Developer at RMB - Rand Merchant Bank

Job Description
To develop innovative, reusable competitive solutions and contribute actively to a collaborative Developer community

• To collaborate with BDMs and Delivery Heads to make recommendations on the use of new and emerging technologies, which provide the competitive advantage and a clear technical roadmap
• To maintain stability of all technical platforms

Responsibilities

• Drive scalable and sustainable solutions built based on best development practices
• Continually scan the industry to identify opportunities to create strategic partnerships with key individuals and bodies
• Follow best practice and principles governance policy frameworks and utilisation of tools for the technology of the domain
• Understand and contribute to a knowledge sharing environment
• Produce a well operationalised solution on time that surpasses the requirements and performance expectations
• Adopt a framework centric approach to prompt feasibility and reduces failure demand
• Initiate dialogue to build professional working relationships with all stakeholders displaying excellent abilities to listen, advise, influence, negotiate and present at all levels
• Integrate opinions and information provided by various sources to make strategic decisions
• Engage in recruitment development, performance management, remuneration and rewards, career path planning, on the job training, coaching, and mentoring of development team
• Motivate, delegate, and empower appropriately, enabling direct reports to take responsibility and display appropriate creativity and initiative
• Demonstrate pride in the organisations brand services and products by consistently delivering on the brand’s promise
• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained
• Maintain a positive attitude and respond openly to feedback
• Plan and manage own workflow anticipating obstacles, juggling priorities and following through on objectives within agreed time frames and according to quality standards
• Take ownership of personal career development leveraging formal and informal opportunities
• Take accountability for promoting and actively driving team culture

Qualifications and relevant experience

• 10+ years of software development experience, with an emphasis on web application development
• 2+ years of team leadership/ management experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, Computer Science or related field
• The following skills and experience would be highly advantageous:
• Angular and Microsoft technology stack (including ASP.NET Core, SQL Server, and Microsoft Azure PaaS)
• Cloud architecture, AWS and/or Microsoft Azure
• Platform operations and DevOps practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automation, and collaboration between development and operations teams, to ensure efficient and reliable software delivery
• Knowledge of financial markets and debt capital markets
• PowerBI or similar Business Intelligence tools
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills