and determined by the relevant Development Project Manager.
• Generate and maintain effective and efficient high-quality code.
• Use effective and efficient components and techniques to implement solutions.
• Ensure all work is versioned and backed up according to company standards.
• Support and maintain current and legacy products (bug fixing).
• Provide timeous, efficient, and effective feedback on project status to development project managers and other stakeholders.
• Collaborate with other developers and testing department to ensure that all work is tested, benchmarked, and fulfils functional requirements before submission.

REQUIREMENTS:
Desirable -

• Matric / Grade 12 Certificate.
• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or similar field (Optional but advantageous).
• Minimum experience of 5 years Reporting Development.
• Experience working in an Agile Team.

Must be familiar with and be able to demonstrate:

• SQL Server querying. Working with complex LINQ queries.
• Working within C# solutions in Visual Studio.
• Working with source control (SVN preferred).
• Working with and displaying an understanding of complex datasets.
• MVC Based solutions in Visual Studio.
• Development in JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, HTML.
• Telerik Kendo visual components.
• Pivot Tables (in Excel, Telerik or other visual components).

ATTRIBUTES:

• Proactive and able to follow instructions clearly to complete projects with minimal supervision.
• Good communication skills.
• Inquisitive by nature investigating and understanding their project fully and willing to take on responsibility for code and reports developed.