Senior Software Engineer

Sanlam Group; Bellville; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer based in Bellville, Western Cape. The ideal candidate will lead technical projects, mentor junior staff, and ensure delivery of high-quality software in a flexible work environment. Proficiency in Python, Java, and C++ is required, along with a degree in Computer Science. This role offers opportunities for personal growth and impactful projects.

Benefits

High autonomy environment

Professional development opportunities

Engaging projects that impact millions

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and developing distributed software.
• Experience with cloud-based infrastructure is required.
• Ability to articulate coding concepts and differences.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the team's technical trajectory.
• Mentor junior team members and promote professional growth.
• Deliver high-quality code for customer satisfaction.
• Utilize a modern tech stack for scalable systems.

Skills

Proficiency in Python

Proficiency in Java

Proficiency in C++

Understanding of data structures

Problem-solving skills

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS VPC

Serverless computing

Job description

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Job Location: Western Cape, Bellville

Deadline: September 25, 2025

Position Overview

• The Software Engineer position is a critical role, responsible for guiding the wider team and delivering efficient software in a high-trust, high-performance environment.
• Comprising a diverse team of skilled, motivated, and curious talent from both local and international locations, the role can be fully remote, hybrid, or office-based. Our relatively flat organizational structure promotes open communication, agility, and collaboration.
• The role reports to a Technical Lead, who reports to the Chief Technology Officer.

What will you do?

• Strategic delivery: Contribute to the team's technical trajectory, ensuring alignment with major technical decisions and shaping our strategic goals.
• Mentorship and Leadership: Enable the professional growth of junior team members, nurturing their development into exceptional professionals while leading by example in our high-trust, high-performance culture.
• Code Excellence: Deliver high-quality code, upholding our commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction.
• Innovative Tech Stack: Utilize a modern, pragmatic Tech Stack to build a highly scalable distributed system, ensuring our technological capabilities remain relevant.
• Continuous Learning: Promote a culture of continuous learning and innovation, demonstrating this personally to keep us agile and responsive to business needs and market trends.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Computer Science and IT. Senior Engineers need extensive experience and/or understanding of designing, developing, and testing distributed, high-volume, and highly reliable software. Business and operational awareness, as well as experience with cloud-based infrastructure, are also required.

Programming Languages & Coding

• Proficiency in languages used in full-stack/back-end development (e.g., Python, Java, C++) is required, despite our language-agnostic approach.
• Ability to read, review, and understand code.
• Ability to articulate language differences, implementation, and the build & execution process, e.g., strongly vs weakly typed, static vs dynamic, compiled vs interpreted.

Data Structures, Algorithms & Problem Solving

• Ability to discuss pros/cons of data structures for optimal memory and speed.
• Suggest relevant algorithms for optimizing solutions in terms of time and space complexity, and discuss options and trade-offs, especially as scope increases.

Engineering & Operational Excellence

• Understanding of scalability, robustness, operational visibility, and agility.
• Experience designing distributed systems and scalable architectures.
• Knowledge of cloud services like AWS VPC, Auto Scaling, serverless computing, storage (EBS, S3), containers, DNS, etc., is preferred but not mandatory.
• Experience with monitoring, metrics, health checks, load balancing, APIs, authentication, databases, and persistence.

Technical Leadership

• Experience or interest in mentorship, teamwork, and collaboration.

How you'll think

• High agency: proactive and solution-oriented mindset.
• Resilient: see opportunities where others see obstacles.
• Efficient: creating significant impact with minimal acts.
• Open-minded: valuing diverse perspectives to foster innovation.

What you'll enjoy

• Working in a high-ownership, high-autonomy environment where your impact matters.
• Learning from seasoned professionals and growing professionally and personally.
• Engaging in projects that impact millions.
• Using modern technologies.