Company Overview:
From its genesis as a dedicated mobile agency fifteen years ago, YONDER has evolved to become a full-service digital agency, and whilst we continue to provide high quality 360-degree digital solutions for our clients, in the past two years we have focused our efforts in positioning YONDER as a specialist brand solutions provider in the Meta and Web 3.0 ecosystems – as our primary growth vector.
Our offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town have created countless local and international brand success stories, many that still run to this day. The future is the present and we will continue to rocket to new heights, driven by innovation, fueled by technology, sculpted by over sixty passionate YONDERians, and inspired by our clients’ business transformation agendas. Meet us in the YONDERverse, where our team of experts provide the following services.
• ECOSYSTEM: Strategy consulting, tech set-ups and campaign execution across all Meta assets – and the fast-developing Metaverse infrastructure.
• E-COMMERCE: Social Commerce, Conversational Commerce, bots and messaging systems, lead generation systems, both within and outside (USSD, SMS, WEB) the Meta-ecosystem assets (WhatsApp and Messenger).
• WEB 3.0: We're at the forefront of a shift in the internet business model, from the attention economy to the ownership economy. This allows brands to create communities, not just audiences, and leverage the shift to unlock their competitive advantage. Underpinned by technologies like MR, AR, the 3D Web, Spatial Audio, Web3 and AI – these exciting emerging technologies enable brands to deliver new value and new experiences to consumers.
• YONDER TECHNOLOGY: Our proprietary YOMO platform underpins every technology solution we develop and powers some of Africa’s largest digital engagement assets for both local and multi-national brands. YOMO facilitates rapid multi-channel deployment of services and serves as an API aggregator with critical integrations available off the shelf.
Job Description:
The Junior Developer is responsible for assisting the more Senior Developers with specific development tasks which contribute to the overall application development.
Application Development
• Assists in the development of applications according to the client brief, ensuring adherence to quality standards and agreed deadlines
• Communicates progress in terms of the development to line manager and project manager/ campaign manager
• Raises any issues or concerns in terms of the development with the relevant line manager
• Rectifies any problems in terms of applications
Testing
• Performs own functional testing on code he/she has developed
Administration
• Identifies process improvements and highlight to management
• Documents all code accurately
• Provides feedback in terms of potential maintenance issues (code or systems needing updating) Ensures all personal task and ticket queues are kept up to date
• Maintain the Yonder Media Wiki with details of projects, clients and technologies up to date
• Provides relevant reports as per business requirements
• Performs regular uptime monitoring for systems they have participated in
Key Requirements:
• Studying towards a Developer related qualification
• some development exposure with Open-source technologies (Solid development experience in at least PHP)
• Exposure to mobile technology and developing systems for mobile beneficial
• Some exposure to database development and maintenance experience (My SQL)
• Deadline driven
• Quality driven/ customer service orientation
• Accountability
• Creativity
• Strong detail orientation
• Time management skills
• Basic design skills
