Software Engineer at Old Mutual Plc

Job Description

• The role of Software Engineer – Senior Web Developer is responsible for the development of high-quality web solutions.
• This role requires participation in the development and maintenance activities of software and other digital applications or services.
• The incumbent will be expected to develop user-centered software and contribute to developing technical specifications.
• This role requires fundamentals in engineering practices, an analytical and data-driven approach to problem solving, while following DevOps, SRE and Cloud Based practices.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Follow Agile methodologies (SCRUM / Kanban)
• Work in a DevOps culture
• Work closely with multi-skilled and cross-functional teams e.g., architects, developers, UX designers, business
• Participates in team design, scoping and prioritization discussions
• Document & Design solutions at an Application Level with guidance from seniors
• Participates in team design, scoping and prioritization discussions
• Contributes to and develop technical specifications and software application architecture and designs
• Build cloud based functional web applications at an enterprise level
• Build Front-end and/or back-end solutions on the web digital channel/platform
• Implement complex Business Features and solutions autonomously
• Contribute to the technical roadmap and vision of the Digital & Data team
• Understand, communicate and/or translate complex procedures
• Writes secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects.
• Assumes responsibility for the state of the code you both inherit and produce.
• Responsible for getting designs and code reviewed,
• Writes unit tests and tests code thoroughly
• Classifies, stores, and handles data in accordance with Old Mutual policies
• Clearly documents software to ensure that future generations of developers understand the intention behind the features and components built.
• Knowledgeable of and implements coding design patterns
• Review and refactor code according to coding standards
• Refactor complex code to improve maintainability
• Provide after-hours support of applications (you build it, you run it)
• Understands the maintenance characteristics, runtime properties, and dependencies of the team’s software, including hardware platform, operating system and build dependencies.  
• In the event of a problem, troubleshoots, researches the root cause of problems, and thoroughly resolve defects. 
• Drive monitoring and alerting for solutions
• Continuously develop skills
• Seek to learn the business context and technologies behind teams' software.
• Work effectively with customers and/or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions
• Understand and contribute to the technical roadmap and vision of the Digital & Data team
• Seek to learn the business context and technologies behind the team’s software.
• Work effectively with customers and/or internal partners to understand business impacts and identify any opportunities/problems arising from technical decisions
• Research and share programming/technology-related advances to team(s)
• Build and test software prototypes
• Provide higher-level technical and programming support to fellow-developers/engineers
• Mentor and coach developers
• Research and recommend programming-related advances to team(s)
• Create and test software prototypes

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS

• First degree with relevant tertiary qualification
• 4+ years of experience in web application development
• Knowledge of, and experience in web frameworks and technologies such as:
  • .Net Core 
  • NodeJS
  • Kotlin
  • Asp.Net Core framework
  • Angular / Vue.JS / REACT
  • HTML / CSS/ SCSS/ Sass / Javascript / Typescript
  • Relational and Document-based Databases e.g., Amazon RDS, DynamoDB, Mongo, Postgres etc.
  • Containerisation technologies e.g., Kubernetes, Docker
  • CI/CD Tools e.g., Jenkins, AWS Code Commit
  • AWS (preferred) or another cloud provider such as Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform
  • IaC technologies e.g., Terraform/Cloudformation
  • Data Visualization tools e.g.  Data Dog, Grafana or similar toolchain
  • Test-Driven Development is one of our key practices.
  • Performance testing tools e.g., Locust/Jmeter/Gatling etc.
  • Static Analysis / Code standards (Linting)
  • Contract testing (e.g., Postman, Neman)
  • Collaboration tools e.g., Confluence, Jira, Microsoft Teams, Slack

• Familiarity with architecture styles such as Microservice and Serverless architectures
• Critical thinking, root cause identification skills and attention to detail
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Good communications skills and a team player
• Comfortable with pair programming
• Possess commercial and business awareness

COMPETENCIES

• Customer focus
• Multi-functional team collaboration
• Data-driven and attention to detail and big picture
• Action Oriented
• Continuous Improvement Management
• Automation
• Problem Finding and Solving
• Conflict management and resolution
• High EQ