Xneelo Vacancies

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1. Software Engineer
2. Backend Software Engineer (Ruby/Linux)
3. Head of IT Infrastructure

Software Engineer

Job description

Would you be eager to continually improve customer value and internal efficiency through quality, innovative software? Our Managed Hosting team could use your skills, passion and experience to develop solutions that will help keep thousands of websites online.

We are passionate about frequent, iterative delivery of high-quality software and aim to build lasting solutions using agile principles and the latest technology available. We work together in autonomous teams that take full responsibility for their own part of the xneelo ecosystem and require commitment to and understanding of the Agile (Scrum) development philosophy. The software development team is based at the company’s head office in the Tygervalley area in the Western Cape.

As a Software Developer, you will form part of a team that will be responsible for the development, integration and maintenance of in-house developed and 3rd party web applications, providing innovative tools to the power user, ensuring a seamless, intuitive hosting experience to our customers.

Overall disposition

The ideal candidate will have a passion for:

• Technology to serve operational and client requirements
• Programming, open-source Technologies and IT in general
• Optimal systems and simple procedures
• Agile development and a self-organising team environment
• Sharing ideas and innovation
• Ongoing learning and improvement

A high level of proficiency in the following

• Database design and performance tuning (MySQL or similar)
• Software development within the Linux/Unix environment
• Agile development practices (TDD, refactoring, continuous integration, pair programming)
• Microservice principles and development
• Understanding of and development using Containers
• Linux systems administration skill will be an advantage

Job requirements

Responsibilities

• Design & development of backend software and APIs
• Object-oriented programming using a language like Ruby
• Design & development of frontend components using React
• Software development within the Linux/Unix environment
• Agile development practices (team focus, continual improvement, automated tests, refactoring, continuous integration, pair programming)
• Effective communication
• Self-motivation and self-management

Qualifications

• BSc or BTech majoring in Computer Science will be advantageous, however, your ability to demonstrate your in-depth understanding of the web technologies and sound software engineering practices will trump a formal qualification.

Backend Software Engineer (Ruby/Linux)

Job description

Our backend software engineers make sure that when a customer hits a button in a Web application, magic happens on hosting infrastructure in a data centre somewhere in the world.

A large scale, mass-market hosting infrastructure is a complex beast requiring quality automation and processes to make sure it can scale and perform optimally, 24x7x365.

Product development at xneelo looks to the engineering of the backend infrastructure as a vital component of being able to delight our customers – by being part of transforming complexity into click-of-a-button simplicity.

We are passionate about frequent, iterative delivery of high-quality software and aim to build lasting solutions using Agile principles and the latest technology available.

We work together in autonomous teams that take full responsibility for their own part of the xneelo ecosystem and require an understanding of the Agile development philosophy.

Like what you hear? Well, let’s break it down:

Basically, you will be involved in

• Solving interesting and large scale backend technical challenges
• Being part of figuring out how we get better at what we do
• Looking for opportunities to innovate and optimize
• Understanding the needs of the customer in order to deliver innovative, robust solutions (In collaboration with the Product Owner and stakeholders of course)
• Supporting the customer from an operational perspective when escalated by the Client Services team

You probably have a passion for

• Programming, open-source Technologies and IT in general
• Optimal systems and simple procedures
• Agile development and a self-organizing team environment
• Sharing ideas and innovation

Job requirements

You have a passion for

• Design & development of backend software and APIs
• Object-oriented programming using a language like Ruby
• Software development within the Linux/Unix environment
• Software development using a containerization platform like Docker or Kubernetes
• Agile development practices (team focus, continual improvement, automated tests, refactoring, continuous integration, pair programming)
• Effective communication
• Self-motivation and self-management
• Life-Long Learning

Your qualifications include

• BSc majoring in Computer Science will be advantageous, however, your ability to demonstrate your track record of writing quality backend software is what ultimately counts
• A minimum of 4+ years of software development experience
• Minimum of 2 years supporting a large scale application in an operational capacity

If your experience includes the following, it would be great

• Thinking like a hacker and diving into the security details of the software you’ve built
• Experience with Rancher, Docker Swarm or other container orchestration platforms
• Understanding of database design and performance tuning (MySQL, Redis, etc.)
• Experience with DevOps on a linux based platform
• Experience with system administration on a linux based platform

Head of IT Infrastructure

Job description

Xneelo is a leading web hosting company – we see ourselves as business enablers, stimulating the economy by helping the business mass market to interact and transact online.

The Role:

We are seeking a visionary and experienced leader to oversee all aspects of our IT infrastructure. As Head of IT Infrastructure, you will be responsible for the various teams that design, implement, maintain, and optimise our hosting platforms, data center IT operations, Office IT services and cybersecurity measures. You will play a critical role in ensuring our infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure to meet the ever-growing needs of our valued customers. This role forms part of xneelo’s senior leadership team.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the IT infrastructure teams, fostering a high-performing environment.
• Promote autonomy, mastery and purpose, and strengthen the self-organising culture within teams to create an environment where people and product flourish.
• Working with your teams, develop and implement a comprehensive IT infrastructure strategy aligned with company goals and customer demands.
• Oversee the broad set of engineering and operational activities across the teams.
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure smooth integration of infrastructure with overall business objectives.
• Foster a customer-centric mentality within the IT infrastructure team, prioritising customer uptime and satisfaction.
• Structure your department to deliver on the strategic objectives of the business as efficiently and innovatively as possible.

Job requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum 7-10 years of experience in large-scale IT infrastructure management.
• Proven track record of leading and motivating high-performing IT teams.
• Strong understanding across the broad range of IT infrastructure technologies.
• Good understanding of cybersecurity principles and implementation of security measures.
• Excellent organisational, administrative, communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Alignment with our company culture of being customer-centric, efficient, competitive, excellence oriented and people-focused.

Selection of key infrastructure technologies employed at xneelo:

• Operating systems: Linux (primarily Debian and Ubuntu)
• Web servers: Apache, NGINX
• Mail server: Exim
• Databases: Mysql/MariaDB, PostGreSQL, Reddis, SQLite
• Configuration management: Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, Helm
• Cloud and virtualisation infrastructure: Openstack, Kubernetes, Proxmox
• Networking & security: Juniper core network, Fortinet, variety of pentest and vulnerability assessment tools

At xneelo, our sincere desire is that our team members are inspired by their success and able to operate with a high level of discretion and autonomy guided by our principles and values. We hope this appeals to you and look forward to hearing from you.

Join us and build a future where our customers are truly honoured guests!

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All the best with your applications.