We Want You:

Take the leap into a role where your expertise will shape the future of software innovation! BET Software is searching for a Senior Software Developer in Cape Town, where you’ll play a key role in designing, coding, and refining complex software solutions. From leading development projects to mentoring junior team members, this position is perfect for those ready to drive impactful change and maintain top-tier software quality. If creating solutions that fuel excellence excites you, let’s bring your passion to the next level—apply today.

You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar field (advantageous).
• At least 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.

What You’ll Do:

Design Fit for Purpose Solutions & Algorithms & planning

• Actively contribute to design and planning meetings, discussions and documentation.
• Design solutions using most appropriate approved architectural pattern.
• Ensure design patterns used are increasing the organizational levels of high-volume transactional performance, resilience, automation and innovation.
• Ensure design meets best practices and are Test, DevOps and support friendly.
• Identify and establish objectives for self and team.
• Set objectives/goals based on the team’s chosen software development methodology to successfully complete projects.
• Consider all reasonable factors, impediments and obstacles.
• Identify potential alternative strategies and refactor approach for maximum benefit within the shortest possible time.
• Formulate supporting plans and communicate with others in terms of dependencies and impact.
• Publish plan to, peers and stakeholders through agreed methods.

Implementation of a solution that is complete, efficient and compatible

• Deliver a complete solution which covers all the agreed specified tasks and user objectives.
• Deliver a correct solution which provides the correct results with the needed degree of precision.
• Deliver an appropriate solution which facilitates the accomplishments of specified tasks and objectives comprehensively yet excluding unnecessary steps.
• Ensure checked-in code is reviewed to ensure standards are met and the code base is sound.
• Deliver a solution in which throughput rates & response and processing times meet stated requirements.
• Deliver a solution in which effective/efficient resource utilization of system resources occurs during operation.
• Deliver a solution which ensures the maximum operational capacity requirement is achieved or exceeded.
• Deliver a solution which performs efficiently and can co-exist with other solutions and does not have a detrimental impact on other solutions.

Testing, Verification and Deploying

• Ensure the solution is test friendly by creating effective mechanisms for test data, automated testing hooks and simulations.
• Ensure the solution is delivered completely and with the additional assets which are required to make installation/deployment as seamless and easy as possible.
• Ensure the adaptable solution delivered is appropriate for different or evolving hardware, software or other operational usage environments.

Respond to Outages & Failures

• Provide proactive support to Peers, Testing, Dev Support and Operational teams so number of escalations to the development team is reduced, thereby maximizing development time.
• Provide support to the Dev Support when required during operational events and create or assist with the creation of SOP’s.
• Be available to handle emergency outages and failures for you or your teams’ solutions.
• Perform trouble shooting and effectively resolve issues to increase solution stability and reduce intervention required over time.
• Recommend and execute approved improvements to development methods and solutions.
• Provide quick resolutions to app/system issues, driving stability, efficiency and effectiveness.
• Maintain solutions which have completed development and are in the operations phase.
• Develop technical support documentation and where possible/necessary, maintain the documentation.
• Assess risk and impact of production issues/changes and take appropriate steps to mitigate risk.

Coaching/Mentoring

• Provides guidance, training, and problem-solving assistance to other Team Members.
• Mentors and contributes to the growth of junior and intermediate Team Members.
• Designs and delivers end-user training and training materials.

The Company We Keep:

At BET Software, we don't just recruit talent, we cultivate it. Our learning and development programmes, our various opportunities for growth, and our well-deserved incentives are what keep our All-Star Team the best amongst the rest.

Please note that only candidates who meet the stipulated minimum requirements will be considered. If you have not been contacted within 30 days, kindly consider your application to be unsuccessful.