Senior Software Developer

A unique opportunity exists to join a JSE-listed financial services organisation that consistently delivers strong growth and market-leading performance. The successful candidate will play a key role in designing and developing critical practice management, channel, and CRM platforms used by advisers and clients nationwide. This role is central to the organisation’s digital transformation, contributing to the development of high-quality, scalable, and secure software solutions. The candidate will also be a member of the CRM management team.
Key Responsibilities

• Align and build capabilities and services in line with strategic projects and architectural standards.
• Review the current software stack and guide improvements toward a microservices-based architecture.
• Provide technical input and guidance to developers, business analysts, and testers while maintaining strong collaboration with external development partners.
• Review and improve coding practices, ensuring adherence to development standards.
• Maintain a customer-focused approach to supporting users of the CRM platform.
• Collaborate with business analysts to assess and validate development requirements before submission for development.
• Work closely with business teams during pre-development and with testing teams post-development to ensure requirements are delivered as expected.
• Represent the development team in sessions and discussions with business stakeholders.
• Implement processes for gathering, reviewing, and analysing development requirements.

Minimum Requirements

• BCom, BSc, or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in software development.
• Expert C# development experience.
• PHP development experience.
• Front-end development experience with Angular, Bootstrap, and jQuery.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines in Azure development environments.
• Strong SQL and database development experience.
• Agile / Scrum experience.
• Expert understanding of the software development lifecycle.

Recommended / Additional Experience

• Strong knowledge of security principles and secure development practices.
• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Integration experience, including building and consuming APIs.
• Knowledge of Entity Framework.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to business stakeholders.
• Containerisation and virtualisation experience (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with CRM and client portal solutions.
• Experience working with cloud vendors and cloud-based platforms.
• Exposure to solution or software architecture.

The Reference Number for this position is PM61136 which is a Permanent Hybrid position based in Western Cape offering a cost to company of up to R1.04mil Per Annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Phindile at target="_blank or call her at 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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Posted on 19 Mar 10:42, Closing date 18 May