Intermediate Python Backend Engineer
Intermediate Python Backend Engineer
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Lets Write Africas Story Together!
Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.
Job Description
ROLE OVERVIEW
The role of the Serverless Backend Engineer is responsible for understanding requirements and building solutions under a serverless architecture model. The Serverless Backend Engineer reports directly to the Product Owner and the Chapter Leader.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Build solutions from requirements received from product owner.
- Be able to work in agile environment.
- Able to build POC solutions and demonstrate/present.
- Maintain a stable server with zero downtime
- Develop tools and applications by producing clean code
- Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting
- Review and debug code
- Develop software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems ow data usage and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle
- Mentor junior engineers
- Collaborate with team to brainstorm and create new products
- Be able to report on their work using agile tools such as JIRA.
- Be able to elaborate and document their work in confluence.
- Be communicative and proactive.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
Qualifications
- Relevant University Degree and Professional Qualification.
Experience
- AWS components such as Lambda SQS Dynamo DB
- AWS API Gateway
- Terraform
- Python 3.9
- Pytest
- Knowledge of Rest API integrations
- Openapi swagger
- GitHub actions for CI CD
- Docker and Docker compose
- Makefile
- Apache velocity language
- Proven experience as a Backend developer
The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit.
Design code develop test and implement integration and supporting application development components and systems. Perform business analysis and software analysis. May coordinate projects and perform system maintenance activities.OML roles mapped to this profile are: CICD and Platform Engineer Intermediate Platform Engineer API Software Engineer Platform Engineer LVL 3
Software Engineer ServiceNow Platform Engineer Intermediate Software Engineer
Software Engineer API Software Engineer Intermediate Web Developer Specialist: Network and Voice Software Infrastructure Specialist Lead Analyst Programmer OMF IT Analyst Programmer TIA Oracle Developer and Senior Front End Developer.
Responsibilities
Application Software Development
Develop existing applications and contribute to development of new applications by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop new routine applications to meet customer requirements.
Applications Software Maintenance
Monitor identify and correct more complex software defects to maintain fully functioning applications software.
Design and Conceptualization
Produce multiple concepts and prototypes to design digital products/services.
Technical Developments Recommendation
Discuss and recommend technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/applications software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users needs.
Application Software Road Map
Contribute to and maintain a roadmap to facilitate application software development and ensure the development work is prioritized in line with business requirements.
Faults Diagnosis and Correction
Provide fault isolation and resolution to limit and address issues promptly.
Documentation
Create and maintain complex technical and/or user documentation to a high standard.
Testing Information Technology (IT) Performance
Design and perform website/applications software tests and respond to user emails to monitor diagnose and correct performance issues.
Operational Compliance
Maintain and renew a deep knowledge and understanding of the organizations policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct and ensure own work adheres to required standards. Or identify within the team patterns of noncompliance with the organizations policies and procedures and with relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct taking appropriate action to report and resolve these and escalating issues as appropriate.
Information Security
Implement required security measures such as firewalls or message encryption and provide input on their design monitoring performance to notify security experts of any problems.
Horizon Scanning
Explore and develop a detailed understanding of external developments or emerging issues and contribute to the evaluation of their potential impact on or usefulness to the organization.
Data Collection and Analysis
Conduct research using primary data sources and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.
Analysis of As Is and To Be
Document as is and to be processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the to be capability to record accurately the change required.
Technical Database Support
Design distribution of basic database resources and provide physical modeling and design services to tune database applications for optimum performance.
Skills
Action Planning Application Development Business Process Design Computer Literacy Data Management Data Modeling Evaluating Information Identifying Customer Needs Information Technology (IT) Support Market Analysis Oral Communications Product Development Technical Support Technical Troubleshooting Test Case Management User Requirements Documentation Web DevelopmentCompetencies
Business InsightCollaboratesCommunicates EffectivelyCourageCultivates InnovationDecision QualityDrives ResultsEnsures AccountabilityEducation
NQF Level 7 Degree Advance Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate or equivalentClosing Date
10 April 2025 23:59The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
