Senior Software Development Engineer - Live at Winning Form… · Durban

Senior Software Development Engineer - Live

Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Technical Skills:

• C# & .NET Core
• RESTful APIs
• SQL & Databases
• Software Architecture & Design
• SDLC & Agile
• DevOps & CI/CD
• Testing & Quality Assurance
• Performance & Scalability
• Secure Software Development
• System Integration
• Production Support & Troubleshooting
• Couchbase, RabbitMQ & Kafka (Advantageous)
• Technical Leadership & Mentoring
• Problem Solving & Communication

Cultural skills:

• Technical Leadership & Mentoring
• Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing
• Problem Solving & Critical Thinking
• Communication & Stakeholder Management
• Accountability & Ownership
• Continuous Improvement
• Adaptability & Learning Agility
• Attention to Detail
• Customer & Quality Focus

Solution design, architecture & planning

• Contribute to design sessions, technical discussions, and documentation.
• Design solutions aligned to approved architectures and engineering standards.
• Ensure scalability, resilience, performance, and DevOps alignment.
• Define clear delivery goals aligned to development methodology.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and constraints impacting delivery.
• Evaluate options to optimize value and timelines
• Communicate plans, dependencies, and progress to stakeholders
• Maintain plans through agreed communication channels Solution delivery & performance optimization
• Deliver solutions meeting requirements, objectives, and acceptance criteria
• Ensure accuracy, reliability, and performance targets are met
• Build efficient solutions without unnecessary complexity
• Ensure code is reviewed, compliant, and improves the codebase
• Optimize system resource usage and capacity
• Maintain compatibility and stability across integrated systems Usability & user experience
• Deliver intuitive, efficient, and user-friendly solutions.
• Design clear, logical user flows and interfaces.
• Enable ease of learning through intuitive navigation.
• Minimize user errors through safeguards.
• Ensure accessibility, consistency, and user appropriateness Reliability & resilience
• Ensure stable performance under defined conditions
• Reduce defects from design, requirements, or implementation gaps
• Build fault-tolerant, resilient solutions.
• Enable data recovery and service restoration.
• Minimize downtime and operational disruption.
• Support scalability and system evolution.
• Implement diagnostics, traceability, and error handling.
• Support incident resolution and stability improvements Security & data protection.
• Protect data in storage, processing, and transmission.
• Enforce access controls based on authorization levels.
• Safeguard system integrity from unauthorized access or changes.
• Ensure resilience against attacks and failures.
• Implement logging, auditing, and traceability.
• Apply secure development standards across the lifecycle Maintainability & supportability
• Build solutions that are easy to maintain, extend, and modify.
• Apply consistent engineering standards and practices.
• Enable support teams to manage solutions effectively.
• Develop modular, reusable components.
• Provide clear technical documentation.
• Enable proactive monitoring and fault detection.
• Minimize defects and maintain overall system quality Testing, quality assurance & deployment.
• Enable effective automated and manual testing.
• Support QA and validation before release.
• Deliver deployment assets and documentation.
• Ensure compatibility across environments.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Operations for releases Incident management & operational support.
• Support teams to reduce escalations and improve response.
• Assist during incidents and contribute to SOPs.
• Respond to critical outages when required.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues to prevent recurrence.
• Recommend and implement improvements.
• Maintain production solutions and documentation.
• Assess and mitigate production risks Coaching & team development.
• Provide technical guidance and support.
• Mentor junior and intermediate developers.
• Promote best practices and knowledge sharing.
• Deliver training and supporting materials where required

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or similar field (advantageous).
• At least 3-5 years’ experience within a development environment.
• Knowledge of design principles and fundamentals of architecture.
• Demonstrated leadership/mentoring skills.
• Detailed knowledge of the SDLC and management of software projects.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• At least 3-5 years’ experience within a development environment
• 3-5 years SQL/ database Experience
• Preferably, Experience in document stores such as Couchbase would be advantageous
• Preferably, Experience in Message Brokers such as RabbitMQ / Kafka would be advantageous
• 3-5 years C# experience.
• 3-5 years .NET Core experience.
• 3-5 years of restful api experience.