OMF Senior API Software Engineer at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

• We are looking for a Senior API Developer who possesses the ability to define, develop, test, analyze, and maintain new software applications in support of the achievement of business requirements. This includes coding, testing, and analyzing restful APIs in Java. They must also have a strong understanding of the patterns and practices that revolve around server programming.

Responsibilities

• Design and program software solutions based on user requirement specifications.
• Manage the implementation of software solutions.
• Review the work of Junior Programmers and provide required coaching and mentoring to ensure quality of delivery as well as provide support.
• Investigate, analyse and resolve production issues escalated to Third-Line Development Team Support.
• Identify inefficiencies and work towards continuous improvement of existing systems and/or processes.
• Contribute to Old Mutual Finance body of knowledge (Documentation, Wikis, How-To Guides).
• Participate actively in Scrum delivery ceremonies (Stand-ups, Planning, Design Retrospectives and Reviews).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Work with outside data sources and APIs
• Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
   

Requirements and skills

• Proven software development experience and API development
• Proven working experience in Java programming
• Experience with Apache
• Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
• Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.
• 8 years Java experience and at least 4 years API experience
• A Matric or Grade 12 equivalent, relevant Tertiary Qualification as well as a minimum of 8 years’ experience in Software Design and Programming.

You will also need to have experience in working with the following technologies in an Agile environment:

• Java
• Restful/soap services
• Spring Boot
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Jenkins
• Source control – Git, SVN
• Patterns
• Relational databases
• Object databases
• SQL
• Web servers (e.g Tomcat, Jetty, Netty)