Backend Software Developer

Job Description

About us:

Fragomen is the world’s leading exclusive provider of immigration services. We are a firm of more than 6,200 immigration-focused professionals and staff spanning more than 60 offices worldwide. Immigration has been our sole focus for 70 years, and today we offer support in more than 170 countries. We are problem-solvers, innovators and established thought leaders in immigration, providing strategic immigration advice to a diverse range of clients from individuals to the world’s leading multinational corporations.

Fragomen’s professionals are respected thought leaders in the immigration field providing expertise to governments across the world including the US Congress, the UK Parliament, the European Union and the United Nations.

A career at Fragomen will provide you with the opportunity to work in an exciting environment for a broad range of clients, where no two days will be the same. You will face interesting challenges and you will work with dedicated, friendly and ambitious people, where providing exceptional client service is at the core of what we do. We are extremely proud of our diverse workforce at Fragomen and we are fully committed to providing equal opportunities.  We believe that our differences make us stronger.

About the team:

The Fragomen Global Development Lab (GDL) is an innovation group within Fragomen focused on developing and supporting technology solutions targeting business travel, mobility, and cross border employment compliance.

About the role:
The Backend Software Developer will be responsible for developing and maintaining backend services for supporting our web applications. The product you will be supporting is developed with a .NET backend, and relies heavily on integrations with MS Dynamics 365, however, as part of this role you will be working with the lead developer to refactor much of the solution into a cloud native application.

You’ll participate in the problem definition and solution process with a diverse group of developers, designers and business owners from around world.

Responsibilities will include:

• Develop based on the defined requirements and overarching architectural roadmap.
• Support and maintain a .NET API
• Review system errors to identify and rectify potential defects
• Collaborate with various teams within the business and in IT to ensure the developed solution is interoperable with other applications within the firm.

About you:

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate the below skills and experience:

• Experience in developing in a remote agile team.
• Experience with .NET REST API development, preferably with AOT familiarity.
• Ability to develop using FAST principals and with robust unit testing.
• Preferred experience with AWS cloud native development utilizing Lambdas, and Serverless Framework.
• Experience working with both SQL and NoSQL databases

Fragomen in Johannesburg:

The Firm has recently transitioned to a hybrid working model, which incorporates a blend of in-person attendance as well as working from home – our aim being to fully leverage our remote working technology and provide a balance for our people in the way that they work.

Whether in the office or working remotely, we are proud of our team spirit and we like to reflect this in the way that we work and everything we do. Our Responsible Business Practices (“RBP”) prioritises Fragomen’s social responsibility through one cross-cutting theme and five focus areas of Wellbeing, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, CSR including Pro Bono, Social and Sustainability. The RBP initiatives offer great opportunities for everyone at Fragomen to get involved and help steer a variety of initiatives and activities.

Fragomen is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity for all employees and applicants, regardless of race, ethnicity, heritage, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status.