BET Software seeks a Senior Software Developer to spearhead the creation and integration of complex software solutions. Responsibilities include designing, coding, and testing applications while providing technical leadership to the development team. If you're driven by ensuring BET's software quality and functionality, seize this opportunity to elevate your career with us. 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: Designing Solutions and Planning Designing fit-for-purpose solutions involves active participation in design and planning meetings, selecting appropriate architectural patterns, and establishing objectives for oneself and the team. This includes considering all reasonable factors, identifying potential alternative strategies, and formulating supporting plans while ensuring adherence to best practices. Implementation of Efficient Solutions The implementation phase focuses on delivering complete, correct, and efficient solutions that meet specified tasks and objectives. It involves ensuring checked-in code meets standards, performance requirements, and is compatible with other systems. Additionally, solutions must be user-friendly, reliable, and perform efficiently without negatively impacting other solutions. Ensuring Usability and Reliability During implementation, emphasis is placed on ensuring solutions are user-friendly and reliable. This includes designing solutions that allow users to achieve goals effectively and efficiently while providing a pleasing and satisfying interaction experience. Solutions must also perform appropriately under various conditions, respond to outages and failures promptly, and ensure data recoverability. Security and Maintainability Implementing secure and maintainable solutions involves protecting information and data, ensuring appropriate access levels, and maintaining data integrity. Solutions must be robust, durable, and capable of evolving over time to meet changing requirements. Moreover, they should support ease of modification, adhere to standards and methods, and promote reusability to reduce maintenance burdens. Testing, Verification, and Deployment Efforts are made to ensure solutions are test-friendly, complete, and adaptable for different operational environments. Additionally, proactive support is provided to peers, testing, development, and operational teams to minimise escalations and downtime. Troubleshooting and resolving issues effectively contribute to solution stability and efficiency. Coaching and Mentoring Lastly, coaching and mentoring activities involve providing guidance, training, and problem-solving assistance to team members. This includes contributing to the growth of junior and intermediate team members, designing and delivering end-user training, and facilitating knowledge transfer within the team. These efforts aim to foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement within the organisation. Living the Spirit: Actively drives a culture of collaboration and open communication within the team. Actively promotes authenticity and drives the spirit of diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging within the team. Actively drives a culture of versatility and adaptability by modelling and encouraging Team Members to support each other not only within the department, but within the business as a whole. Actively become a change agent and drive continuous learning within the team thus ensuring that the team approaches all tasks or challenges with enthusiasm and proactivity. 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. If you have not been contacted within 30 days, kindly consider your application to be unsuccessful. 1 person has applied for this job. 108 people have viewed this job. About BET Software BET Software is one of the most diverse betting software providers inSub-Saharan Africa, with a rapidly growing international footprint. Our multiskilledTeam is responsible for providing advanced software solutions, while supportingincredibly high transactional volumes in a fast-paced industry, making BETSoftware a lively and engaging place to be. Our progressive use of technologyenables our talented Team to work with the tech stack of their choice and weencourage an environment and culture that supports collaboration, learning andgrowth. We believe that our strength lies in our diversity and that Teamworkmakes the dream work, a place where you can flourish amongst like-mindedindividuals. We are a dynamic group of people that stem from a variety of cultures,backgrounds and locations. While our head office is based in Umhlanga, SouthAfrica we recruit talent throughout South Africa and Internationally. #J-18808-Ljbffr