OM Bank - Senior Python Back-end Engineer

Lets Write Africas Story Together!

Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

Job Description

The role of the Serverless Backend Engineer is responsible for understanding requirements and building solutions under a serverless architecture model.

The Serverless Backend Engineer reports directly to the Product Owner and the Chapter Leader.

KEY RESULT AREAS

Build solutions from requirements received from product owner.

Be able to work in agile environment.

Able to build POC solutions and demonstrate / present.

Maintain a stable server with zero downtime

Develop tools and applications by producing clean code

Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting

Review and debug code

Develop software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow data usage and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle

Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis problem definition requirements solution development and proposed solutions

Mentor junior engineers

Collaborate with team to brainstorm and create new products

Be able to report on their work using agile tools such as JIRA.

Be able to elaborate and document his work in confluence.

Be communicative and proactive.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

AWS components such as Lambda SQS Dynamo DB

AWS API Gateway

Terraform

Python 3.9

Pytest

Knowledge of Rest API integrations

Openapi swagger

GitHub actions for CI CD

Docker and Docker compose

Makefile

Apache velocity language

Proven experience as a Back-end developer

Skills

Action Planning Application Development Business Process Design Computer Literacy Data Management Data Modeling Evaluating Information Identifying Customer Needs Information Technology (IT) Support Market Analysis Oral Communications Product Development Technical Support Technical Troubleshooting Test Case Management User Requirements Documentation Web Development

Competencies

Business Insight

Collaborates

Courage

Cultivates Innovation

Decision Quality

Drives Results

Ensures Accountability

Manages Complexity

Education

Closing Date

04 September 2025 23 : 59

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

The Old Mutual Story!

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Correspondent,Invoicing,CAD,CMMS,Communication,AC Maintenance

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1