Engineering · Full-time · Cape Town, South Africa
ABOUT US:
Kurtosys provides asset and wealth managers with a data and content publication platform that enables the construction and distribution of critical sales, marketing, and client reporting materials. Founded in 2002, Kurtosys operates across four global offices. Underpinned by global ISO-27001 certification in information security management, the Kurtosys team has a deep understanding of working at scale with data, information design, industry regulations and compliance issues.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
We're currently looking for a technically proficient, self-motivated and ambitious Software Engineer. This position requires a combination of basic to intermediate programming skills, namely Typescript and ReactJS.
For this role, the focus will be more on troubleshooting issues where you need to be able to think on your feet, finding the best possible solution to solve the problem for our clients and implementing new change requests.
WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO:
Solve problems by connecting the dots until you find the root cause of the problem within the clients digital solution
Assist on integrating our Kurtosys-apps into client sites where the requirement is a bit on the “special” and complex side as we need to account for various factors and business rules to be kept in place for some clients
Understand the digital world of web in terms of how HTML, CSS, API calls, JavaScript and other scripts on the page plays a role to retrieve data and present a web page or digital factsheet
Work with a wide range of systems, stakeholders, processes, and technologies to own and solve the business requirement
Provide creative options on issues raised by the rest of the Support Engineering team
Participate in Knowledge Sharing sessions and train and upskill with fellow team members
TECH STACK:
TypeScript
- NodeJS
- React
- Cloudflare CDN, including caching, security features, and worker functions.
- Docker
- AWS, including Lambda, ECS Fargate, S3.
- SingleStore (MemSQL), MySQL.
EDUCATION & TRAINING:
Intermediate experience in HTML and CSS3 essential
Intermediate experience in JavaScript essential
Intermediate experience in TypeScript essential
Intermediate experience in React & NodeJS
Software development background preferable
Agile training preferable
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:
Experience of front-end technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript and React
Experience with website troubleshooting
Understanding of client-server architecture
Knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs
SKILLS & ABILITIES:
Be proactive in your approach to ensure the solution is sound in the long run; or making a piece of new functionality more robust for any edge cases
Manage own timings and report those timings on the relevant time tracking software
Effective communication to team members, management and other individuals within the company
Raise any issues in a timeously manner, with some options to solve the problem
Ability to grasp custom functionalities built by Kurtosys into DXM in order to utilize these in existing implementations
Basic understanding of WordPress backend setup and process
Ability to handle multiple different client requirements and tasks
Good stress management skills
Be able to communicate effectively
BENEFITS:
Hybrid Working
Home Internet Allowance
Relaxed Dress Code
Open Culture
Flexible Work Hours
Employee Wellbeing Program
Generous Leave Policy
Ongoing Staff Appreciation Events
Access To Learning Platforms
Working With Experts Across The Globe
FINAL THOUGHTS:
We are an international SaaS based fintech company
We work with up to date technology, promote from within wherever possible, and encourage our team members to use initiative, think out the box and share their ideas.
We aim to transform how our customers - which includes the world's most prestigious financial services firms - drive engagement with their audiences.
Our aim is to give our customers the ability to target, knowledge share and nurture their community of prospects and clients to develop long standing relationships.
Get in touch to learn more.