Software Engineer
- Full-time
Company Description
We are a leading international digital gaming company, underpinned by superior talent and technology. We operate a multi-branded strategy, using a combination of proprietary and licensed software to provide online bingo and slot gaming and a social gaming mobile application. Every day, millions of people worldwide enjoy our products - which includes meccabingo.com and grosvenorcasinos.com - on their mobiles, tablets and desktops.
Job Description
You will be involved with hands-on javascript development of web-based applications of our sports offering.
As a Software Engineer you are:
- able to analyse and design web applications specified as stories in backlogs and UX/UI designs.
- able to create detailed systems solutions utilizing Javascript, React, NodeJs and REST APIs.
- responsible to co-ordinate with UI designers, tech leads, front end and backend developers to make sure the full stack code is optimal and performant.
- responsible for development of features where you must: report problems on time, specify needs, and present developed features at the end of each sprint.
- having good working knowledge of software engineering principles and the whole software development lifecycle (SDLC).
- able to work on their own, as well as contributing to the team effort.
- able to work closely with all members of geographically distributed agile teams to deliver high quality code.
- able to participate in all agile planning meetings and stand-ups.
- able to take an existing piece of work and fix any issues associated with it.
- having strong affinity for software craftsmanship and a mindset toward Test Driven Development and perform unit and Integration level testing on all applications.
- constantly monitoring new technology trends, frameworks, and approaches that deliver the best possible applications.
Qualifications
Technical skills and hands on experience on as many of the following:
• JavaScript frameworks - React, Angular, Node JS
• Microsoft Azure Technologies – eg. Web apps, Azure SQL, Redis Cache, Cosmos DB etc
• JavaScript tool libraries - Jasmine, Protractor, Karma, grunt/gulp
• package managers e.g. nuget and npm
• pre-processors such as SASS or SCSS
Having proficient knowledge in working with:
• SOLID Principles
• RESTful Web APIs and JSON
• Code quality tools like JSLint or JSHint
• Solid understanding of Git, and GitFlow
• Continuous Integration Platforms (CI) Azure DevOps, Jenkins
• Agile Methodologies - SCRUM, KANBAN
• Task tracking systems e.g. JIRA
• Api documentation – apiary blue print, swagger
Additional Information
We work on a hybrid model, so we look at coming into the Cape Town based office around twice a week