Junior Software Engineer

SUMMARY:
A technology company in Cape Town is seeking a junior software engineer

POSITION INFO:
A technology company in Cape Town iis looking for an exceptional and passionate Software Engineer/Developer to join their dynamic Mission Systems and Software Tools team. Successful candidates will form part of a software development team developing software for user applications. The company performs formal software development for highly reliable safety-critical and mission-critical systems.


1. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Includes the following, but is not limited to:
1.1. Design, develop, and maintain mission-system-related software including software for payload control, payloads emulators, relay applications, mission logic, etc.;
1.2. Manage and optimise Docker environments for mission system appliances;
1.3. Enhance software productivity by maintaining CI pipelines, integrated development platforms (IDPs), and build systems;
1.4. Develop and support other general software productivity tools;
1.5. Play a major role in the generation of outputs for projects, including design, testing, documentation, production and verification artefacts;
1.6. Implement engineering processes, plans and policies as applicable to a specific project; and
1.7. Perform minor support roles within the company, if required.


2. REQUIREMENTS
2.1. Minimum Qualifications:
2.1.1. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (BSc) or Engineering (BSc Eng. / BEng).
2.2. Required Skills and Experience:
2.2.1. Proficiency with one or more general-purpose programming languages: Python, C++, Java etc.
2.3. Recommended Skills and Experience:
2.3.1. Practical experience with modern Python, particularly versions 3.10 and beyond;
2.3.2. Strong knowledge of the Python Standard Library and common third-party libraries such as lxml, numpy, and argparse;
2.3.3. Familiarity with markup languages and related technologies, including XML, XSLT, XML Schema, JSON, and YAML;
2.3.4. Proficiency with containerisation technologies such as Docker;

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