Associate Analyst Developer

FNZ; Johannesburg; On-site; USD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking passionate junior developers to join their dynamic team. This exciting entry-level role offers a unique opportunity to learn and develop essential business, technical, and professional skills in a collaborative environment. You will work alongside experienced colleagues, contributing to the design and development of innovative financial solutions. With a strong emphasis on teamwork and continuous learning, this position is perfect for those eager to make an impact while growing their career in the financial services sector. Join a company that values diversity and inclusion, and be part of a culture that drives success through collaboration and innovation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required with a strong academic record.
• Some experience in programming languages and web development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in analysis and design, ensuring features meet requirements.
• Develop high-availability systems and write automated unit tests.
• Participate in code reviews and adhere to coding standards.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

Initiative

Teamwork

Adaptability

Innovative thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft .NET

C#/VB.NET

ASP.NET

SQL Server

Javascript

ReactJS

jQuery

Job description

Role Description

This role has been created to:

• Serve as a point of entry for junior and early-career developers into the Analyst Developer job family.
• Provide developers with a launching pad to learn and develop the business, technical and professional skills required to be an effective developer at FNZ.
• Support delivery obligations to customers and internal stakeholders.

Specific Role Responsibilities

Analysis and Design

• Collaborate in the analysis and design process by assisting the analyst tester in the creation of user story definitions and acceptance criteria.
• Work within the constraints of the feature/user story to define the underlying detail of the required changes.
• Participate in functional review and demonstration of feature build to ensure solutions are well-defined and fit for purpose.
• Apply your problem-solving skills by being involved in defect analysis to understand the root cause and to define the correct solution.

Development

• Apply your technical skills to complex financial business requirements and translate into high-transactional, high-availability, secure, working systems.
• Work with experienced colleagues to design and build the highly intuitive user interface and interactive financial tools required by financial advisers and investors.
• Adhere to guidelines and practices surrounding non-functional requirements. Ensure you are writing secure, highly performant and maintainable software.
• Write automated unit tests for any newly created code.

Quality

• Participate in code reviews to gain feedback on your technique from senior peers.
• Adhere to the defined procedures for code management, code reviews, coding standards, naming conventions, and security standards.
• Perform manual unit testing to ensure any changes made to the system are of a high standard and error-free.

Collaboration/Communication

• Engage in the collaboration and communication channels in the organisation.
• Collaborate with other developers to share knowledge, best practices, useful technology, and opportunities for cross-project system design/solutions.
• Promote sharing of knowledge and skills by being involved in the various cross-organisation groups, guilds and communities of practice.

Technology

• Stay up to date with industry practices, new technologies, tools and methods.
• Identify technical issues that impede development progress and raise with colleagues and leaders.

Functional Area Responsibilities

Analyst Developers at FNZ are all-rounders who can work across the full stack. This role involves working with complex business requirements in a wide range of functional areas in the financial services and platform domain. In this entry-level role, you are actively learning and working on FNZ propositions, business channels, jurisdiction-specific concerns and business functional areas. Analyst-Developers own non-functional requirements and are responsible for ensuring that their code complies with coding standards, is secure and performs well.

Experience required

Primary requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (min A- average for under-graduate, first class for post-graduate).
• Confident, and able to take initiative in a delivery-focused environment.
• Independent, self-directed working style.
• Ability to learn quickly in a dynamic fast-paced industry.
• Enjoy working as part of a high-performance team.
• Hard-working, innovative and takes pride in their work.
• Passionate about creating innovative solutions for customers.

Secondary requirements

• Some experience with one or many programming languages.
• Experience with modern and legacy development products and frameworks: Microsoft .NET, C#/VB.NET, ASP.NET, MVC, WebAPI, SQL Server, Javascript, ReactJS, jQuery.
• Experience with web development.
• Familiarity with financial products and markets.
• Understanding of web services and enterprise integration patterns.
• Familiar with tools for code analysis and automated testing.

About FNZ Culture

Our culture is what drives us. It's at the heart of who we are and everything we do. Our ambition is to create a culture for growth, one that opens up limitless opportunities for our employees, customers and the wider world. At FNZ we know that great impact is only possible with great teamwork.

The FNZ Way is the cornerstone of what we do. It is comprised of four values that set the standard for how everyone at FNZ interacts with each other, with our customers, and with all our diverse stakeholders around the world.

• Customer obsessed for the long-term
• Think big and make an impact
• Act now and own it all the way
• Challenge, commit and win together

Read more about The FNZ Way and our values: www.fnz.com/culture

Opportunities

At FNZ, we recognise that diversity, equity and inclusion are important factors contributing to our success. We embrace the unique perspective and capabilities of our current and future employees.

In addition, we want to ensure accessibility needs are well supported, if you require specific support please advise us.

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations.

We partner with over 650 financial institutions and 12,000 wealth managers, with US$1.5 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).

Together with our customers, we help over 20 million people from all wealth segments to invest in their future.