API Intermediate Software Engineer at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

• This is an intermediate development role and the incumbent must work with limited supervision . Accountabilities for this role include basic systems analysis, interpreting and executing test plans and developing specifications. The incumbent is individually accountable for achieving results through own efforts.
• Assists solution construction including programming, systems testing and correction of programme models.
• Interprets and executes test plans, or assists in developing test plans in conjunction with Systems Analyst, Senior Analyst Programmer or Business Analyst.
• Develops technical specifications / program specifications and some systems documentation.
• Responsible for basic systems analyst functions.
• May assist with analysing system design requirements.
• Advises Management on effective applications, covering areas such as maintenance, support, man-machine interface and data management requirements.
• Provides sizing and scoping for development work required
• May take the task lead with smaller work initiatives
• May coach and mentor junior / new staff (programmer).
• Works with limited supervision

Qualifications, Skills and Experience required:

• Matric certificate with relevant tertiary qualification
• AWS developer associate certification.
• AWS Serverless development
• 4+ years of software development preferably within insurance, banking, or telecom industries
• 4+ development of mobile android apps
• Expertise in .Net Core (Java & Kotlin and NodeJS a bonus)
• Understanding of event driven architecture
• Experienced in working with APIs
• Experience using Git
• Test-Driven Development is one of our key practices.
• Performance testing (Locust/JMeter/Gatling etc.)
• Static Analysis / Code standards (Linting)
• Contract testing (e.g. Postman, Neman)
• Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) are required

Closing Date

31 March 2023