Specialist Product Engineer at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

• The Specialist Product Engineer (GPA) will be responsible for building high performing and scalable enterprise grade applications. This includes but is not limited to applying critical thinking, design thinking and problem-solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions & leading all phases of the development lifecycle to deliver. This role will be residing at the Glacier Office in Rosebank, Johannesburg, reporting directly to the Lead Product Engineer in GPA.  

Key outcomes

• The following outcomes will be expected to be achieved by Specialist Product Engineer
• DevOps: 
• Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem-solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions leveraging C# (.NET), Sql Server, Javascript/Typescript, ReactJs, Jenkins, Kubernetes, RabbitMq, Git
• Contribute to and in some cases lead all phases of the development lifecycle including e.g. design process
• Determine operational feasibility of solutions by evaluating analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development and proposed solutions
• Develop high quality software / application design and architecture in a test driven & domain driven / cross domain environment
• Quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions
• Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
• Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
• Create & Maintain Sophisticated DevSecOps CI/CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins for deployment to multi-site environments – supporting and managing your applications all the way to production). 
• Use & configure modern observability techniques to provide a deeper understanding of the application using AppDynamics, Instana and Splunk.
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes
• Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
• Work with guilds and other technical SME’s to improve and evolve technical products and services
• Apply unit testing frameworks and perform integration, validation and verification testing using Moq and MsTest
• Managing branching and merging in support of project delivery. Setup quality gates to ensure conformance to team best practices
• Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture, Security & Infrastructure guidelines
• Work with project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, testing, integration etc.
• Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applications
• Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices e.g. scripting languages, containerization etc.

What will you do - continued

• People
• Coach & mentor other engineers
• Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team
• Provide technical subject matter expertise and support in the attraction and recruitment of Product Engineers for the organization
• Support the people change teams in the design of adoption processes (Customer, Employee & 3rd Party Adoption)

Risk & Governance

• Identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post deployment)
• Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks
• Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents
• Deliver on time & on budget (always)

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualifications and experience  

• Relevant qualification in IT 
• 5  years’ experience in development lifecycle 
• Experience in an agile environment 
• Experience in coaching and mentoring other engineers
• Solid experience in reading code written in C#, Sql, Javascript/Typescript, Groovy and JSON/YAML
• Understanding of relational databases including stored procedures and ETL
• Experience in investments/LISP would be advantageous

Competencies

• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills
• Sound decision-making skills
• Flexible approach and ability to adapt 
• Experience of working effectively as part of a team

Attributes

• Positive, enthusiastic attitude
• Teamwork
• Ability to work under pressure
• Honesty, integrity and respect
• Self-starter and self confidence

Qualification and Experience

• Degree or Diploma with 5 to 6 years related experience.