There is an opportunity in Cape Town for a Senior Java Developer who is comfortable working with C++ components. candidate will be working as part of a highly skilled dynamic team that build and support applications in a technically exciting and challenging industry. The candidate will be expected to design, develop, test, document and support applications written in Java as well as a few applications in C++ running on Linux. Requirements: • 5+ year’s recent development experience. • Formal Qualification • Strong OO development skills in core Java • Multithreaded, stand-alone server application development • Inter-process communications using TCP/IP sockets • SQL, relational database design and JDBC, preferably with MySQL • Strong JVM configuration and tuning experience • Following skills are a bonus, not a requirement: • Java Server Pages (JSP) • Java ME • FireFly, Glassfish, Spring, karaf or OSGI framework. • Design patterns • Communications protocols • Test driven development (TDD) • Linux • C++, Delphi, PHP or other language experience. • Strong OO development skills using C++ (not C or C#). • Experience with CMAKE • Understanding and practical use of the C++ standard template library. • Strong, practical, Linux skills (Red Hat and/or Centos is advantageous) • Development of multi-threaded, server side applications, using C++ • Inter-process communications using sockets (TCP/IP & unix sockets) Interested candidates can forward their comprehensive written applications to the following e-mail: (at) or fax to: (***)-***-****, you can also contact Kirstin on (***)-***-**** Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 3 working days after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.