Senior Software Engineer - Data, Group Data & ML Platform Tribe
Location: Bellville, Western Cape, ZA
Who are we?
Sanlam Group Technology is responsible for the provision of a digitally enabled technology service as a group COE, drive business and transformation and provide group-wide digital and data architecture. We operate the various technology platforms and shared services, ensure Cyber and Information Security resilience, and act as technology governance and risk orchestrator for technology across Sanlam.
We’re a newly created engineering organization on a mission to empower and accelerate autonomous value creation through insights and ML across the group. Our main users are the data scientists and analysts who sit inside the business units and support them in developing and re-developing their financial and digital products to better meet the needs of our clients and our shareholders.
The tribe is made up of 3 different engineering squads covering everything from how we ingest and store data, to how we develop and share ML artifacts and insights. Data engineers report to the tech leads of the squad they are embedded into.
What will make you successful in this role?
What success will look like for you 12 months into the role.
- (Ingestions Squad) Built configurable data ingestion platforms to collect and protect data from any source within two weeks or less. Success will be measured by the consistent achievement of the two-week ingestion target while maintaining high reliability and security.
- (Data products empowerment squad) Simplified data transformation and product development for SQL-only users. Success will be measured by the 100% adoption of your tools by platform users.
- (Insights & ML tooling squad) Accelerated the development of insights and ML models by analysts and data scientists. Success will be measured by the number of successful deployments of insights and models per month.
- Engineered the platform for observability and performance. Success will be measured by meeting or exceeding defined performance and reliability benchmarks.
- Engineer the platform with privacy and security by design. Success will be measured by the platform’s adherence to security and privacy standards.
- Leveraged containerization and infrastructure as code. Success will be measured by the consistency and reliability of deployments.
Qualifications
Matric
National Diploma in an Information Technology related discipline or a bachelor's degree in computer science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems, or a quantitative field is recommended.
Experience
5+ years' experience as a data engineer in a data platform or service engineering team with at least 2 in a modern context with cloud technologies.
Skills and Thinking Preference
- Ability to act independently and deal with high levels of ambiguity.
- You look for ways to do, instead of reasons not to.
- Where some see impossible, you see a way.
- You move fast and fix things.
- You love creating more with less.
- You seek out and value different perspectives.
Personal Attributes
Plans and aligns - Contributing through others.
Optimizes work processes - Contributing through others.
Collaborates - Contributing strategically.
Resourcefulness - Contributing strategically.
Tech savvy - Contributing strategically.
Core Competencies
Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others.
Customer focus - Contributing through others.
Drives results - Contributing through others.
Collaborates - Contributing through others.
Being resilient - Contributing through others.
Our commitment to transformation
The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace.
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