{"id":1451306,"url":"https://alion.io/job/simplify-hr-proprietary-limited-developer-systems-integrator","title":"Developer / Systems Integrator","company":{"id":1891733,"name":"Simplify HR","domain":"simplify.hr","url":"https://alion.io/company/simplify-hr","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":null,"truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":390,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":33,"computed_at":"2026-10-13T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"junior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["South Africa"],"countries":["ZA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":300000,"max":300000,"currency":"ZAR","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":18254},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":2,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Git","optional":false},{"name":"GitHub","optional":false},{"name":"Go","optional":false},{"name":"JavaScript","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"MQTT","optional":false},{"name":"Nginx","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Rest API","optional":false},{"name":"Angular","optional":true},{"name":"Django","optional":true},{"name":"Node-RED","optional":true},{"name":"PostgreSQL","optional":true},{"name":"SQL","optional":true},{"name":"TypeScript","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-08-28T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-08-28","last_verified_at":"2026-09-29T13:23:43Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":null,"days_open":46,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":46},"description":"An energy efficiency, facility, and utility monitoring company based in Cape Town is seeking a Developer / Systems Integrator who will own live customer systems and make calls about data that clients bill on.\nResponsibilities:\nBench Commissioning & Go-Live: Build, configure (Modbus/MQTT/credentials), and test edge gateways in the Strand office. Direct field technicians remotely during site go-lives.\n\nConverters & Decoders: Write JavaScript to translate raw device payloads into scaled, named measurements. Correctly handle signed values, 32-bit registers, scaling factors, and unit conversions based on datasheets.\n\nPlatform Scripting & Automation: Write Python against the REST API for bulk device operations, data back-fills, key audits, and scheduled health checks.\n\nDashboards & Reporting: Maintain client dashboards, consumption emails, CSV exports, and alarm summaries that reconcile fully with raw telemetry.\n\nStandards & Documentation: Enforce and audit single measurement-naming standards across clients. Document technical changes inline and maintain issue trackers.\n\nDeployment & Server Support: Support Linux servers, Nginx, TLS certificates, service restarts, and version updates. Read system logs to diagnose offline devices or failed services.\n\nMinimum Requirements:\nExperience: ~2 years of relevant experience preferred. High-aptitude early-career candidates welcome.\n\nQualifications: No formal degree required. A portfolio demonstrating practical, real-world capability carries equal weight to a diploma or degree.\n\nTechnical Essentials:\nPython 3: HTTP APIs, JSON/CSV handling, custom error handling, retries, and pagination (without relying on heavy frameworks).\n\nJavaScript: Fundamentals for payload decoders (bitwise operations, numeric precision, type handling).\n\nLinux & Git: Command line operations over SSH, systemd, log inspection, Git/GitHub workflows.\n\nTechnical & Domain Advantages (Nice-to-Haves)\nProtocols & Systems: Modbus, MQTT, SQL/PostgreSQL, Nginx, Cron, VPNs, Node-RED, or PLC programming.\n\nLanguages & Frameworks: Django, Angular, TypeScript, or Java.\n\nBackground: Electrical/energy domain knowledge or personal electronics/embedded tinkering.\n\nBenefits:\nCompetitive salary based on experience (salary can potentially be more based on experience/skills)\nIF you meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move, apply today by emailing your CV to ","description_format":"text","description_chars":2434,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Professional Services","Human Resources","Recruiting Software & ATS"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-29T07:50:11Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":12,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":0.7,"p_active":0.381,"p_room":0.44,"age_days":46,"expected_fill_days":33,"reasons":["conf:328","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:junior,brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-13T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":18254,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/simplify-hr-proprietary-limited-developer-systems-integrator","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/simplify-hr-proprietary-limited-developer-systems-integrator.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-13T23:39:57Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":36054,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-14T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1891733},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1891733"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsimplify-hr-proprietary-limited-developer-systems-integrator"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsimplify-hr-proprietary-limited-developer-systems-integrator"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsimplify-hr-proprietary-limited-developer-systems-integrator"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/simplify-hr-proprietary-limited-developer-systems-integrator\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsimplify-hr-proprietary-limited-developer-systems-integrator"}]}