Senior Software Engineer at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

• To deliver specialist technical expertise, leadership across the full solution lifecycle to direct the scope, design, quality and refactoring of complex software applications, systems and integration services, against required standards and timelines.
• To guide teams in the assessment and selection of suitable technologies/approaches, and lead the quality of end-to-end solutions, Engineering artifacts to deliver Engineering excellence and mentor other engineers.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement cloud-native solutions using Azure and AWS
• Lead infrastructure automation using Terraform, CloudFormation, and DevOps pipelines
• Develop secure applications using Azure Functions, App Services, ECS, Lambda
• Optimize cloud environments for performance and cost
• Build databases using Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, Entity Framework
• Develop backend services with C# .NET Core and RESTful APIs; frontend with Angular and React
• Monitor cloud applications using CloudWatch and Application Insights
• Mentor engineering teams and align technical solutions with business goals
• Innovate with AI/ML tools including Azure ML Studio and AWS SageMaker

Qualifications

Type of Qualification: Post Graduate Degree in Information Studies or Information Technology or related 

Skills Required: 

• Cloud Platforms: Azure, AWS
• Programming: C#, .NET Core, Angular, React, TypeScript
• DevOps & IaC: Terraform, Azure DevOps, GitLab, CloudFormation
• Databases: Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, Redis, NoSQL
• Security & Monitoring: IAM, Secrets Manager, Application Gateway, CloudWatch
• AI/ML Tools: Azure ML Studio, AWS SageMaker

Experience Required

Software Engineering

Technology

• 8-10 years - Broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the programming code to create the solutions.
• More than 10 years - 10+ years of experience in multiple technological fields, including solution architecture, with at least 5 years at a technical team lead level. Deep and broad experience required in multiple areas of technology (comb-shaped engineer). It is imperative to have experience in large, transformational projects, and the agile way of work.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Developing Expertise
• Developing Strategies
• Embracing Change
• Empowering Individuals
• Examining Information
• Exploring Possibilities
• Interacting with People
• Making Decisions
• Showing Composure
• Team Working

Technical Competencies:

• Agile Engineering
• API Engineering
• Automation
• Cloud Computing
• Continuous Delivery (CD)
• Continuous Deployment
• Continuous Integration (CI)
• Core Systems
• Data Engineering
• Design Thinking
• Error Budgets
• Incident Response
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Knowledge Management
• Microservices
• Non-abstract Large System Design (NALSD)
• Observability (Application and Web Analytics)
• Platform Engineering
• Policy as Code
• Post-incidence Analysis
• Reliability and Resilience
• Security Engineering
• Service Level Management
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies & Tools
• Software Engineering Methods
• Software Foundations
• System Integration
• Test-driven Design (TDD)
• Threat Modelling