Software Engineering: Junior API Developer - Pineland, United States - Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (SA) Ltd

Description

Your time is now to be your exceptional best at Old Mutual
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

Skills
Education
Closing Date
"Old Mutual Limited has decided to adopt the mandatory vaccination policy requiring its workforce to be fully vaccinated by 1 March 2022.
All

prospective employees are required to disclose their vaccination certificates or cards as part of the recruitment process."

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