OMF IT Senior Software Engineer

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Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

Job Description

Old Mutual Finance is currently seeking to hire an Senior Software Engineer. This is a nationally based role that forms part of the Old Mutual Finance Information Technology Team. The objective of this role is to define, develop, test, analyze, and maintain new software applications in support of the achievement of business requirements. This includes coding, testing and analyzing software programs.

In This Role, You Will Get To:

• Conduct full System Design process.
• Draft implementation plans, write programmes according to business specifications, and conduct unit testing.
• Work closely with Business Analysts to ensure sufficient clarification of specifications.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to Junior Programmers.
• Contribute to Old Mutual Finance body of knowledge (Documentation, Wikis, How-To Guides).
• Identify inefficiencies and work towards continuous improvement of existing systems and/or processes.
• Participate actively in Scrum delivery ceremonies (Stand-ups, Planning, Design Retrospectives, and Reviews).

What You Will Need to Succeed:

A Matric or Grade 12 equivalent, and a Bachelor diploma or degree in computer related field with a minimum of 5 years experience in a similar role.

• BSc: Computer Science
• BSc: Computer Systems
• BSc: Information Technology

8 + Years relevant experience working with the following technologies in an Agile environment:

• Docker
• Swift
• Kotlin / Java (Advantageous)
• CocoaPods
• C++
• Source control Git, SVN
• XML/JSON
• Patterns
• UML
• Relational databases / Object Databases
• SQL
• Spring Boot
• Soap API
• REST API
• Unit Testing

Skills

Agile Environments, Analytical Thinking, C++ Programming Language, CocoaPods, Computer Literacy, Computer Science, Docker (Software), Git, Java, JSON, Kotlin Programming Language, RESTful APIs, SOAP APIs, Structured Query Language (SQL), Unit Testing, Version Control

Education

Closing Date

22 July 2024

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

Old Mutual Limited is pro-vaccination and encourages its workforce to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

All prospective employees are required to disclose their vaccination status as part of the recruitment process.

Please refer to the Old Mutuals Covid-19 vaccination policy for further detail. Kindly note that Old Mutual reserves the right to reinstate the requirement to vaccinate at any point if it is of the view that it is imperative to do so.

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