This is a technical role including solutions design, development, implementation, testing, data conversion, documentation, and system enhancements. Accountabilities for this role include software development, systems analysis, interpreting functional requirements, and engaging with relevant stakeholders.
Software Development, Build and Release Management – ensuring high-quality input into the build and release management processes to ensure high availability and predictability of releases.
Technical role with about 70:30 split with direct contribution to code production, mentoring, and upskilling junior resources.
Develops, tests, and implements new systems and system changes in accordance with agreed coding standards and principles.
Performs Peer Review of the solutions being developed.
Contributes to Test Driven Development (TDD) Framework and upskills feature team members where needed.
Participates in both Automation and performance testing.
Assists Scrum Master and other team members in estimation of features.
Business Analysis knowledge and ability to analyse business requirements to be met by IT solutions and document it.
Ensures code commit standards and conventions are adhered to by the Development team, including but not limited to GIT, using agreed tools.
Actively contributes to improving the quality of code commit standards and conventions.
Defines and implements appropriate measures to deal swiftly with the coordination, communication, and resolution of unstable builds impacted by the feature team.
Ensures adherence by Software Engineering team with respect to the source code branch strategy.
Identifies and drives opportunities for continuous improvement and innovation.
Collaborates with various teams to enable an efficient, effective release pipeline.
Provides high-level and detailed design for business and technical solutions.
Coaching
Mentors developers through the whole development life cycle.
Shares knowledge and provides guidance to broader team members, including feature analysts and quality engineers.
Quality Management
Ensures technical integrity of the solution.
Ensures that all system changes align with coding standards and principles.
Continuous Improvement
Ensures adherence to organisational policies, practices, and procedures.
Identifies solutions to enhance cost-effectiveness and increase operational efficiency.
Service Delivery
Maintains service, quality, and desired outputs across the business process by ensuring compliance to tactical policies, procedures, and standards.
Establishes productive operational relationships with key stakeholders in the various channels and administrative teams.
Shares knowledge on, and participates in the creation of new standards, control systems, and procedures to maintain service delivery.
Manage Quality People Practices
Aligns own behaviour with the organisation culture and values.
Shares and transfers product, process, and systems knowledge to colleagues.
Collaborates and works with wider business teams to deliver required service levels.
Actively shares information with other team members regarding successes, issues, trends, and ideas.
General
This position is based in Johannesburg, Gauteng and is of a permanent nature in the insurance industry.
Working model is onsite or hybrid, Monday to Friday from 08h00-17h00.
Remuneration is market-related.
Job Type: Permanent
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