Would you be eager to continually improve customer value and internal efficiency through quality, innovative software?
Our Managed Hosting team could use your skills, passion and experience to develop solutions that will help keep thousands of websites online.We are passionate about frequent, iterative delivery of high-quality software and aim to build lasting solutions using agile principles and the latest technology available.
We work together in autonomous teams that take full responsibility for their own part of the xneelo ecosystem and require commitment to and understanding of the Agile (Scrum) development philosophy.
The software development team is based at the company's head office in the Tygervalley area in the Western Cape.As a Software Developer, you will form part of a team that will be responsible for the development, integration and maintenance of in-house developed and 3rd party web applications, providing innovative tools to the power user, ensuring a seamless, intuitive hosting experience to our customers.Overall dispositionThe ideal candidate will have a passion for:Technology to serve operational and client requirementsProgramming, open-source Technologies and IT in generalOptimal systems and simple proceduresAgile development and a self-organising team environmentSharing ideas and innovationOngoing learning and improvementA high level of proficiency in the followingDatabase design and performance tuning (MySQL or similar)Software development within the Linux/Unix environmentAgile development practices (TDD, refactoring, continuous integration, pair programming)Microservice principles and development Understanding of and development using ContainersLinux systems administration skill will be an advantageResponsibilitiesDesign & development of backend software and APIsObject-oriented programming using a language like RubyDesign & development of frontend components using ReactSoftware development within the Linux/Unix environmentAgile development practices (team focus, continual improvement, automated tests, refactoring, continuous integration, pair programming)Effective communicationSelf-motivation and self-managementQualificationsBSc or BTech majoring in Computer Science will be advantageous, however, your ability to demonstrate your in-depth understanding of the web technologies and sound software engineering practices will trump a formal qualification.
