Junior Software Development Engineer

• Good written and verbal communication skills. 


• Strong attention to detail.


• Communication and collaboration


• Problem-solving and critical thinking


• Architecture

Technical Outputs: 

Design Fit for Purpose Solutions & Algorithms.

• Design solutions using most appropriate approved architectural pattern. 


• Design solutions for multi-tier architectures. 


• Ensure design meets best practices and are Test, DevOps and Support friendly

Perform Planning 

•  Identify and establish objectives for self. 


• Work on objectives or goals within timeline. 


• Consider all reasonable factors, impediments, and obstacles

Implementation - Ensure the Solution is Functionally Complete 

• Deliver a solution which covers all the agreed specified tasks and user objectives. 


• Deliver a correct solution which provides the correct results with the needed degree of precision. 


• Ensure checked in code is reviewed to ensure standards are met.

Implementation – Ensure the Solution has a High Usability Factor 

• Ensure the user/s of the solution can achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction. 


•  Ensure the system logically supports user self-learning on how to use the system with effectiveness and efficiency. 


• Ensure the solution protects the user against making errors. 


• Ensure the user interface is pleasing and presents a satisfying interaction for the user.

Implementation – Ensure the Solution is Reliable 

•  Ensure the solution performs appropriately under agreed conditions for extended periods of time without the need for intervention (despite potential attacks). 


• Ensure all steps are taken to reduce the occurrence of faults due to misunderstood requirements, design errors, and implementation errors. 


• Respond to outages and failures when and where needed. 


• Improve fault tolerance even when operational conditions are not optimal. 


• Ensure the solution is maintainable, and actively seek methods to reduce down-time.


•  Ensure the solution is durable so that as user volumes and requirements change the solution can evolve over the long term.


•  Ensure the solution simplifies support and maintenance support through traceability, and effective error messaging.

Implementation – Ensure the Solution has Effective Security 

• Ensure the solution is secure, and confidential by protecting all information and data (also data transmission). 


• Ensure persons or other solutions have the degree of access appropriate to their level of authorization and types. 


• Ensure the solution has high integrity where the solution prevents unauthorised access to, modification of computer programs, data, or settings. 


• Ensure the solution has a high degree of survivability despite third-Party interventions (attacks, human errors, hardware, or software faults). 


• Employ logs and records so that actions and events can be proven to have taken place and cannot be disputed/ repudiated later. 


•  Ensure wherever actions can be traced uniquely to the entity which performed it. 


•  Ensure wherever possible the identify of an entity can be proved to be the correct one.

Implementation – Ensure the Solution is Maintainable 

• Ensure relevant documentation is provided to support teams to reduce development support burden. 

Verify Deployed Solutions 

• Ensure the solution is delivered completely and with the additional assets which are required to make installation/deployment as seamless and easy as possible.

Respond to Outages & Failures 

• Provide proactive support to Peers, Testing, Dev Support and Operational teams so number of escalations to the development team is reduced, thereby maximising development time. 


•  Provide support to the Dev Support when required during operational events and create or assist with the creation of SOP’s. 


• Be available to handle emergency outages and failures for your or your teams’ solutions. 


• Perform trouble shooting and effectively resolve issues to increase solution stability and reduce intervention required over time. 


• Recommend and execute approved improvements to development methods and solutions. 


• Provide quick resolutions to app/system issues, driving stability, efficiency and effectiveness. 


• Maintain solutions which have completed development and are in the operations phase. 


• Develop and maintain technical support documentation. 


• Assess risk and impact of production issues/changes and take appropriate steps to mitigate risk.

Behavioural Outputs:

Adaptably Resilient 

• Adapts to change and is open to innovative ideas and willing to take on new responsibilities. 


• Able to manage pressure and can effectively adjust plans to meet changing needs/demands. 


• Changes his/her interpersonal style and approach based on the circumstances. 


• Adapts behaviour to maintain cooperative relationships with others. 


• Accepts changes to task, plans and procedures to align with strategic direction of the organization and appropriately adjusts behaviour and activities to changing conditions. 


• Maintains a positive attitude in the face of change.

Decision Making Quality

•  Makes confident, timely, fact-based decisions drawing on a broad range of resources through collaboration with others. 


•  Ensures others understand the decision before moving forward. 


• Considers short- and long-term implications of the decision. 


•  Able to logically defend and explain judgements and decisions. 


• Takes steps to accurately define the problem before seeking a solution. 


• Bases decisions and evaluations on a careful and systematic review of relevant facts and information.

Resourceful and improving 

•  Generates new ideas and challenges the status quo, takes risk, supports change, and encourages innovation. 


•  Searches for opportunity to create new ideas and innovate or improve efficiencies wherever possible. 


• Solves problems through questioning the status quo.

Living our Spirit: 

•  Engages in cross-functional collaboration and problem solving whilst encouraging a culture of inclusivity. 


•  Actively drives a culture of versatility and adaptability by supporting other Team Members not only within the department, but within BET Software as a whole. 


• Shows up in an authentic manner and leverages off the team’s diversity to achieve deliverables. 


• Views challenges as opportunities to expand on their knowledge base and takes a creative approach to overcoming the challenges.

•  Minimum 1 years’ experience within a development environment is advantageous. 


• 1-year database experience is advantageous 


•  1 - 2 years server/ client-side language is advantageous 


• Good written and verbal communication skills. 


• Strong attention to detail.