Development Engineer: Software

Purpose of the job:

To develop new & improve existing software products that are used in conjunction with DetNet’s blasting solutions. To contribute towards the DetNet team’s internal process improvement.

Required outputs: Functional

• Develop/integrate/interface with the various components that comprise our product suite to generate better blasting solutions. This includes blasting control equipment and detonators.
• Design and develop firmware/software solutions such as planning and simulation tools for efficient and safe rock blasting.
• Develop and optimise data handling and management systems.
• Solicit business requirements from customers and develop system technical specifications.
• Develop tests (according to best practise) throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Keep abreast of global technological developments in the mining and software engineering space in order to provide direction for software development projects.
• Support business strategy by aligning Software development activities with DetNet’s long-term objectives, customer needs, detonator technology development.
• Assist in the installation and commissioning of new software systems at client sites; interfacing with and ensuring the satisfaction of clients in this process.

Requirements

Qualifications and expertise required (Must)

• A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent.
• 5 years’ experience programming in a professional capacity.
• Software development experience using C++, Javascript C# and modern .NET / ASP.NET Core or other high level languages.
• Work with operational and analytical databases such as PostgreSQL and ClickHouse.
• Work with containerized deployment technologies such as Docker, Cloud Run and/or Kubernetes.
• Experience working with databases in a software/web development context and Cloud Platforms.

Qualifications and expertise required (Beneficial)

• Software development experience using Golang, QT and QML. (highly advantageous).
• Mobile application development at commercial level, Android/ IOS. (highly advantageous).
• Project management methodologies e.g. AGILE, SCRUM, Kanban etc.
• Experience using UX principles to develop user interfaces.
• Web application development at commercial level, with [JavaScript, HTML5, Angular, NodeJS].
• Experience using testing tools e.g. Selenium,  Postman, Playwright.
• C# and modern .NET / ASP.NET Core
• Backend service and API development
• Distributed and event-driven systems
• Apache Kafka or equivalent enterprise messaging/event-streaming technology
• SQL and database design
• Docker and containerised applications
• REST APIs and service-to-service integration
• Automated unit and integration testing
• Git and modern software development workflows
• CI/CD concepts and production software deployment
• Troubleshooting complex production systems using logs, metrics and application diagnostics
• Software architecture principles, dependency injection and modular system design

Personal Attributes

Competencies (skills, knowledge and characteristics)

• Strong mathematical and analytical skills
• Ability to work independently
• Highly motivated
• Hungry to learn
• Excellent communication skills (incl. technical writing)
• Resilience to adversity
• Team player

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