SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Description

We are looking for enthusiastic and talented .Net Developers to join our rapidly expanding software development team. LexisNexis South Africa is the leader in the development of innovative software solutions for property professionals and consumers. There is lots of scope to learn new technologies and be involved in exciting projects for a Multi-national technology company. LexisNexis South Africa offers you the opportunity to join a dynamic team of people who are results-driven and passionate about what they do.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other software developers, software quality analysts, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain web- and desktop-based business applications
• Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code
• Analyze and resolve technical and application problems
• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement
• Research and evaluate a variety of software products

Desired Skills and Expertise

• Proficient with Microsoft .NET 4.6+ development using C#
• In depth knowledge and experience with SQL Server and core Microsoft .Net technologies including: WCF, WPF, LINQ and EF
• Experience with agile development methodologies including Kanban and Scrum
• Experience with debugging, performance profiling and optimization
• Good knowledge of web services and websites
• Knowledge of different design patterns and have experience implementing them (dependency injection, factory pattern, singletons etc.)
• Be able to write testable robust code
• Very good understanding of SQL (Stored procedures, functions, views etc.)
• Should be competent in IIS 

Advantageous

• Angular, JavaScript (JQuery, Typescript)
• ASP.Net, MVC
• CSS, HTML, Bootstrap/Less
• MS SQL Server experience 

Competencies

• Attention to detail (important)
• Ability to keep up with remote team members, team player
• Eager to improve and find the best solution
• Internally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment
• Strong communication skills with both internal team members and external business stakeholders
• Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes