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Santam Limited is the largest short-term insurer in South Africa, with a market share in excess of 22%, providing short-term insurance products through broker networks and direct sales channels. The company was established in 1918 and offers personal, commercial, and corporate insurance solutions. Santam is a subsidiary of Sanlam Limited and has been listed ...
The role
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design, development and maintenance of key parts of the core insurance platform. Your ultimate goal is to ensure we utilise the latest trends and technologies in software engineering to continuously improve our backend services and applications. You enjoy moving fluidly between design, development, testing, debugging, performance optimisation, and leading complex technical projects from start to finish. You will report to the Head of Technology and work daily with a squad of designers, engineers and testers. You will be part of an Engineering team that will be growing to 14 team members by 2024. You’ll work closely with the other parts of the business (actuarial, marketing, operations and product) and the rest of the Engineering team, to deliver on our technology goals.
The team
The Engineering team builds and operates a modern, cloud-first digital insurance platform at the core of JaSure. The team owns the business layer, insurance engine and APIs that power our mobile app and partner integrations. The Engineering team has five main functional areas/disciplines:
The development philosophy
We follow Agile software development best practices and deliver software in Sprints. We believe in an iterative, design-thinking approach to product development and delivery. We automate what we can, keep meetings to a minimum, and have a continuous focus on quality and customer-centricity.
The culture
In short: We take responsibility for deliverables and treat each other with respect. We are building a business where the following are valued:
The environment and benefits
Responsibilities
Improve the quality of the platform.
Extend the platform.
Improve our team.
Our ideal candidate
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