Software Engineer (TypeScript, Python, AWS) (CPT/JHB/DBN Hybrid)
IT – Software Development
Cape Town – Western Cape, Johannesburg – Gauteng, Durban – KwaZulu Natal
ENVIRONMENT:
A dedicated Solar Partner for businesses across Asia and Africa seeks the coding talents of a Software Engineer to join its team and help take solar into a new realm with a new set of tools. The role will require creativity, innovation and a new way of thinking. You will monitor AWS costs and AWS services while improving the monitoring infrastructure and implementing REST APIs. You will also maintain and extend CI/CD pipelines. You will require 2 years of TypeScript and have experience with Python, REST APIs, GitLab pipelines and/or GitHub Actions for CI/CD, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFormation, Amplify, IAM policies and roles, S3.
DUTIES:
Specifically, the job requires taking ownership of the following for the Indian and South African teams –
- Monitoring AWS costs.
- Monitoring AWS services and improving the monitoring infrastructure.
- Implementing REST APIs.
- Extending and maintaining an existing Web Application and its Backend services.
- Setting up databases and running schema migrations as data models are updated.
- Maintaining and extending CI/CD pipelines.
- Checking requirements and requests make sense.
- Creating ETL processes and performing data migrations to clean up historical data.
- Assisting with the architecture and design of new software tools.
- Assisting with the design of REST APIs.
- Assisting with the design of data schemas.
- Assisting with the design of data pipelines.
- Handle administrative request such as access, roles, profiles, etc.
- Suggesting new technologies and ideas of improvement to the rest of the Digitalisation team to ensure the infrastructure is up to date.
REQUIREMENTS:
- At least 2 years of TypeScript Software Development.
- Experience with Python.
- Experience deploying and maintaining production services.
- Experience designing and maintaining REST APIs.
- Experience with data modeling and database schema design.
- Experience with GitLab pipelines and/or GitHub Actions for CI/CD.
- Experience with the following AWS services (or GC/Azure equivalents):
- Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFormation, Amplify, IAM policies and roles, S3.
Advantageous –
- Experience with the following AWS services (or GC/Azure equivalents) – VPC, EC2, RDS, Step functions.
- Experience as an AWS Administrator.
- Experience with Next.js and React.
- Knowledge of CRM technologies.
- Experience working for an international company or having studied or worked abroad.
ATTRIBUTES:
- A problem solver and a critical thinker.
- Ability to make decisions amidst uncertainty.
- Able to work independently and remotely while leveraging digital co-working tools.
- Detail-oriented.
- A creative problem solver.
- A dynamic, cross-functional team player, willing to take initiative on projects in the context of a multicultural scale-up trying to execute big, bold ideas.
- Open, honest, trustworthy, a strong communicator, and understands that what we get done as a team surpasses what we get done individually.
