Front-End Developer; Expert

Front-End Developer (Expert) 2692 Open Source Intelligent Solutions
• Menlyn, Gauteng, ZA

Location:

Menlyn, Pretoria

Hybrid: 2 days in office per week

Contract:

3 years, renewable

Nationality:
South African citizens/residents preferred. Applicants with valid work permits will also be considered.

We are looking for an experienced Front-End Developer (Expert) to join a global IT environment, working on solutions supporting Supplier Call Off and Supply Chain Control products.

The environment provides standardized IT processes for demand planning, call-off creation and supply control, including Track & Trace capabilities for lot-size parts, with a strong focus on usability, user experience, operational stability and scalable solutions.

Frontend

• At least 6+ years' experience in front-end technologies:
• Type Script
• HTML5
• CSS
• Thorough knowledge of UI frameworks such as:
• Angular (Version 9 or higher) or
• React
• At least 3 years' experience with Test Frameworks, e.g.:
• Selenium
• Cypress
• Playwright

• At least 3+ years' developing experience in:
• Java (JavaEE) and/or
• Python (3.9 upwards)
• At least 1 year's experience with frameworks
  :
• Java:
  Spring, Spring Boot or Quarkus and/or
• Python:
  Flask or Django
• At least 1 year's experience with Test Frameworks
  , from Unit to E2E

• At least 1+ year Containerization and Orchestration
  :
• Docker
• At least 1+ year CI/CD, Pipeline Setup and Automation
  , e.g. Git Hub Actions
• At least 1+ year Automated Provisioning of Infrastructure and Applications
  , including:
• Infrastructure as Code
• Git Ops
• Terraform
• Ansible
• ArgoCD
• Monitoring and Logging
• Experience with ITIL Operation processes
  :
• Change Management
• Experience with public cloud providers, e.g.
  Microsoft Azure
• Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter

• Experience with Streaming solutions, e.g.
  Kafka
• Knowledge of developing and maintaining Microservices
• Experience with SAP systems (ECC, S4)

• Operations – 2nd and 3rd level
• Development of new functionality – backend and frontend
• Changes to the existing solution
• Development of automated tests for the solution
• Further improving automated test coverage
• Development of API to the backend
• Functional and technical refinement
• Maintenance and functional enhancement
• Support and error analysis during overall test cycles and rollouts
• Quality checks regarding development across all teams, including local, international and third-party supplier teams

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar qualification
• 6+ years' experience in Frontend development
• 3+ years' experience in Backend development
• 3 years' experience in Public Cloud (Azure)

This is an Expert-level position requiring the ability to:

• Negotiate through discussions and compromise across short-term operational, medium-term tactical or limited strategic matters
• Deliver complex outcomes requiring the integration of several nuanced systems and processes
• Provide guidance to lower-level employees
• Operate as an industry best-practice leader for a product or multiple products
• Create products or systems based on international best practice or guidelines from organisations that have implemented similar solutions
• Solve complex and escalated tasks requiring deep understanding of the product or service
• Lead team leaders who have their own team members