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Software Engineer (Insurance Core Systems)

How2Apply Talent Network

Springs, Gauteng

Contract

Posted 1 day ago

Contract IT & Software

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Job Description

You'll build and ship features that real users touch every day, for a bank's digital channels team in Springs. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

Home base is a bank's digital channels team on the Springs side of Gauteng. Overtime comes up in peak season and is paid.

The work, day to day

Investigate production bugs using logs and monitoring dashboards
Build and consume REST or GraphQL APIs
Design database tables and write efficient SQL queries
Document how your features work for support and new developers
Pick up tickets from the sprint board and estimate the work
Review teammates' pull requests with useful comments

You'll need

Stable internet and a quiet workspace for remote days
You can explain technical choices to non-technical people
Solid Git habits: branches, pull requests and meaningful commit messages
Good SQL and understanding of relational databases

On offer

Medical aid and retirement fund
Hybrid or fully remote work
Performance bonus
Laptop and data allowance

How to apply

Make sure the role, the hours and working in Springs really suit you before you apply.
Keep copies of these ready to send: link to your GitHub, GitLab or portfolio, degree or diploma certificate plus list of projects with the tech stack you used on each.
Fill in the short form below with your name and a phone number you actually answer.
If you're shortlisted you'll hear from us within 5 working days, usually by phone.

Your application joins the How2Apply talent pool for this role, and we put shortlisted people forward to employers hiring in and around Springs.

Applying is free. Nobody from How2Apply will ever ask you to pay for anything to get this job.

How to stand out

Expect a take-home or live coding test, so practise with a timer in the language you listed.
Tidy your public repos before you apply; recruiters and tech leads really do open them.