Job Description

We're looking for a senior back end engineer to join the team at Sanlam Indie. Indie looks, feels and works like a startup, but has the backing and expertise of a leading South African insurance and investment giant - Sanlam.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Be part of the team working and building on our core insurance platform.
• Expand on our existing NodeJS-driven APIs and create new ones as our product suite and third-party integrations expand.
• Help decide and plan which features we will build, and how they are architected and implemented.
• Able to mentor and share knowledge with junior Software Engineers.
• You will work closely with your team, which includes other software engineers, QA’s, product managers, our designers as well as members of the broader Sanlam Indie team.
• Testing your work, with as much automation as is useful.
• Making sure the code you’ve created can work in an AWS (containerised) environment.

Our Ideal Candidate

We'd love to meet you if you have are/are:

• You are proficient in JavaScript, Node and have experience in front-end frameworks like React.
• You have the ability to work on your own, sometimes spearheading a new direction with minimal guidance.
• Strong understanding of development standards, patterns and practices.
• Experience deploying apps in AWS or similar cloud infrastructure.
• Knowledgeable and enthusiastic about writing well-tested applications.
• Experience integrating with third-party APIs and Web Services.
• A passion for learning, and for sharing what you learn.