Junior Developer

IT & TechnologyHybrid Remote, Johannesburg, South Africa


Description

Position at GroupM

The Junior Developer is responsible for assisting the more Senior Developers with specific development tasks which contribute to the overall application development.
Application Development
•Assists in the development of applications according to the client brief, ensuring adherence to quality standards and agreed deadlines
•Communicates progress in terms of the development to line manager and project manager/ campaign manager
•Raises any issues or concerns in terms of the development with the relevant line manager
•Rectifies any problems in terms of applications
Testing
•Performs own functional testing on code he/she has developed
Administration
•Identifies process improvements and highlight to management
•Documents all code accurately
•Provides feedback in terms of potential maintenance issues (code or systems needing updating)
Ensures all personal task and ticket queues are kept up to date
•Maintain the Yonder Media Wiki with details of projects, clients and technologies up to date
•Provides relevant reports as per business requirements
•Performs regular uptime monitoring for systems they have participated in
Key Requirements:
•Studying towards a Developer related qualification
•some development exposure with Open-source technologies (Solid development experience in at least PHP)
•Exposure to mobile technology and developing systems for mobile beneficial
•Some exposure to database development and maintenance experience (My SQL)
•Deadline driven
•Quality driven/ customer service orientation
•Accountability
•Creativity
•Strong detail orientation
•Time management skills
•Basic design skills