Data Developer

Apex group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group is seeking a skilled Data Developer to join their dynamic team in Cape Town. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's degree and over 5 years of experience in software development, focusing on T-SQL and data management. This role involves collaboration with project teams, mentoring junior developers, and ensuring compliance with project standards. You will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a global financial services environment that prioritizes innovation and talent development.

Benefits

Education support

In-house training programs

Qualifications

• 5 years of software development experience required.
• Experience in full software development lifecycle in an agile environment.
• Advanced knowledge in T-SQL and handling large datasets.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively within a project team and manage development tasks.
• Identify technical risks and provide architectural guidance.
• Mentor junior development team members.

Skills

T-SQL

Data modeling

Performance tuning

Data management

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or relevant technical field

Tools

SQL Server

SSIS

Power BI

Job description

European Depositary Bank SA ("EDB") is part of the Apex Group. As an independent provider free from institutional influences we can deliver an agile and responsive cross-jurisdictional service in an ever-changing regulatory environment.

Our powerful global infrastructure and breadth of technical experience enables us to provide market leading solutions tailored to benefit our clients.

Our vision is to be the leading provider of Banking, Depositary and Custody services to Asset Managers, Family Offices, Institutional Investors and Corporates.

Our company was founded in 1973 in Luxembourg. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Hamburg-based private bank M.M.Warburg & CO (AG & CO) KGaA, we made it possible for institutional investors to directly access the Luxembourg financial market. This makes us one of the most experienced depositaries for traditional and alternative investment structures in the Grand Duchy. In 2017 the bank was acquired by the Apex Group and renamed to the European Depositary Bank (EDB) in 2019.

We currently hold fund and securitisation structures with a total value of $260 billion. This is mainly allocated to alternative investments, including real estate, private equity, private debt and renewable energies & infrastructure (as of March 31, 2024).

For the avoidance of doubt we do not deal with retail clients. We neither offer any securities (bonds, shares, notes etc.) nor do we act on behalf of any other financial institution to offer such securities to any clients.

The Role & Key Responsibilities:

The Data Developer will be expected to:

• Work collaboratively within a project team, reporting to an IT Manager.
• Collaborate closely with business staff to ensure solutions align with client standards and strategic enterprise architecture.
• Define and manage non-functional requirements, ensuring compliance with project standards.
• Organize and define development tasks, providing accurate estimations.
• Collaborate with the development team to ensure software design meets architectural goals and quality standards.
• Provide support during functional requirements definition, ensuring technical feasibility.
• Identify and manage technical project risks and issues, owning mitigation activities and resolutions.
• Actively seek opportunities to enhance applications, contributing improvements.
• Mentor junior members of the development team through training and guidance.
• Act as a focal point of expertise on key technologies or skills, with a particular emphasis on T-SQL and transactional development.

Skills Required:

The successful candidate will:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a relevant technical field.
• Minimum of 5 years of development experience.
• Proven experience in the full software development lifecycle within an agile environment.
• Advanced working knowledge of T-SQL (DDL, DML, JSON, XML).
• Extensive experience with large datasets and incremental batch loading methodologies.
• Advanced understanding of relational data structures, including keys, constraints, and triggers.
• Performance tuning and optimization of RDBMS.
• Expertise in relational database technologies in a high-data-volume transactional systems environment.
• Ability to design and implement conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Solid experience in data modeling, data management, and governance methodologies.
• Ability to develop unit testing of code components.
• Advantageous – Experience with Microsoft stack SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, Power BI, SQL Server.
• Experience building DevOps automation is beneficial.

As a vital team member and in return for your expertise, inclusive approach and commitment, we'll provide a favourable salary and the chance to join a passionate and welcoming team. Benefits As a truly global business, we tailor benefits to each location to safeguard our people and respect local cultures and ways of working. Our people are our greatest asset, and we invest in talent development. Join our global network, and you will benefit from education support, sponsorship and in-house training programs.

Disclaimer : Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies.

Working at Apex

Prepare to accelerate.

We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

Positive change starts with you.

We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

The journey is yours to own.

When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.