Ozow: Software Engineering Graduates Program 2022

Ozow: Invites Unemployed Graduates to Apply for the Software Engineering Graduates Program 2022

Closing Date: Not Specified
Job Type: Graduates Intern
Location: Cape Town, Johannesburg, or Remote

Graduates Job Description

Be part of Ozow’s first Software Engineering Graduate Programme for 2023.  This will be a 1-year graduate programme. You will be working with a team of passionate technology professionals, developing with modern technologies, and solving tough problems. 

You will spend the first six months rotating between our Developers, Test Analysts, Technical Support, DevOps and Data Science teams. The last six months of the year will afford you the opportunity to choose which team you would like to be part of.  

Location of the position: 

• This position is based in: 
  • Cape Town,
  • Johannesburg, or
  • Remote. 

You are an ideal candidate if you have: 

• Currently enrolled in a National Diploma/ Bachelor’s/ Honours/ Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related fields at the time of application due to be completed at the end of 2022.  
• Ability to develop software in C#, Java, Python and other programming languages (polyglots preferred). 
• Knowledge of relational databases, SQL and ORM technologies (EF, NHibernate) beneficial. 
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases such as Redis, Riak, MongoDB, and others beneficial. 
• Experience developing web applications, with a good understanding of how the web works. 
• Experience with unit testing beneficial. 
• Understanding DevOps principals beneficial. 
• Experience in AWS and/or Azure beneficial. 
• Experience with containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes) beneficial. 
• A true believer of agile methodologies. 

Your skills and competencies: 

• Communication. You speak and write clearly and articulately without being overly verbose or talkative. You know when and how much information to communicate. You maintain this standard in all forms of written communication.  
• Flexibility/ adaptability. You adjust quickly to changing priorities and conditions. You cope effectively with complexity and change.   
• High standards. You expect personal performance and team performance to be nothing short of the best.   
• Honesty/ integrity. You do not cut corners ethically. You earn trust and maintain confidence of your team. You do what is right, not just what is politically expedient. You speak plainly and truthfully.   
• Innovation. You generate new and innovative approaches to problems.   
• Intelligence. You learn quickly. You demonstrate the ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information.  
• Proactivity. You act without being told what to do. You bring new ideas to the company.   
• Problem solving. You are able to solve problems by analysing situations and applying critical thinking in order to resolve problem. You are able to decide on courses of action and implement the solutions developed in order to overcome problems and constraints.  
• Teamwork. You reach out to peers and cooperate with supervisors to establish an overall collaborative working relationship.   
• Work ethic. You possess a strong willingness to work hard and sometimes long hours to get the job done. You have a track record of working hard.