Where will the successful candidate fit in?

We are looking for a fast learning, self-driven, agile team-player to join our Full Stack Software Engineering Team. If you enjoy problem-solving and have big ideas that can make a difference, this might be the job for you.

Software Engineers in our team are responsible for researching, designing, developing and testing enterprise-grade software. We build and maintain a host of Web Applications, REST Web Services, Mobile Applications and we have a strong DevOps culture doing our own Automation & Orchestration on our VMware Cloud Stack & EC2. We use mainly Python and PHP, but the language is no barrier for us, and we readily experiment with new tools & platforms to satisfy ever more complex business problems.

You will be working in a fast pace environment with a diverse team of passionate engineers with years of engineering experience across industries, tech stacks, and languages.

We build awesome software that's responsible for processing enormous amounts of transactions, our central position in the business see's us having to orchestrate a broad array of requirements for our many stakeholders. This makes for an incredibly complex, high pressure but engaging work environment that always presents new opportunities for reinventing ourselves and our systems.

Engineers who enjoy blurring their domain of responsibilities and occasionally cross over into DevOps, Project Management, User Experience, and Analysis among other things tend to do very well at Octotel.

Our Tech Stack

Proficiency or interest in these platforms is welcome.

What do we do all day?

Build Mobile Applications

Produce, Maintain and Integrate with Various REST Web Services

Build and Maintain Django & Python CRMs

Build and extend Finance & Accounting System

Systems Analysis, planning and scoping

Engage with Stakeholders for requirements gathering

Collaborate with other departments on projects and technical issues

Requirements

7+ years of relevant work experience using Python and PHP

Having held some kind lead competency would be great

Evidence of implementation in new systems, tech, processes, and methodologies

A true passion for software development

Proficient in modern programming languages with a focus on Python and PHP

Full software development life-cycle experience

A relatively grounded understanding of Automated Testing platforms, such as unit testing and behavior-driven development

Some knowledge of continuous integration or automated deployment, orchestration on the cloud with containerizations

A well-grounded knowledge of source control. Extra brownie points for GIT and GITflow

A grounded understanding of OOP, MVC, DDD, and other software development patterns

A solid foundation or sufficient exposure in working with MVC frameworks such as Rails, Cake, code-ignitor, Zend, Django

Experience in agile or other development methodologies

A grounded understanding of SOA (Micro Services) and Rest API

Grounded Experience in working with & building REST API's

Experience with large scale business-grade software and heavily integrated systems

Articulate with Good interpersonal relationship skills

Ability to work with a diverse array of people with different values and concerns

Ability to work under pressure

An ability to acclimate to new systems quickly, and easily transition between problems

Advantageous to have experience with Kubernetes and containerisation

Angular

Javascript

SQL

Experience building RESTful APIs

Experience with GIS systems would be advantageous

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Medical Aid

Gap Cover

Discounted Internet Connectivity

Free Barista prepared coffee, breakfasts and snacks.

Employee Wellness Programme (ICAS). Providing free 24/7/365 counselling for you and your family in your household, as well as other health and wellbeing resources, provided by registered professionals.

Exposure to latest industry technologies and standards

Lastly, a work environment that rivals the very best!