Job Description

Who are we?
MiWay is a direct financial services company. We are passionate about service excellence, convenience and offering our clients superior value products. Our Vision is to be a world-class direct financial services business that offers a complete array of services under one convenient umbrella - all managed online. We are positive that with the right people on board, we will continue to grow and give our clients the freedom to do things their way - free from worry and most importantly at peace with all the "what-ifs" of the world. Company values that every employee subscribes to are: Energy, Freedom, Accountability and Attitude. The ideal candidate is one who has the courage to be bold and subscribes to MiWay's core values! Do you have a positive attitude, love a challenge, treat your colleagues with respect and look for solutions, not problems? If yes, then MiWay is the place for you!
What will you do?
At Miway, our purpose is to enable people to live their way. We understand that life is not just about "things" - but the meaning that those things bring to your life. We believe that technology and innovation have infinite possibilities when it's inspired by humans... by you.
This is why we focus on our clients' needs; finding new ways to simplify their lives and how they do things. We give them products, services and solutions that enable them to live and enjoy life on their own terms - in their own way.
Agile values and principles are strongly embedded in our culture and they are at the core of how we make decisions and how we approach adding value within the company.
Our development department is grouped into various teams who service various areas of our business. Our teams are self-organising and given autonomy to influence the technical direction of our applications and shape the success of our organisation. We promote a flat structure which means that we are all equally responsible for the role that our department fulfills and how we add value to the business. Even though some individuals are tasked to take on more or alternative responsibilities, we do not promote classic titles and traditional structures.
In line with an agile principle, we take our level of technical excellence seriously. We place a vast amount of emphasis on coding standards and quality, and strictly adhere to them. All our code and solutions are reviewed by the whole department to promote knowledge sharing, and our testing community is empowered to make the final decisions on whether acceptance criteria are met.
Even though we require team members to have adequate working experience and a healthy attitude towards growing skills and participating in our industry, teams are not built around individual superstars and we prefer individuals who are more team orientated.
Interested? Well, we're looking to grow our team with a talented, passionate developer, who will be responsible for planning and developing world-class solutions within our cross-functional team. The ideal developer will contribute towards sustainable, intuitive, and functional solutions that meet business needs, while furthering our ever-growing technology-stack and applications.
What will make you successful in this role?
Minimum Qualification Required

• Matric
• Relevant IT degree or diploma will get preference

Minimum Experience

• 5+ years of working experience developing in Oracle SQL and PL/SQL
• Developing and maintaining packages, procedures, functions, views, and other database objects in the Oracle

Database

• Solid understanding of database architecture
• Understanding of software systems used in the development process: Code versioning (SVN), Release management (Crucible & Bamboo) and Issue Tracking (JIRA)
• Knowledge and/or working experience of the following will be advantageous:

o TIA (The Insurance Application)
o Oracle 12c upwards
o Oracle Forms
o Oracle Reports
o Performance tuning (SQL and PL/SQL)
o WebLogic integration
o Java
o Shell scripting
Deliverables include, but will not be limited to

• Plan, design & develop solutions within a team
• Conduct or assist with code quality reviews of solutions
• Conduct or assist with troubleshooting and debugging of developed solutions in development and production environments
• Attend and provide input in team and stakeholder meetings relating to technical and architecture requirements
• Conduct internal knowledge sharing sessions on developed solutions and best practises
• Contribute towards well documented, quality, tested and reusable code, ensuring development is followed through to completion that is in accordance with team standards and the solution specification

Competencies Required

• An intermediate developer should be comfortable working on, and completing tasks on their own
• Should understand and be comfortable asking for guidance, but needs to provide at least one or two possible solutions for a problem
• In-depth understanding of code quality, coding standards and maintainability
• Readiness to understand the system architecture
• Should understand (and try to implement) design patterns and principles (such as the SOLID principles)
• Ability to work on multiple projects (even if it takes you a while to get up to speed)
• Understand the need for, and write relevant tests for methods
• Willing to take accountability and ownership of parts of the system
• Should understand the processes followed by the team/business
• Should understand the business value (and be able to make suggestions) for a feature
• Ability to estimate the scope of a problem, with guidance from other developers if needed

Knowledge and Skills
ERP application development designs
System testing, analysis and reviews
Business Processes and business requirements definition
IT governance and compliance and risk mitigation.
Programming Standards
Personal Attributes
Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently
Decision quality - Contributing independently
Plans and aligns - Contributing independently
Optimises work processes - Contributing independently
Build a successful career with us
We're all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future - your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters - Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office - the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.
Core Competencies
Being resilient - Contributing independently
Collaborates - Contributing independently
Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently
Customer focus - Contributing independently
Drives results - Contributing independently
Turnaround time
The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. Deadline to apply: 05 September 2025.
Our commitment to transformation
At MiWay we believe in cultivating a positive and dynamic working environment that gives you freedom and opportunity to succeed. MiWay is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This is what drives us to achieve a multicultural workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, reflective of the demographics of our society.