Senior Software Engineer

Introduction

Octotel is an established and rapidly expanding Open Access Service Provider, specializing in Open Access & GPON connectivity.

We are Cape Town's largest Open Access Network focused on both Fibre To The Home (FTTH) and Business (FTTB).

Our fibre network has passed over homes and businesses in Cape Town.

We offer a choice of services from over 65 of the country's leading Internet Service Providers.

Where will the successful candidate fit in?

We are looking for a fast learning, self-driven, agile team-player to join our Full Stack Software Engineering Team.

If you enjoy problem-solving and have big ideas that can make a difference, this might be the job for you.

Software Engineers in our team are responsible for researching, designing, developing and testing enterprise-grade software.

We build and maintain a host of Web Applications, REST Web Services, Mobile Applications and we have a strong DevOps culture doing our own Automation & Orchestration on our VMware Cloud Stack & EC2.

We use mainly Python and PHP, but the language is no barrier for us, and we readily experiment with new tools & platforms to satisfy ever more complex business problems.

You will be working in a fast pace environment with a diverse team of passionate engineers with years of engineering experience across industries, tech stacks, and languages.

We build awesome software that's responsible for processing enormous amounts of transactions, our central position in the business see's us having to orchestrate a broad array of requirements for our many stakeholders.

This makes for an incredibly complex, high pressure but engaging work environment that always presents new opportunities for reinventing ourselves and our systems.

Engineers who enjoy blurring their domain of responsibilities and occasionally cross over into DevOps, Project Management, User Experience, and Analysis among other things tend to do very well at Octotel.

Our Tech Stack Proficiency or interest in these platforms is welcome.

PHP | Python | Ruby | Go | Django | Flask | RabbitMQ | VMware | EC2 | Lamda | Apache Mesos | React | Bootstrap | Foundation | Kubernetes | Docker | Swagger | MVC | Debian | Vagrant | Chef | Ansible | Git | Jira | Confluence | MySQL | GIS | GeoDjango | REST | Mobile App Development | Wordpress | Apache | Ngnix | HAProxy | Varnish

Duties & Responsibilities

• Build Mobile Applications
• Produce, Maintain and Integrate with Various REST Web Services
• Build and Maintain Django & Python CRMs
• Build and extend Finance & Accounting System
• Systems Analysis, planning and scoping
• Engage with Stakeholders for requirements gathering
• Collaborate with other departments on projects and technical issues

Desired Experience & Qualification

Package & Remuneration

Employee Wellness Programme (Lyra)

Providing free 24 / 7 / counselling for you and your family in your household, as well as other health and wellbeing resources, provided by registered professionals.

Exposure to latest industry technologies and standards Lastly, a work environment that rivals the very best

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