ZAR 1M – ZAR 2MSeniorFull Time
Lead Full Stack Software Developer
This is for South Africa based developers only - Cape Town area
Salary Range R110 000 - R140 000 per month
Summary
Lead Forensics is a leading UK based SAAS company with products in the B2B sales and marketing space. We’re seeking a lead level full stack software developer (10+ Years Experience) to add to the teams that build our customer facing products.
You’ll be technically leading work; involved from initial design through full implementation, iterating quickly on our modern tech stack (NodeJS microservices, Vue, Redis, SQL Server and SingleStore) and deploying code daily to production (in AWS) following the DevSecOps methodology as we respond rapidly to customer requirements.
TypeScript (5+ years experience) fluency is a requirement for this particular position.
Key Responsibilities:
Working with stakeholders, on initial solution design, scoping and system design.
Spiking areas of uncertainty in designs and building POCs as required.
Work with initiative managers to help break down work into deliverable Epics and Stories.
Turning user stories into code running in production as a high performing individual contributor developer or as lead developer and embedded architect in a small development squad.
Ensuring the quality, maintainability and operability of what you and the team build.
Supporting the product that the team has built as it runs in production and resolving issues.
Contributing to the design, architecture and implementation decisions for the product.
The ideal candidate will have:
An understanding of how to apply a commercial mindset when designing and building systems.
Experience of system design and domain modelling.
Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills, including competencies to work directly with customers.
Experience developing with clean code, SOLID principals and design patterns.
Experience across all areas of full stack development, ideally developing large scale SaaS platforms.
Experience of working in a mature CI/CD environment, continuously deploying stories every day, following the DevSecOps methodology.
A strong general aptitude for programming and problem solving. You’ll need to pick up new tools and techniques quickly and use them to solve problems.
A forward-thinking approach to accelerating production quality software development using AI.
Experience with automated testing and quality assurance.
An understanding of how to build systems that perform well at scale.
Enthusiasm for building secure systems and implementing security best practices.
Enthusiasm for driving high standards in software development and working with like-minded people towards achieving ever higher levels of efficiency and performance.
A technical/computer science degree or equivalent professional experience.
What we offer in return:
Employment with a fast-growing UK SaaS company; initially remote working whilst we work on our plans to establish our first South Africa office in Cape Town.
Competitive salary and benefits.
Be part of a fantastic company culture; we all display our Company DNA’s, foster a “One Team” and ‘Growth’ mentality.
Give back to the wider community with volunteer days, fundraisers and charity.
