Junior Software Developer at eHealth Systems Africa

The Junior Developer is responsible for analysing, designing, developing, implementing, maintaining, re-engineering and troubleshooting customer's’ applications, whilst working with other team members using established procedures.

Keywords: JavaScript, Git, HTML, AJAX, CSS3

Duties and Responsibilities

• Plans, designs, develops, tests, and maintains web- and mobile-based applications
• Designs solutions attending to both business and technical considerations
• Analyzes user requirements, envisions system features and functionality
• Collaborates with product owners, team leads and other software developers  
• Works closely with end users to ensure technical compatibility and user satisfaction 
• Works on bug fixes and improving application performance
• Participates in the evolution of company level best practices, standards, and policies

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree from college or university in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems Technology or related field
• 1 - 4 years of experience in Software Development or an equivalent of education and experience
• Familiarity with JavaScript is desired. Alternatively, knowledge of either Java, C# or Ruby.
• Basic knowledge of software development life cycle (e.g. requirements, analysis, design, implementation, testing, and documentation) and execution models (e.g. Waterfall, Agile, Iterative Development, etc.)
• Basic understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• Basic understanding of databases, including SQL
• Familiarity with build tools
• Basic understanding of web markup, including HTML5 and CSS3
• Basic understanding of using data to drive decisions and data visualization
• Understanding of the differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
• Unit test and debugging skills
• Understanding of code versioning tools (Git) is a plus
• Fluent in English