Technology / Domain Specialists

Technology / Domain Specialists at Boardroom Appointments in South Africa.

Role Summary

Contract position

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and architecture of large-scale backend applications using the best practices to ensure high levels of performance, maintainability and availability
• Be involved in all aspects of development playing a critical role in design, planning, development, and deployment and drive improvements in the company's software delivery life cycle to enable high quality continuous delivery process.
• The candidate will partner with key stakeholders across the business including the Backend Software Engineers, Product Management, Infrastructure/DevOps and Security to advance the product roadmap

Requirements

Minimum requirements

B-Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.

• 10+ years in a senior role designing and developing large-scale web applications
• Experience using Node.js tools, backend tech stacks including Node, Python and Go
• Experience with testing (Cypress, Jest) and CI/CD platforms such as Bitbucket Pipelines and Spinnaker
• Experience with SonarCloud (Code scanning, vulnerabilities, code coverage, code quality etc) and Cloudflare (Caching, DNS, WAF, CSP)
• Experience using Monorepos using Nx (we have over 20+ FE apps in the same repo)
• Experience with Datadog, AWS services and using Terrafrom
• Hands-on public cloud experience - AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Heroku
• Strong understanding of containers Docker, Kubernetes
• Required experience in REST API development
• Polyglot developer with current hands-on development experience in a major framework - .Net Core, Java/Springboot, Python, JS/NodeJS, Nest.JS, Nuxt.JS
• Hands-on experience with low-latency messaging/queueing technologies - Kafka, rabbit MQ
• Demonstrable familiarity with CI/CD process, testing frameworks and practices with tools like git, Jenkins/Bitbucket pipelines, Spinnaker
• Knowledge of Monitoring and Observability Tools such as Dynatrace and DataDog
• Strong knowledge of application, data and infrastructure architecture disciplines
• Expert understanding of architecture and design across all systems
• Experience working within an agile development environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work in a dynamic, remote-first environment with a globally distributed team
• Learn about new trends and drive team discussions to improve the product
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Comfortable leading the frontend development team in big projects
• This is a hands-on role and code contribution daily is required

About the Company

We're not your average tech company we're a rocket-fueled, innovation-driven powerhouse that's changing the game. Our mission? To bring together the most incredible tech talent with companies that are shaping the future. We're talking AI, IoT, blockchain, and all the mind-blowing buzzwords you can think of!