Software Engineer, Backend Developer, Full Stack Developer

About us

Ninety One is an independent, active global asset manager with R3,9 trillion
* of assets under management.

Established in South Africa in 1991, as Investec Asset Management, the firm started offering domestic investments in an emerging market. In 2020, almost three decades of organic growth later, the firm demerged from Investec Group and became Ninety One.

Our distinctive capabilities sit within differentiated fixed income and credit as well as specialist equities, and we have a unique perspective and approach to investment opportunities presented by emerging markets and the energy transition.

* as at31 March 2026

Ninety One is an equal opportunities employer. Our imperative is to attract and retain the best talent by providing a corporate environment where people from varying backgrounds can develop professionally and build a rewarding career.

Our team’s chief mandate is to provide technical solutions for the various operations teams at Ninety One. Each member of our team is involved in consulting with stakeholders and other teams, designing, implementing, and supporting these solutions.

We need a software engineer with a passion for engaging with people and making their jobs easier through technology. The role will be embedded in a multi-disciplinary and self-organising agile software engineering team but day-to-day priorities and delivery direction come from the CRIMS technology team, whose focus is on the systems and workflows that underpin the trading lifecycle.

You will build, test, and maintain solutions across the CRIMS platform and its surrounding data and integration landscape, reducing manual and operational overhead through automation and tooling.

You'll play a direct role in the organisation's journey to transform how we work with AI - building the tooling and automation that helps our team lead by example.

• Design, build, and maintain integrations and extensions around the Charles River platform (CRIMS), including APIs, data feeds, and workflow automation
• Support Databricks/Azure-based data pipeline work
• Partner with the CRIMS technology team to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Develop and support systems using C# .NET and MS SQL
• Write comprehensive unit and integration tests to ensure system reliability
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements
• Support and enhance Azure-hosted services (e.g. Function Apps, App Services)
• Review code via Pull Requests
• Participate in agile ceremonies and technical planning
• Troubleshoot and resolve platform issues, including data quality defects and integration failures

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong proficiency in C# .NET and object-oriented design principles
• Production experience with RDBMS e.g. SQL Server, Oracle etc
• Understanding of API-based integration patterns (REST, GraphQL, or similar)
• Experience working in the Finance Industry
• Experience with Charles River IMS (CRIMS) or other order management systems (Aladdin, thinkFolio etc) advantageous
• Python development and Cloud platform development experience desirable
• CI/CD pipeline experience
• Experience with Agentic Engineering processes

• Strong written and verbal communication - able to explain technical detail to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
• The ability to ‘approach and own’ and continuously look for opportunities to develop
• A strong belief in doing the right thing
• A client focused and collaborative approach
• Intellectual curiosity