Straight Through Processing Developer

CO_MGSAL Apex Fund Services South Africa Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group in Cape Town seeks an STP Developer to build and enhance payment solutions and automation. You will join a tech-driven team delivering scalable, modern software interfaces and STP improvements.

The role emphasizes agile delivery, collaboration with customers, partners and peers, and continuous improvement. Ideal candidates bring 5–7 years of experience with Azure integration, microservices, API development, and DevOps practices, plus a strong SQL/Oracle background.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of hands-on experience in software development and integration.
• Strong knowledge of Azure Integration framework and API design.
• Experience with microservices, DevOps practices and databases.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in an agile team to deliver payment solutions.
• Develop and maintain payment interfaces with market infrastructure.
• Design, prototype, test, and deploy applications per requirements.
• Maintain SDLC artifacts and support disaster recovery testing.

Skills

Azure Integration framework

Microservices

API development

Git & GitHub

SQL & Oracle

DevOps mindset

Tools

Iway Service Manager

Iway Data Migrator

Job description

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you STP Developer.

Role summary: You will be a part of the Apex Group Technology team developing our modern solutions, process development and automation to improve business process efficiencies; provide superior client digital services and support the scaling of our operational model.

Key responsibilities

• Working as part of a team, delivering through agile methodologies.
• Managing team priorities and progress on agile boards.
• Develop payment solutions interfacing with market infrastructure, SWIFT, and Banks.
• Administer, configure and maintain payment platforms.
• Design, prototype, develop, test, and deploy applications and on business requirements using agreed design patterns.
• Development of STP (Straight Through Process) solutions.
• Design and develop Database structures to support solutions.
• Optimization the build and release process.
• Working in collaboration with customers, partners, and peers to identify requirements.
• Helping break down large problems into smaller iterative steps.
• Contribute to defining the prioritization of your team’s backlog.
• Pick the most appropriate tool, method, and design pattern to satisfy the requirement.
• Proactively improves things where they see issues.
• Provide guidance and training to other team members.
• Provide training assistance.
• Provide guidance and training to the applications and APIs consumers.
• Any other duties in the scope of the role that the company requires.
• Assist in month Maintenance and Disaster recovery testing.
• Maintain SDAL on VSTS and kanban boards.

Skills / experience

• Core Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Clear understanding of payment technology and payment rails.
• Ability to plan and manage your own workloads.
• Strong ability to train others within your team.
• Knowledge and understanding of trading platforms and financial system integration will be an advantage.
• Familiar with agile methodologies and experience in working in that way.

Technical

• Demonstratable 5 to 7 years’ experience of working with:
• Experience on Azure Integration framework.
• Microservices, API and Event Driven Architecture.
• Experience on Microsoft .NET and API development.
• Experience on Iway Service manager and Iway Data Migrator will be an advantage.
• Experience in developing payment or bank interfaces will be an advantage.

Primary Candidate Technologies

• Azure Integration framework;
• Website technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript);
• SQL and Oracle databases.
• iWay Software platform will be an advantage.
• Git & GitHub.
• Valued Technologies Advanced experience with standard tools used for software development like git, VSTS, etc.
• Good understanding and experience following test-driven development and continuous integration practices.
• Experience in working with a team who are DevOps oriented.

What you will get in return

• The ability to contribute to the refinement of processes to drive innovation and have a tangible impact on the business.
• Exposure to Global payment platforms.
• Participate in developing leading edge technologies.
• A genuinely unique opportunity to be part of an expanding large global business.
• Work for a fast developing and world-leading independent financial services provider.
• Opportunities for professional development.
• Positive and hospitable work environment.
• Exposure to all aspects of the business, on a cross-jurisdictional basis.

About Apex Group

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.

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.

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