Specialist Product EngineerApply remote type Hybrid locations Cape Town time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: December 10, 2024 (5 days left to apply) job requisition id R-15969963
Empowering Africa's tomorrow, together…one story at a time. With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary The CIB Technology, Absa Access Core Frameworks Feature team is looking for a .Net Specialist Product Engineer to apply critical thinking & problem solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
Job Description Absa Access is a Pan-African, single sign-on platform that gives clients standardised, secure, and near real-time access to their business portfolios and the banking services. This enables them to make informed decisions to drive the growth of their businesses, managing their finances with the speed and intelligence that the platform provides.
You will work on the award winning Absa Access Online platform, comprising of a core framework that offers services and an extensible application environment. The platform is underpinned primarily by .Net Core micro-services, a message bus and open source technologies, deployed via Kubernetes, into a cloud-hosted environment.
Key critical skills and experience required: B.Sc. Computer Science or Diploma in Software EngineeringMin 5 years relevant software development experienceExcellent understanding of specific coding / scripting languages eg. C#Experience with Kafka eventing, securing Kafka topics and practical experience of implementing listeners for events using C# .NETProficient in querying MongoDB and PostgreSQL, as well as practical experience of using .NET, to read and write from the aforementioned databasesPractical experience using Blazor .NET (advantageous)Solid understanding of Object Oriented Design and ability to properly apply general design patterns and paradigmsSome understanding of frameworks and libraries like JavaScript, jQuery, TypeScript, HTML, CSSSome experience / understanding with appropriate unit testing framework(s) eg xUnitAffinity for debugging and problem-solvingFamiliar with scripting languages like Bash and/or PythonKey Accountabilities: A team player is required to form part of a small development team, but collaborating with other small teams who have similar responsibilities, forming part of the greater ABSA Access Core Frameworks teamApply critical thinking, design thinking and problem-solving skills in an agile team environment to solve technical problems (Front End, Back End OR Middleware) with high quality solutionsContribute to all phases of the development lifecycleEvaluate analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development & provide recommendations to enable the operational feasibility of solutionsQuickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutionsEnsure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilienceApply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutionsSupport the development of CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps / similar tools and deploying to multi-site Kubernetes environments – supporting and managing your applications all the way to production)Use & configure modern observability techniques leveraging e.g. aggregated logging via ELK stackAutomate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Nuke, Azure DevOps, DockerDebug existing source code and polish feature sets using C# .NET.Work with integrated teams and other developers to improve and evolve technical products and servicesAlign all application development & development process to Group Architecture & Infrastructure guidelinesProvide input into project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, testing, integration etc.Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applicationsStay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices and continuously evolve existing knowledge & skill in preparation for cross domain and other experiences e.g. Secure Side, Testing, Infrastructure solutions etc.Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidentsEducation Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank. Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised. About UsTruly AfricanWe are a diversified standalone African financial services group, delivering an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth, investment management and insurance.
Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa's largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41,000 employees.
We own majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania (ABSA Bank in Tanzania and National Bank of Commerce), Uganda, and Zambia. We also have offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, a Technology Hub in Prague, and insurance operations in Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.
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