Senior Software Engineer: Platforms

Senior Software Engineer:
Platforms at Nymbis Cloud Solutions

At Nymbis, we're committed to delivering exceptional cloud and infrastructure services that empower our clients. This Senior Software Engineer role is critical for ensuring the stability, scalability, and efficiency of our software. You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining software that enables our core and supporting services. This includes developing general‑purpose tools and systems, integrations, and automation solutions to streamline operations and improve overall system performance.

A key element of this role will be exploring and implementing Large Language Models (LLMs) and agentic workflows to enhance platform capabilities and create innovative solutions for our clients. Your work directly impacts the reliability, agility, and innovation of our service delivery.

• General Software Development:
  Design, develop, test, and maintain a wide range of software solutions, including standalone systems, integrations, automation scripts, and general‑purpose tools.
• Platform Tooling:
  Build and maintain essential platform tooling to support our infrastructure, including monitoring, deployment, and management tools.
• Automation Development:
  Develop robust automation scripts and tools using languages such as Power Shell, Python, and potentially others as needed.
• LLM Exploration & Integration:
  Research, evaluate, and implement Large Language Models (LLMs) and agentic workflows to enhance platform capabilities and create new client solutions.
• Software Engineering Best Practices:
  Employ software engineering principles, including version control (Git), testing, and documentation, in all development activities.
• Integration and API Development:
  Develop integrations with external systems and build/consume APIs to enhance platform capabilities.
• Performance Monitoring & Optimization:
  Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions to optimize efficiency.
• Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with operations, security, and development teams to ensure the platform meets their needs.
• Continuous Improvement:
  Proactively identify opportunities to improve automation, tooling, and platform architecture.
• Code Review:
  Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to standards.

• Grade 12 Essential
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred.
• Certification in AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Certified Solutions Architect, or GCP Certified Professional Cloud Architect.

• Strong Software Engineering Foundation:
  Demonstrated experience in software development, with a solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
• Scripting Proficiency:
  Expert‑level scripting skills in Power Shell and Python; familiarity with other languages (e.g., PHP, Bash) is a plus.
• Version Control (Git):
  Extensive experience with Git and related workflows.
• Cloud
  
  Experience:
  
  Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Knowledge of network routing and core principles.
• Strong understanding of Linux containers and virtual machines.
• Good understanding of software development principles.
• Demonstrable knowledge of infrastructure‑as‑code and automation.

• Proven software development, Dev Ops or system administration experience.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with Hashi Corp Nomad, Kubernetes, etc.
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code tools Terraform, Ansible, Salt Stack, etc.
• Circle
  
  CI, Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, etc.
• Experience with LLM frameworks and tools (Lang Chain, Llama Index).
• Strong knowledge of security exploits and their mitigations.
• Contributions to open‑source projects.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

IT Services and IT Consulting

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Location:

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa