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Junior Software Developer

Junior Software 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, particularly business rules and key technical decisions.
  • Research and suggest improvements to our existing systems.
  • Analyse, diagnose, and resolve software errors.

What we are looking for in a candidate:

Skills & Experience

  • 1-3 years of practical software development experience.
  • Experience with C# Core development.
  • Experience with Microsoft web technologies (ASP.NET MVC, Web API, and WCF).
  • Solid experience with SQL Server and an ORM framework of choice.
  • Experience in domain-driven design (DDD).
  • Experience in test-driven development (TDD).
  • Kubernetes/Microservices exposure will be advantageous.
  • Azure/AWS exposure beneficial.
  • DevSecOps CI/CD Pipelines beneficial.
  • RESTful service experience beneficial.
  • DevOps experience beneficial.
  • Optional experience with Kafka.
  • Optional experience with AWS services.
  • Optional experience with PostgreSQL.
  • Optional experience with Java.
  • ‍Strong commitment to customer service and service enablement.

Qualifications

  • Tertiary Education: IT Diploma or Degree in Computer Science or a relevant qualification.
  • Matric or equivalent qualification recognized by the Department of Higher Education & Training.

What the job will entail day to day

  • Operate and maintain the existing financial payments system.
  • Assess, develop, upgrade, and document application software.
  • Consult with colleagues, other teams, managers, and executives regarding 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 for improvement and stay up to date with new trends in software development and technologies that can benefit the company.

Personal Attributes

  • Good administrative and analytical skills.
  • Good verbal and written communication skills.
  • Stress management skills.
  • Time management skills.
  • Target-oriented.
  • 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.
Join us.

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Location
Pretoria East, Menlyn Maine
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Type
Full Time