Software Engineer,Full Stack Developer Job Bellville area,South Africa,Software Development

Who are we?

Sanlam was established as a life insurance company in South Africa but has since transformed into a diversified financial services group that operates across the African continent, India, Malaysia and selected developed markets, with listings on the Johannesburg, A2X and Namibian stock exchanges. In 2018 the Group celebrated its centenary as well as 20 years since demutualisation and listing in South Africa and Namibia.

Sanlam is one of the largest internationally active insurance groups in the world with a presence in 31 countries and has the biggest non-banking financial services footprint on the African continent.

The Group's five business clusters (Sanlam Fintech X, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz and Santam) house the Group's business operations. The Group Office provides strategic direction and support to the five clusters, assisting them in realising their strategies and meeting their business objectives. The Group Office is responsible for governance and for the Group's centralised functions, which include:
Finance, Actuarial and Risk Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Market Development and Sustainability.

Positions Overview

A Software Engineer that can take responsibility for new features and solve problems in any part of the code.
They typically have 5 years or more of software engineering experience. They may lead a feature
implementation but will need help with strategy and require guidance from mentors and peers. They should
work with Design and Product Management to improve features across the product and troubleshoot any bugs.

What will you do?

Expectations:

Take ownership of new features and deliver them from concept to production

Work independently and create solutions without constant direction

Effectively collaborate with the team to bring out the best in others

Focus on operational and code excellence during code reviews and feature development

Improve the team's development, testing and operational practices

Begin to work with Product Management and Design teams to understand business context

Participate actively in on-call rotations and handle incidents effectively

Identify and address small pieces of technical debt within their work scope

Demonstrate growing influence beyond individual tasks to impact the broader team

Qualification and Experience

Relevant Degree or Diploma in Bsc in Computer Science and IT

5 years of experience in Software Engineering

Programming Languages & Coding

Despite our language agnostic approach, proficiency in languages used in full-stack / back-end Software Development (Python, Java, C++ etc for example) is required

Proficiency at reading, reviewing, understanding code

Ability to articulate language differences, implementation and the build & execution process:
For
example strongly vs weakly typed, static vs dynamic, compiled vs interpreted

Data Structures, Algorithms & Algorithmic Problem Solving

Ability to articulate the pros / cons of relevant data structures for the use of minimum memory space
and execution in the shortest possible time. This includes situations in which a data structure would
be applicable, and why

Ability to suggests possible / relevant algorithms when developing and optimising solutions for time
and space complexity. This includes the ability to discuss options and trade-offs; also in instances where
scope increases and solutions have to adapt

Engineering & Operational Excellence

Understanding of scalability, robustness, operational visibility and agility

Understanding of distributed systems and designing these solutions

Experience working on projects involving the design and implementation of scalable systems

Knowledge of services like AWS VPC, Auto Scaling, serverless computing, storage (EBS, S3),
containers,DNS, etc) is preferred yet not a prerequisite. All experience with relevant Cloud-based
technologies are beneficial in this role.

Understanding of / experience in monitoring, metrics, visibility, health, fault tolerance

Experience with / understanding of load balancing and health checking

Experience with / understanding of APIs, auth

Experience with / understanding of databases and persistence

Experience with / understanding of scalable architecture for systems implementation

What will make you successful in this role?

Gain a solid understanding of design principles and how to apply them

Develop the ability to lead small projects or components with minimal supervision

Enhance problem-solving skills and technical knowledge across the codebase

Contribute to improving team practices and processes

Show skill in coaching junior engineers and providing constructive feedback

Start scaling through others by guiding other team members and delivering through them

Deepen understanding of business objectives and how technical work supports them

Knowledge and Skills

IT Data analysis

IT product enhancements

Software design and deployments

Platform management and integration

Business Requirements definition

Personal Attributes

Interpersonal savvy -…

Software Engineer, Full Stack Developer