Job Purpose
Responsible for the programming and development of Blue Label Group's applications and supporting software.
Provides advisory support through refining designs, practices, tools and processes to ensure the delivery of quality products to internal and external customers.
Key Responsibilities
- Development Lifecycle
- Design and development of secure, concurrent, event driven highly scalable transaction processing applications
- Conduct full stack development using multiple development languages focus on Mobile Development
- Conduct database development
- Promote and enhance team efficiencies using established tools, supporting applications and prototypes
- Automate tasks through the use of appropriate tools and scripting
- Perform development in accordance with specifications and Blue Label Group development standards
- Develop unit tests to ensure that requirements are met, and code coverage is adequate
- Create, document and implement component test scripts and test strategies Maintain technical documentation using defined technical documentation templates and prescribed policies and procedures
- Ensure that the requisite technical supporting documentation, in line with the established Blue Label Group development standards and internal policies is created and adhered to
- Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to identify, troubleshoot, investigate and resolve issues and improve product features, documenting any changes and resolutions as may be required
- Perform maintenance programming and address technical debt
- Participate in a peer review process where all work delivered must be validated according to the documented requirements and in line with the Blue Label Group development standards
- Ensure software is developed according to the Blue Label Group development standards and underlying technologies
- Review and refine high-level business requirements and transform these requirements into Functional Specifications
- Breakdown, prioritize and execute tasks to achieve product deliverables per sprint
- Provide estimates for initial high-level requirements and more detailed estimates for upcoming tasks for input into Sprint planning
- Recommend changes to improve established application processes and procedures