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 SummaryApply critical thinking & problem-solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organized, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.Job DescriptionEngineeringTo build and maintain efficient solutions.The position is focused on proficiency using Python and its latest toolset, working with the ecosystem, and continuity looking at improving and implementing relevant technologies with a big drive towards data migration, automation, and efficient process management.Proficient skills in Python, Flask, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Docker, Rancher, Jenkins, and MongoDB.The successful candidate will be expected to drive their solution end-to-end and deliver high-quality tested code.To ensure that the Team maintains critical legacy systems that enable business continuity on a day-to-day basis and support incidents that require quick technical fixes.To provide the correct outputs, on time with the necessary documentation.Continuously looking forward, improving the current environments, and ensuring operational changes are aligned with the project strategies for legacy systems.Always keep the teams and overall company values in your everyday work tasks.Required key Skills (functional/technical) are OOP Python, Pandas, Flask, SQL involving PostgreSQL Databases, Docker, CI/CD using Jenkins, Git, and Bash, and Rancher.Proactive and accountable Python Developer to take initiative, drive results, and be responsible for outcomes.Quick analytical thinking and sound judgment enable you to understand and tackle system issues that occur when migrating a legacy code base.Effective communication and documentation are critical.PeopleConduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team.Support the people change teams in the development of user material (Customer, Employee & 3rd Party Adoption).Risk & GovernanceIdentify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post-release).Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization's technical standards and risk/governance frameworks.Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents.Required qualifications/experience:BSC in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field.+5 years' experience in SQL and Python.Min 4 years in working with databases, especially PostgreSQL.AWS experience is beneficial.Frontend (HTML, JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular) experience is beneficial.Experience in setting up and deploying applications to run in Docker (optional including Kubernetes).Experience in monitoring and optimizing Python applications with different levels of logs.Some experience in working in a multiple team and stakeholder organizations.Some experience in the financial insurance services industry experience (Advantageous).EducationBachelor'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.
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