Applications Developer

Role Summary
The Applications Developer designs, develops, and supports business-critical applications and system integrations that strengthen ElectroMechanica's digital capability. The role focuses on delivering secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions that improve business processes, enable reliable data flow, and support operational excellence.

Operating as an experienced specialist, the incumbent takes ownership of complex development tasks, contributes to sound solution design, and provides advanced support to ensure stable performance of enterprise applications. The role collaborates closely with business stakeholders and the broader IT team to translate operational needs into effective, well-architected technology outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deploy robust application components that support core business processes.
• Enhance and maintain existing enterprise applications, ensuring performance, usability, and long-term maintainability.
• Develop secure integrations between internal systems and external platforms using modern, API-based approaches.
• Ensure data is accurate, consistent, and appropriately validated across connected applications.
• Contribute to technical solution design, applying best-practice development patterns and governance.
• Produce and maintain clear technical documentation for solutions, integrations, and deployment processes.
• Participate in structured peer review, version control, and release/change processes.
• Provide advanced application support, including root-cause analysis and implementation of permanent fixes.
• Identify and implement opportunities for automation and process improvement through application development.
• Collaborate with business users to clarify requirements and deliver improvements iteratively.

Essential Requirements
Hard Experience & Skills

• 8+ years' experience in application/software development within an enterprise environment.
• Demonstrated capability delivering and supporting business applications end-to-end.
• Strong competence in contemporary development languages, frameworks, and scripting appropriate to enterprise systems.
• Proven experience building and consuming REST-style APIs (or equivalent service-based integrations).
• Solid understanding of application architecture principles, secure coding practices, and performance optimisation.
• Practical experience working with structured datasets and relational data sources.

Professional Capability

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose complex technical issues.
• Ability to translate operational requirements into technical designs and deliverable solutions.
• High attention to quality, reliability, and documentation.
• Effective communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritise workload, manage deadlines, and work independently when required.

Beneficial Requirements

• Experience developing within or alongside large enterprise platforms (for example ERP-adjacent systems, customer portals, or eCommerce environments).
• Exposure to cloud-hosted customer-experience or operational platforms.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and agile delivery practices.
• Relevant vendor/platform certifications or formal training in enterprise application development.
• Experience guiding or mentoring junior developers on practical delivery and coding standards.

Work Environment & Compensation

• Travel Requirements: Minimal.
• Working Hours: Standard business hours; occasional extended hours as business needs dictate.
• Compensation Range: In line with relevant industry benchmarks.

Organisational Context
At EM, we are driven by the purpose of
"Making connections, powering tomorrow."
We power our customers' worlds by integrating quality products into innovative solutions, supported by people who are passionate about service.

• Vision: Advance the lives of every person in Southern Africa sustainably through electrification and automation.
• Mission: Connect with customers by deeply understanding their evolving needs; promote brands and solutions to solve tomorrow's problems today; and partner across the value chain in a sustainable, easy-to-do-business way.

Values

• Open – We communicate honestly and transparently, listening deeply to differing views.
• Loyal – We serve our customers, colleagues, and manufacturers with integrity and dedication.
• Brave – We go beyond comfort zones, taking on new challenges with courage and vision.