Software Engineering: Junior API Developer at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

The My Old Mutual team is a dynamic division within Old Mutual Limited, which seeks to drive digital engagement with customers by being at the forefront of digital development and innovation. Old Mutual’s longstanding history and unquestionable success in the financial industry, provide a solid foundation for expansion of its digital platform. The Digital & Data team applies customer-focused design thinking, agile and lean development methodologies, and continuous delivery practices.

The junior API developer is responsible for the development of high-quality solutions. This role requires participation in development and maintenance of software and other digital applications or services. The incumbent will be expected to develop user-centred software and advise on technical specifications. This role requires fundamentals in engineering practices, an analytical and data-driven approach to problem solving, while following the DevOps, SRE and Cloud Based practices.

Responsibilities

• Enabling teams by defining standards and building reusable artifacts for API development that not only suit their needs but retain a high level of security and reusability
• Implementing solutions with automation in mind
• Contributing to the technical roadmap and vision
• Researching and assessing programming related advances and feeding back to team members
• Creating and testing software prototypes
• Communicating complex procedures to colleagues

Experience & Qualifications Requirements

• Matric, with a degree in Computer Science/ Engineering/ Mathematics or related
• 1+ years of experience in software development
• Knowledge of technologies such as:
• Containerisation: Kubernetes, Docker
• CI/CD - Jenkins, AWS Code Commit
• AWS (preferred) or another cloud provider such as AZURE or Google Cloud Platform
• Confluence, Jira
• .Netcore/ Kotlin/Java
• Knowledge of Test-Driven Development
• Developing applications to meet technical specifications
• Knowledge of coding best practices
• Knowledge of agile methodologies (SCRUM / Kanban)
• Understanding of systems are scalable, responsive, robust, and secure

Competencies Required

• Attention to detail and big picture
• Action Oriented
• Continuous Improvement
• Problem Solving