Full Stack - Front End Developer

Our primary task

Direct Transact enables banking and payment services. We do this by leveraging our domain knowledge to create customer solutions that are sustainable and affordable. We do this for banks and corporates, to drive financial inclusion. For over 23 years we’ve lowered the barriers to entry for banks, corporates, and financial services organisations, enabling them to compete on equal footing with international and local tier 1 banks.

How we started

Direct Transact (Pty) Ltd originated through a management buy-out of the Electronic Banking Division of a former South African Retail Bank, in September 2002.Direct Transact soon became the first Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) and Payments-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider to the financial services industries in South Africa.

From the start, our company has specialised in providing services to the banking, retail, and corporate industries, offering turnkey solutions relating to any form of electronic transaction processing and account hosting services. A complete technology refresh has elevated our cutting-edge solution ensuring that it is geared to servicing our customers in a rapidly evolving marketplace.

We own all our intellectual property and are not dependent on any 3rd-party vendor for our service or software. Today, the majority of all clearing and settlement banks in South Africa are Direct Transact customers.

Your role

Design and develop robust, testable, and maintainable software solutions.
Document software, in particular business rules and key technical decisions.
Research and make suggestions on how to improve our existing systems.
Analyse, diagnose and resolve software errors.

What we are looking for in a candidate:

Special Requirements

Must live within surrounding Pretoria areas.
Willing to work overtime.
Perform standby duties.
Have clear Credit and Criminal Records.

Skills & Experience

At least 1 – 2 years’ experience as a Front End Developer or a similar role working with the following technologies:
- HTML
- CSS
- TypeScript
- React
- React Native
- Experience with NextJS beneficial
- Experience with Tailwind beneficial
- Experience with React Query beneficial
- Experience with MSSQL beneficial
- Azure exposure beneficial
- DevOps CI/CD Pipelines beneficial
- Restful service experience beneficial

Qualifications

Tertiary Education: Degree in Computer Science or Relevant equivalent IT Diploma.
- (IT Diploma with 1 year’s work experience)
Matric or equivalent qualification recognised by the Department of Higher Education & Training.

What the job will entail day to day

Assess, develop, upgrade and document application software.
Consulting with fellow colleagues, other teams, managers & executives concerning enhancements and development of the application software.
Document and direct software testing and validation procedures.
Research, analyse and evaluate requirements for software applications.
Advise on areas that could be improved on and keep up to date with new trends in software development and technologies that can be used to benefit the Company.

Personal Attributes

Good administrative and analytical skills.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Stress management skills.
Time management skills.
Target orientated.
Decision-making skills.
Problem solving skills.
Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
Focused.
Dedicated.
High level of personal integrity and ethics.

We'd like to meet you

We have a mission, but we won't succeed unless we hire good people like you.
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Location

Pretoria East, Menlyn Maine

Type

Full Time

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