Job Description

Who are we?
Sanlam Fintech is a newly established digital first business within the Sanlam Group on a mission to democratize financial advice and solutions for everyone across the African continent. We exist to pioneer inclusive financial confidence helping people build strong foundations to bridge the gap in generational wealth. Our culture us that of agility and constant deployment, we believe in learning fast, learning cheap and learning forward. Our aim is to provide a work environment where knowledge workers can accelerate the development of their ideas and bring innovation to market, at the same time provide compelling career and development proposition that will enable them to realize their dreams.
Position Overview
The Senior Software Engineer position is a critical role, responsible for guidance of the wider team and deliveringefficient software in a high trust, high-performance environment. Comprising a diverse team of skilled,motivated and curious talent from both local and international locations, the role can be fully remote, hybrid oroffice based. Our relatively flat organisational structure lends itself to open communication, agility andcollaboration. The role reports to a Technical Lead (who reports to the Chief Technology Officer).
What will you do?
1.Strategic delivery: Contribute to the team's technical trajectory, ensuring alignment with major technicaldecisions and contributing to shaping our strategic goals.
2.Mentorship and Leadership: Enable the professional growth of more junior team members, nurturingtheir development into exceptional professionals while leading by example in our high-trust, high-performance culture.
3.Code Excellence: Deliver high-quality code, upholding our commitment to excellence and customersatisfaction.
4.Innovative Tech Stack: Utilize a modern, yet pragmatic Tech Stack to build a highly scalable distributedsystem, ensuring our technological capabilities remain relevant.
5.Continuous Learning: Promote a culture of continuous learning and innovation, demonstrating thispersonally - to ensuring we remain agile and responsive to business needs and market trends.
Qualification and Experience
Degree or Diploma in Computer Sciences, IT
8 + Years of experience
Programming Languages & Coding
Despite our language agnostic approach, proficiency in languages used in full-stack / back-end SoftwareDevelopment (Python, Java, C++ etc for example) is required
Proficiency at reading, reviewing, understanding code
Ability to articulate language differences, implementation and the build & execution process: For examplestrongly vs weakly typed, static vs dynamic, compiled vs interpretedData Structures, Algorithms & Algorithmic Problem Solving
Ability to articulate the pros / cons of relevant data structures for the use of minimum memory space andexecution in the shortest possible time. This includes situations in which a data structure would beapplicable, and why
Ability to suggests possible / relevant algorithms when developing and optimising solutions for time andspace complexity. This includes the ability to discuss options and trade-offs; also in instances where scopeincreases and solutions have to adapt
Engineering & Operational Excellence
Understanding of scalability, robustness, operational visibility and agility
Understanding of distributed systems and designing these solutions
Experience working on projects involving the design and implementation of scalable systems
Knowledge of services like AWS VPC, Auto Scaling, serverless computing, storage (EBS, S3), containers,DNS, etc) is preferred yet not a prerequisite. All experience with relevant Cloud-based technologies arebeneficial in this role
Understanding of / experience in monitoring, metrics, visibility, health, fault toleranceExperience with / understanding of load balancing and health checking
Experience with / understanding of APIs, auth
Experience with / understanding of databases and persistence
Experience with / understanding of scalable architecture for systems implementation
Technical Leadership
Experience / a keen interest in mentorship, teamwork and collaboration
What will make you successful in this role?
Develop deeper technical expertise in specific domains while maintaining a broad understanding of related technologies.
Increase influence beyond immediate team boundaries.
Improve ability to balance technical trade-offs with business needs.
Enhance leadership skills through mentoring and leading small teams or projects.
Begin contributing to cross-team initiatives and architectural discussions.
Show increasing awareness of business context and how technical decisions impact business outcomes.
Develop skills in breaking down complex problems into manageable components.
Build a successful career with us
We're all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes foryour future - your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves inhelping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters - Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Lifeand Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office - thegroup provides many opportunities for growth and development.
Knowledge and Skills
IT Data analysis
IT product enhancements
Software design and deployments
Platform management and integration
Business Requirements definition
Personal Attributes
Interpersonal savvy - Contributing through others
Decision quality - Contributing through others
Plans and aligns - Contributing through others
Optimises work processes - Contributing through others
Core Competencies
Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others
Customer focus - Contributing through others
Drives results - Contributing through others
Collaborates - Contributing through others
Being resilient - Contributing through others
Turnaround time
The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken tocomplete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.
Our commitment to transformation
The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.

Skills Required