Senior Software Engineer

FinChoice Africa is a Weaver Fintech Company, based in Mauritius. Our operations are split between Mauritius and South Africa under FinChoice South Africa (Pty) Ltd. We are an innovative, consumer facing fintech specialising in providing fast loans, affordable insurance products and value-added services to our rapidly growing customer base. We are obsessed with customer experience, innovation and building great tech in our pursuit of delivering on our vision to be our customers’ favourite digital financial services provider.

Our team consists of passionate individuals that work in multi-disciplinary teams, where our strength in execution lies in our teamwork. Collectively we have driven significant customer growth and profitability over the past 15 years. We focus on the detail, being hands-on and executing against our plans.

If you’re looking for a place where you will have a positive impact on lives, learn more about and contribute to the Fintech industry, and be involved in multiple products, projects, and technologies, then look no further than FinChoice.

The Role: Senior Software Engineer

Your leader: Engineering Lead

The team: The engineering team forms an integral part of the FinChoice business collaborating with several departments and is responsible for the development and support of multiple systems, websites, applications, and mobile apps.

Location: Riche Terre, Mauritius & Cape Town

The ideal candidate for this role will be responsible for working within the Engineering development team to deliver enhancements, new initiatives and resolve live issues with a full understanding of the standard system development life cycle and have a track record of delivering changes, enhancements, and new functionality.

More about the role:

• Serve as a technical lead contributing to and directing the efforts of development teams.
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of the existing portfolio of applications and services.
• Design, develop, modify, implement, and support software components anywhere in the software stack.
• Determine root cause for the most complex software issues and develop practical, efficient, and permanent technical solutions.
• Remain current on new technologies and available vendor packages; evaluate and make recommendations as necessary.
• Mentor Software Engineers to allow for skill/knowledge development through advice, coaching, and training opportunities.
• Determine process improvements, best practices, and develop new processes.
• Work in close partnership with cross-functional teams and management.
• Support and maintain production system(s) as required.

More about you:

Experience & Skills:

• National Diploma or bachelor’s degree with Information Technology or Computer Science.
• Minimum of 5 years' working experience as a C# .Net developer(note preferred technical skills below).
• 3+ years in financial services and/or fintech experience is advantageous.
• Proven track record in working with agile team sand successfully delivering agile based software projects.
• Broad experience designing, programming, and implementing large information systems.

Preferred Technical Skills:

• C#, .Net Core, WebAPI’s, jQuery/ JavaScript/ JSON, HTML/ CSS, Gitlab, Visual Studio, MS SQL Server.
• Message Queuing (RabbitMQ, SQS, MQS or other)
• AWS native cloud services (e.g. EKS)
• Unit Testing, Code Coverage, Code Metric, Containers, AWS CI/CD.
• Understanding of Continuous Integration and DevOps practices
• Experience with tools including ELK Stack and New Relic.

Attributes & Behaviors:

• Ability to provide in-depth evaluation and analysis of unique complex technological issues.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead others.
• Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment in the performance of duties.

More about us:

Reciprocity and trust are the foundation of how we work. We believe that each of us show up everyday to do our best work and help one another and our customers. Strong, meaningful relationships underpin our culture and success, and we value authenticity and transparency. We value equity and strive to be fair and balanced. We celebrate our differences and understand that how they contribute positively to the team.

• We offer a flexible working arrangement and hybrid working.
• We support your professional development through coaching, training and bursaries
• We offer employee wellness and support through our Choice Care employee assistance programme
• We love celebrating your milestones with you
• We nurture our relationships with team and companywide socials throughout the year