This is a significant opportunity for a SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT to be the SOLUTIONS DESIGN LEAD (across the full SDLC) for the fastest-growing RETAIL Business across the African market.

 

Based in CAPE TOWN this SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT role offers a salary of R1.2m – R1.5m/annum.

 

(The role is also relevant and open to Senior Developers/Engineers who have coached Developers in Agile or DevOps or Automation).

 

THE COMPANY:

This is one of the most significant and fastest growing RETAILERS across the South African and rest of Africa markets. The business has undergone radical changes over the past 3 years and as a result have captured significantly more market share, by evolving into a tech-enabled highly customer-centric Retailer.

 

THE TEAM:

This team are responsible for Delivery of Solutions across the FULL SDLC - they take a birds-eye view of all SDLC Delivery across the business. They consist of expert Enterprise Architects, Solutions Architects, BA’s, DevOps, Testers, and Agile Leads.

 

THE ROLE:

As SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT you will look at DESIGNING SOLUTIONS at Specification Level - it’s about the nitty-gritty of design. You will act as a Senior Consultant for Design (application, database, software) where, as a design authority you will review all of the delivery teams designs and then offer coaching and mentoring to upskill across the individual delivery teams.

Essentially you will be the main steward of SOFTWARE DESIGN practices, responsible for ensuring that this RETAILER has world class software design resources, practices and standards and that these practises and standards are properly executed when delivering software changes.

 

Key responsibilities include:

Define the software design standards, processes and tools to be used.

Ensure adoption of defined software design standards, processes and tools with all stakeholders including other software engineering disciplines within the business.

Drive the continuous improvement of Software Design standards, processes and tools with alignment to international best practices.

Ensure resources performing software design practices are appropriately skilled.

 

REQUIRED SKILLS:

Strong Experience with Software Design modeling practices (UML, Activity diagrams etc).

Strong Experience with Software Design across all sub-disciplines (UX, Application and Database).

Experience with software development.

Experience with evolving and implementing software design practices and tools.

Experience in Identification and formulation of Standards, Artifacts, and Processes.

Demonstrated expertise in designing solutions to embrace micro services.

Demonstrated expertise in designing solutions to embrace the use of containers and container management systems (Docker and Kubernetes).

Project management experience of mid-sized projects.

This is an amazing opportunity to become the SENIOR Systems Analyst and OWN the design of fully bespoke systems for an international VENTURE CAPITAL firm.

Based in Cape Town this role is offering up to R500K

A really superb Senior Level Project Manager with extensive SOFTWARE PROJECTS experience is needed at one of the largest, global Financial Tech companies -  Currently working in a fully REMOTE capacity, you will ideally be based in either Gauteng or Cape Town and help this Fortune 500 firm deliver high level solutions to the most recognized financial institutions across sub-Saharan Africa.

This is a 6-month CONTRACT ROLE for a skilled SQL DEVELOPER – to join an innovative INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY.        

 

This SQL DEVELOPER Contract is based in CAPE TOWN and pays around R600/hour (R96K/month).

 

CONTRACT LENGTH:

6 month contract from the outset, and if it’s going well then, a further 6 month to 1 year extension.

 

THE COMPANY:

This INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FIRM has dramatically disrupted the investment industry to help people get dramatically better value for their long-term savings. They are a customer-centric tech enabled company scaling up to managing assets in value of R90bn.

 

THE ROLE:

This position needs someone who makes things happen, able to identify hypotheses and business questions, implement tests, analyze results, and influence decisions. You must enjoy adopting a data-driven approach to your work.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:          

Interacting frequently with business stakeholders to gather requirements for new development projects and translating these into solutions. This will involve designing, developing, testing and supporting the inhouse SQL based systems, and delivering new developments, recommend and deliver ideas for improving the systems and processes, and support wider innovations across the business.

 

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s degree in relevant Engineering, Computer Science or Mathematics field required.

Minimum 8 years SQL experience.

Experience ideally in Asset Management but we will accept other Financial Services experience.

Some experience using a BI reporting tool (e.g., QlikView, Tableau, Power BI etc.).

High proficiency in working with large data sets and business models.

Experience in commission systems and investment management systems would be ideal (but not essential).

Solutions-oriented, strong analytical and critical thinking.

Have an interest in e-commerce, building a brand and business.

Customer centric obsession.

A Senior Level Project Manager position at one of the most recognized Fortune 500 companies – instrumental in delivering projects at top financial institutions throughout sub-Saharan Africa, this is a cracking opportunity for a strong PM to work with some of the biggest names in the market. Whilst the position is fully remote, you will need to be either Johannesburg or Cape Town based.

This is an excellent opportunity for a JUNIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER – with C# .NET and ASP.NET backend development experience, and good knowledge of SQL – to join a leading INTERNATIONAL WEALTH ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY.

 

In this role you will gain experience in Azure Cloud, along with comprehensively learning about Asset Management and Trading Systems, Investment Management Applications and Products

 

This Junior Software developer role can be worked 100% REMOTELY (from anywhere in SA) and offers a salary of R350K – R400K/annum.

 

THE COMPANY:

Headquartered in London & established for over 25 years, this International WEALTH MANAGEMENT COMPANY has offices in both the UK and South Africa. They are an Independent INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FIRM with an enormously successful track-record, and current assets under custody in excess of £3.6bn, making them one of the most successful Independent Wealth Management Companies.

The TEAM of 15 Software Developers that you’ll join are all Senior Developers who will provide you with extensive training to upskill you technically, and also teach you about the full intricacies of Asset Management and Trading Systems, Investment Management Applications and Products.

 

REQUIRED BACKGROUND:

Degree desirable but not required

Microsoft Certification (MCSD or similar) would be great

Awareness of financial systems or accounting background a positive

 

Essential Skills:

C# .NET and ASP.NET backend development experience (.NET 5 & 6 desirable)

Good knowledge of SQL

Experience with REST API, JSON & AJAX

A love for technology and its application

Understanding of entire Software Development Lifecycle

 

Desirable but not essential - if you know them, great; If you don't, you will be taught the following:

Knowledge of Linux/Unix environments

Configuration Management Tools

HTML, CSS, JavaScript

You have an understanding of Cloud-based environments, Azure preferred

Git source control

Knowledge of SOLID principles

This is an exciting opportunity for a QA Engineer to gain leadership experience, while expanding their automation skills with TOP international DATA SOLUTIONS company.

Based in Cape Town this role is offering between R650K – R700K

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPER – gain Investment Management Data expertise with leading International Wealth Management Firm – REMOTE WORK – R350K – R400K

 

This is an excellent opportunity for a BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI) DEVELOPER to learn about INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT DATA by joining a highly successful & established INTERNATIONAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT Company.

 

This role offers 100% REMOTE WORKING (from anywhere in South Africa) and a salary of R350K – R400K/annum.

 

THE COMPANY:

Headquartered in London & established for over 25 years, this International WEALTH MANAGEMENT COMPANY has offices in the UK and South Africa. They are an Independent INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FIRM with an enormously successful track-record, and currently have assets under custody in excess of £3.6bn, making them one of the most successful Independent Wealth Management Companies.

 

THE ROLE:
Working within both the BI and Development Team, you must have a passion for data and a keen interest in Business Analysis. 

The role provides the opportunity to work with unique Investment Management business requirements and will require a Solution-driven mindset.

As BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPER you will use your combination of hard and soft skills to communicate effectively with the business and translate requirements into technical specifications to deliver business-focused solutions.

 

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Maintain and support existing reporting solutions (SQL, SSRS, SSAS, Power BI)

Develop and maintain SQL assets for reporting (stored procedures, functions, views, tables)

Develop and update technical documentation

Conduct unit testing

Perform troubleshooting

Learn inhouse development language (on the job training)

Learn unique reporting environment

 

REQUIRED SKILLS:

Knowledge of BI technologies such as Power BI

Knowledge of SSRS, Microsoft Report Builder

Knowledge of SSAS (specifically Tabular Models)

Understanding of dimensional modelling (star schema, snowflake)

Knowledge of DAX (query data in SSMS, create calculations in SSAS tabular model)

T-SQL

Basic knowledge of object-oriented and functional programming

Analytical mind with a problem-solving aptitude

Willing to learn and up-skill to become the best developer you can be

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATION, BUT NOT ESSENTIAL:

Degree in Information Technology or similar qualification

Training in relevant technologies (SQL, SSRS, SSAS, Power BI)

Become UX Designer for top Data solutions company at an exciting time as they look to transform their user interface to make it as INTUITIVE, INNOVATIVE and AESTHETICALLY pleasing as possible.

Based in cape town this position is offering R700K

 

This is an incredible opportunity for a SOLUTIONS ENGINEER to interact with some of the biggest names in the Fintech industry, understanding the challenges they face, and how they can be overcome by expanding the company’s solution.

Based in Cape Town this position is offering up to R760K