Developer

About BrightRock

BrightRock is a dynamic and vibrant player in South Africa's life insurance industry. We're passionate about life insurance and the good it can do. In the digital era, people are collaborating, co creating and sharing like never before. Consumers want to take charge and customise every part of their world to meet their needs. We're applying these same principles to life insurance cover to create products that better meet our clients' needs. Our needs matched life insurance is a first in the industry - it's made just for you at the start, and changes as your life changes.

What you'll be doing if you get the job:

As a member of our team, the primary focus of your role is to be responsible for the development and deployment of software components and stand alone software applications.

You'll work closely with our Application Foundry team which is made up of Developers, Testers and Business Analysts.

Who'll you report to:

You'll be based within our Information and Communication Technology division at our Sandton, Johannesburg head office. You'll report to the ICT Manager: Development.

Your qualifications:

• You must have passed Grade 12 / Matric with an achievement symbol of no less than C for higher grade Maths
• You must have a degree or diploma in Information Systems, Engineering or Mathematical Sciences

Your experience:

• You must have 2 to 5 years' experience in developing solutions using various technologies like WCF, EF, MVC4/5 and WebAPI
• You must have experience in the Web Development, multithreaded applications and rich internet applications

Your Knowledge:

• Technologies: .Net 4, LINQ, EF, WebApi.
• Sound understanding of operating systems, specifically Microsoft Windows, as well as various communication protocols
• Good understanding of UML, XML, HTML, JSON
• Agile development
• Silverlight, WCF, grpc, rest, docker, Kubernetes and WPF knowledge would be beneficial

Your technical skills:

• .Net
  • Must have: ASP Net, .Net 4 and above, LINQ
  • Beneficial: WPF, Entity Framework, PowerShell, WCF
• Web
  • Must have: JavaScript, JQuery and CSS
  • Beneficial: TypeScript, Angular, Bootstrap
• SQL
  • Must have: Extensive experience creating queries, triggers, procedures and functions
  • Beneficial: SQL Administration and Optimisation
• Productivity tools
  • Azure DevOps, GIT or Jenkins

Your outputs:

• Technical Specification
• Components and Applications Development and Maintenance
• Unit Testing
• Software Release and Component Configuration

Your character traits:

• You must continually strive and have the perseverance to find better ways to solve the challenges at hand
• You must be able to work independently
• You must be self managed and driven
• You must be a problem solver
• You must have good communication skills
• You must be a fast worker and delivcer accurate results
• You must be able to manage conflict
• You must be able to thrive under pressure
• You must be able to lead a small team of Developers

Your package and growth prospects:

BrightRock offers a competitive pay-package and, as a growing player in a major financial services sector, there is excellent scope for future growth in this permanent position.