Why join us?

24.com is the digital development arm of Media24, the largest media company in Southern Africa. At 24.com, we work on building the best experience for millions of users who visit our digital properties on a daily basis. We have a people-focused culture and we have a huge amount of fun while working together to execute fast. We keep our tech stack current and we’re surrounded by plenty of opportunities for learning and growth. We’re a happy team and we want to make the circle bigger!

 What will you do?

• Work closely with Developers, Designers and Product Owners to develop cutting edge products across the web and mobile space, using the 24.com platforms.
• Take the technical lead on larger, more complex projects.
• Drive low level solution design workshops with fellow team members during whiteboard sessions.
• Make a positive contribution to requirement workshops, or scrum events attended with a view on the broader needs of the group.
• Mentor, groom and knowledge share amongst team members.
• Assist and support Design, QA and the OPS teams during the various stages of the development life cycle.
• Develop enhancements and fix bugs on existing products.
• Perform Alpha Testing on all developments.
  

What will you have?

• Tertiary qualification in Computer Science, IT or Informatics preferred.
• 7+ years development experience working with ASP.NET and C#
• 3+ years development experience working with .NET Core
• Understanding fundamental design patterns and principles (SOLID).
• Good understanding of architectural practises
• CI/CD (Azure DevOps preferred)
  
• Experience in RESTful API development.
  • Advanced experience with JavaScript frameworks.
  • Client-side experience in HTML, CSS and SASS.
  • Experience in MS SQL Server and source control (Git).
    

 What will you need?

• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Self managed and must have the ability to work independently on projects.
• Ability to constructively help others and raise team performance.
• Flexible about learning new methodologies and technologies.

 Nice to haves

• Previous experience on scalable web sites with high traffic load
• Caching strategies
• Redis
• Typescript
• Elastic search
• Cloud experience (Azure beneficial)
• CI/CD

 Benefits of Working at Media 24:

• Flexible working hours - core office hours: 10am-3pm.
• Department wide tech stack: From Android, iOS, and React native to .NET Core, Redis, ElasticSearch, SQL Server, Azure, and GCP.
• Part of the Naspers group!
• The opportunity to learn and grow: Naspers MyAcademy — including free access to selected Udemy courses relevant to our tech and business.
• Opportunities to attend relevant tech events, conferences and expos.
• Optional medical aid and flexible retirement funding.

Given the employment equity policy of Media24, preference will be given to suitable candidates from the designated groups.