Job Overview:We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Application Developer to join our dynamic IT team at one of South Africa's leading banks. The successful candidate will be responsible for enhancing operational efficiency, delivering exceptional service, and developing robust applications that meet business needs.Key Responsibilities:Operational Efficiency and Cost Effectiveness:Increase operational efficiency and suggest solutions to enhance cost-effectiveness.Deliver exceptional service that exceeds customers’ expectations through proactive measures.Stakeholder Management:Cultivate and manage objective working relationships with various stakeholders, including end-users, SMEs, project managers, and senior staff members.Provide input to business requirements and present and sell concepts to clients effectively.System Development and Enhancement:Produce program specifications and implement system enhancements by addressing specific business needs and resolving queries.Code, compile, test, and implement applications in compliance with the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).Support development environments and ensure coding standards and peer reviews are adhered to.Governance and Compliance:Comply with IT development processes and meet governance requirements in terms of legislative and audit standards during programming execution.Assess, identify, and mitigate potential risks within the IT programming environment.Technical Specifications and Architecture:Produce technical specifications and architecture in accordance with agreed standards.Design, code, test, and debug to obtain robust solutions with supporting documentation.System Performance and Availability:Minimize system downtime through proactive identification of potential issues.Ensure minimization of recurring problems by managing defects and performing code reviews.Monitor systems post-change and conduct performance analysis to ensure there is no system failure due to capacity issues.Maintain maximum system availability by recording incidents for future reference.Personal Development and Team Support:Manage own development to increase technical and business competencies.Proactively engage with business units and colleagues to understand underlying needs and opportunities.Identify innovative IT solutions in a timely manner.Supervise the work of other developers and provide technical assistance to fellow developers and other IT team members.You Will Have Access To:Opportunities to network and collaborate.Challenging work assignments.Opportunities to be innovative.Resources to support professional development.We Can Be a Match If You Are:Curious & Courageous: Driven by always wanting to know more and learn more, and brave enough to explore new territories.Obsessed with Mastery: Committed to becoming highly skilled at what you do and constantly pushing yourself to improve.A Team Player: Believe in the power of teams, always contributing to and leveraging your networks.Innovative: Have the ability to think outside the box and solve problems creatively.Qualifications and Skills:Educational Background:BSc Eng, BSc Informatics degree, or any other related qualification.Experience:OCEP experience (ideally App OCEP).5+ years’ solid experience in Java 8 or the latest version.Experience with SOAP and Restful Services.Familiarity with JPA frameworks like Hibernate.Knowledge of Docker and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes.Proficiency in Gitlab, Spring Boot, Microservices, Maven, CI/CD, NLP, Atlassian tools, Jira, Confluence, etc.Experience with Agile Development Methodology. Please note that by submitting your personal information to Deka Minas you free-willingly issue the business consent to make use of such data for the specific purpose of securing you either permanent or temporary employment. Our business makes use of a POPIA compliant database and you have the right to access, right to correction and right to deletion of your personal information.