OMF Senior Software Engineer

Old Mutual; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Senior Java Software Engineer to join their dynamic team. In this role, you'll design, develop, and implement integration solutions while working across the full software development lifecycle. Your expertise will contribute to both new and existing applications, ensuring they meet customer requirements and maintain high performance. This position offers a collaborative environment where your insights will help shape the future of application development. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a similar role with a strong focus on Java development.
• Experience in Agile environments and with technologies like Docker and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain applications, ensuring high quality and performance.
• Monitor and resolve software defects while contributing to new application development.

Skills

Java

Docker

CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins)

Maven

Relational Databases

SQL

Git

Spring Boot

Webservices (SOAP and REST)

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Education

Matric or Grade 12 equivalent

Relevant tertiary qualification

Tools

Docker

Jenkins

Maven

Git

Spring Boot

Tomcat

Jetty/Netty

XML

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

Let's Write Africa's Story Together!

Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity, and our diverse talent reflects this.

Job Description

Design, code, develop, test, and implement integration and supporting application development components and systems. Perform business analysis. We are seeking a skilled and versatile Senior Java Software Engineer to design, develop, test, and implement integration solutions and application components. In this role, you’ll work across the full software development lifecycle, from analysis through deployment—delivering reliable systems and support for both new and existing applications.

Responsibilities

• The incumbent is required to develop existing applications and contribute towards the development of new applications by analyzing, refining, building, and checking areas for modification and improvement.
• Develop new routine Java applications to meet customer requirements.
• Perform Applications Software Maintenance.
• Monitor, identify, and correct software defects to maintain fully functioning applications software.
• Produce multiple concepts and prototypes to design digital products and services.
• Provide technical development recommendations.
• Discuss and recommend technical software developments to improve application quality and infrastructure to better meet users’ needs.
• Contribute to and maintain a roadmap to facilitate application software development aligned with business requirements and roadmaps.
• Diagnose software issues and L3 requests and resolve within SLA requirements.
• Create and maintain complex technical and user documentation to a high standard.
• Design and perform application software tests and respond to user emails to monitor, diagnose, and correct performance issues.
• Maintain a deep knowledge of organizational policies, procedures, and relevant regulatory codes, ensuring compliance and reporting non-compliance issues.
• Implement security measures like firewalls or message encryption and monitor their performance, alerting security experts to issues.
• Explore and understand external developments or emerging issues and assess their impact or usefulness.
• Conduct research using primary data sources for analysis of key themes and trends.
• Design database distribution and provide physical modeling and tuning for optimal performance.

Minimum Requirements

Matric or Grade 12 equivalent, relevant tertiary qualification, and at least 5 years’ experience in a similar role. Experience working with the following technologies in an Agile environment is required:

• Docker, Java, CI/CD (e.g., Jenkins), Maven, Patterns, Relational Databases, SQL, Source Control – Git, Spring Boot, UML, Web servers (e.g., Tomcat, Jetty/Netty), Webservices (SOAP and REST), XML, Kafka, RabbitMQ

Experience in the following will be advantageous:

• ANT, HTML, jQuery, Kubernetes, Object Databases, XSL, XSL:FO

Skills and Competencies

Business Insight, Collaboration, Effective Communication, Courage, Innovation, Decision Making, Results Orientation, Accountability

Education

Relevant education details not specified.

Closing Date

01 May 2025, 23:59

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 in question.

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