# Engineer: Application Software

Reference: Rec000401-LL-1 We are recruiting on behalf of a leading South African engineering company that builds highly reliable, safety-critical and mission-critical systems for the defence and aerospace sectors. They are looking for a capable, motivated Software Engineer to join their Application Software team in Somerset West, Western Cape. You'll develop operator-facing software used in command and control (C2) and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, working within a formal software development environment. Duties & Responsibilities Duties & Responsibilities Develop application software, mainly operator-facing, mission-critical software for C2 and ISR systems. Own features from requirements through design, implementation and testing, across both front-end and back-end development. Research new domains and technologies well enough to understand user requirements and deliver features. Support production efforts related to application software. Produce project outputs, including design, testing, documentation, production and verification artefacts. Apply the company's engineering processes, plans and policies on each project. Take on minor support

- **Id**: 3847045
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/recruitpro-solutions-engineer-application-software-2>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Somerset West, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-22T07:01:10Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-10-22T07:01:10Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 16
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2253
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4497489
- **Name**: Recruitpro Solutions
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/recruitpro-solutions>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Embedded C** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Jira** — Optional: no
- **PowerShell** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **C** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 16

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T00:57:20Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 32
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 0.85
- **P active**: 0.497
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 15
- **Expected fill days**: 22
- **Reasons**: seen:15, agency, velocity, win:late, comp:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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