Senior Software Developer – Pepkor Vacancies

Job Overview

The Senior Software Developer plays a key role in solving complex technical challenges, delivering high-quality software solutions, and providing technical leadership within cross-functional teams. This role requires deep technical expertise, strong collaboration skills, and a commitment to system quality, performance, and resilience.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with team members to solve complex technical problems within areas of expertise

• Demonstrate advanced proficiency in software engineering with depth and versatility across systems

• Consistently produce clean, efficient, and maintainable code recognised by peers

• Proactively improve existing codebases by optimizing implementations and enhancing system quality

• Take ownership of planning, managing, and executing deployments with accuracy and care

• Share system knowledge to empower the team and promote a culture of continuous learning

• Design, implement, and maintain disaster recovery procedures to ensure system reliability

• Work effectively with cross-functional teams including Design, Legal, Data, and Risk to align technical delivery with business objectives

• Mentor and support junior developers through constructive feedback and onboarding guidance

• Escalate risks and issues appropriately while independently resolving feature-level and project challenges

• Champion non-functional requirements such as accessibility, performance, and security, and actively educate others on best practices

• Remain effective and confident in ambiguous or complex situations, leveraging organizational resources when needed

• Improve system observability by identifying gaps in alerts and runbooks and enhancing overall system stability

• Deliver high-quality work consistently, meeting deadlines while overcoming challenges and blockers

Minimum Requirements

• 8 to 10 years’ experience in software development

Technical Skills

• Strong expertise in C# and .Net Core

• Experience with Blazor Server, Blazor WebAssembly, and ASP.Net MVC

• Proven experience developing Web APIs

• Solid front-end skills including HTML, CSS, SASS, and LESS

• Proficiency in JavaScript and JQuery

• Experience working with MSSQL databases

• Exposure to Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban

• Proficient in Git version control

• Ability to work calmly and methodically under pressure

Advantageous Experience

• Exposure to UI/UX design tools such as Figma

• Experience building Progressive Web Applications

• Knowledge of PHP and React

• Experience with OAuth 2.0 authentication including AAD and Keycloak

• Familiarity with Azure DevOps

• WordPress development experience

• Experience with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipeline implementation

Competencies

• Strong problem-solving capability

• Ability to lead projects and technical initiatives

• Clear communication of technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

• Ability to remain structured, focused, and effective in high-pressure environments