Mid Java Engineer Pretoria

An exciting opportunity to work with South Africa’s leading provider of Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment (EBPP) solutions at a key client in Pretoria! This company is responsible for the creation and operations of some of the largest electronic services systems in SA with a strong focus on customer delivery and proud of their ability to assist customers in improving and modernizing their businesses. Their relationship with the leading financial institutions allows them to offer unique solutions to large corporate companies and a broad spectrum of government departments. * As a Mid-Tier Software Engineer, you will be required to work with the Java programming language, follow existing IT standards, policies and procedures to develop web applications and computer systems. * Working with other colleagues contributing to designing and developing successful software. * Responsible for system maintenance and new development as required by the senior software engineer * Responsible for committing code within specified timelines within the guidelines of the assigned team * Responsible for ensuring the quality of delivered code and will take charge of component development as required * Expected to provide maintenance and code enhancements for the production team * Expected to be actively enhancing knowledge of development principals, programming language development and elements of modern UI design and deployment * Required to deploy systems onsite at the customers from time to time * Expected to liaise with testing teams and where necessary directly with the customer * Work in accordance to the prevailing delivery methodology as defined by the business * Expected to be flexible with longer working hours * Expected to learn how to work well under pressure and motivate those on his/her team Formal Education/Qualifications: * BSc or higher in Computer Science or related field (ideal) * Minimum Diploma / JAVA programming certification Job related work experience: * 3-4 years experience in similar role * Experience with development of real-time web-based user interfaces * Experience with development of complex web-based portals * Familiar with software development lifecycle and processes * Familiarity with Financial systems and accounting concepts is advantageous Skills or knowledge * Java JEE * IBM MQ Series * Glassfish / Payara * Web Logic * Primefaces * Microsoft SQL Server * SOAP/RESTful web services * EJB * IntelliJ * Bitbucket * Jira Market Related - negotiable depending on qualifications and experience  Formal Education/Qualifications: * BSc or higher in Computer Science or related field (ideal) * Minimum Diploma / JAVA programming certification Job related work experience: * 3-4 years experience in similar role * Experience with development of real-time web-based user interfaces * Experience with development of complex web-based portals