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Sanlam Life and Savings consists of the following business units Retail Mass, Corporate, Risk and Savings, Glacier and various business enabling functions. The Sanlam Life and Savings Office provides strategic direction, coordination and support to the four clusters, as well as performing governance oversight that includes assurance provided by second line of defense functions in SLS, to enable us to meet our business objectives.\nWhat will you do?\nThe Senior C# Full Stack Developer builds and delivers complex enterprise applications, integrations, APIs, andcloud-native solutions across the SLS ecosystem, implementing secure, reliable, and maintainable componentsacross web applications, services, APIs, and platform integrations.\nThe role ensures that all solutions adhere to engineering standards, including API design and versioning practices,integration patterns, architectural guardrails, and CI/CD pipeline quality gates to ensure scalable, reliable, andmaintainable releases across the broader product ecosystem.\nWorking under the technical direction of the Technical Lead, the role provides technical leadership on the selectionand adoption of cloud services, integration technologies, software engineering practices, and platform capabilities.The role translates solution designs into high-quality implementations, strengthens engineering discipline throughcode reviews and collaboration, and improves operational resilience through testing, observability, and production-grade engineering practices.\nThe Senior Developer mentors engineers across squads, uplifts engineering maturity, and drives design decisionsthat ensure long-term platform sustainability, architectural consistency, and alignment with strategic businessoutcomes.\nExperience with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Dataverse, and Power Platform is advantageous but not required.\nWhat will make you successful in this role?\nArchitecture & Governance\nImplement integration architecture across the product domain, covering synchronous and asynchronouscommunication patterns, event-driven solutions using Service Bus and Event Grid, and API-first serviceboundaries.\nOwn and govern Azure API Management (APIM) implementations, including workspaces, gateways, routing,policies, and developer experience.\nEstablish and maintain REST API standards, including resource modeling, versioning strategies, request andresponse validation, pagination, and error handling.\nDefine and standardize integration and orchestration patterns using technologies such as Azure Functions,Durable Functions, Logic Apps, and custom C# services.\nEngineer resilience patterns across distributed systems, including retries, circuit breakers, fault isolation,idempotency, and timeout strategies.\nEmbed security best practices such as least privilege access, secure authentication, authorization, secretsmanagement, and compliance-aligned logging.\nRelease & Quality Leadership\nEstablish and continuously improve quality gates across environments, including unit testing, integrationtesting, contract testing, performance validation, and security testing.\nEnsure CI/CD pipelines enforce engineering and quality standards consistently across delivery teams.\nDrive observability and monitoring practices through logging, telemetry, trace correlation, dashboards, andactionable alerting.\nUse operational insights to prioritize technical debt reduction, resiliency improvements, and performanceoptimization.\nLead incident reviews and root cause analysis activities, ensuring lessons learned are translated into actionplans and backlog improvements.\nGuide teams in adopting shift-left testing practices, automated quality feedback loops, and effective test datamanagement strategies.\nPeople Leadership & Ways of Working\nMentor developers through technical coaching, architectural guidance, code reviews, pair programming, andengineering best practices.\nPartner closely with Solution Architects and Technical Leads to shape roadmaps, influence design decisions,and ensure architectural consistency.\nCollaborate with Data and Analytics teams to establish and maintain reliable, versioned data integrationpatterns.\nSupport QA and Test Automation engineers by enabling appropriate test environments, seeded data, mocks,stubs, and automation capabilities.\nPromote a high-performance engineering culture focused on accountability, collaboration, continuousimprovement, and innovation.\nExperience\n6-10+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on C#, .NET, cloud-native development,APIs, and enterprise integrations.\nProven experience delivering enterprise-scale applications and leading complex technical initiatives.\nExperience establishing and promoting engineering standards, API governance, CI/CD practices, and qualityengineering principles.\nDemonstrated success improving resilience, performance, observability, scalability, and security in distributedsystems.\nExperience working within Agile delivery teams and modern software engineering environments.\nExperience within insurance, financial services, or other regulated industries will be advantageous.\nExperience with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Dataverse, and Power Platform will be advantageous.\nKnowledge and Skills\nStrong experience in C# and .NET / .NET Core development.\nExperience with ASP.NET Core, MVC, and Web API development.\nSolid understanding of object-oriented design principles and software engineering best practices.\nStrong understanding of design patterns and clean code principles.\nExperience with SQL Server and relational databases.\nFamiliarity with RESTful APIs and API-first development practices.\nExperience with source control systems such as Git and Azure DevOps.\nExperience with Microsoft Azure (not negotiable).\nKnowledge of container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.\nExposure to microservices architecture and distributed systems.\nKnowledge of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and Infrastructure as Code.\nUnderstanding of monitoring, observability, logging, and operational support practices.\nExperience with event-driven architectures, messaging platforms, and enterprise integrations.\nStrong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.\nExcellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and collaboration skills.\nExperience within insurance or financial services will be advantageous.\nExposure to Microsoft Dynamics 365, Dataverse, and Power Platform will be advantageous.\nQualification\nDegree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or equivalent qualification.\nRelevant Microsoft, Azure, AWS, or cloud-related certifications will be advantageous.\nMicrosoft AZ-204 (Azure Developer Associate) certification will be advantageous.\nExperience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, CI/CD tooling, and modern development practices.\nExperience with application lifecycle management (ALM), release management, and environment governance. Experience with Power Platform, Dataverse, or Dynamics 365 is advantageous but not required.\nCore Competencies\nTechnical\nC# and .NET/.NET Core development.\nASP.NET Core, MVC, and Web API development.\nIntegration architecture (synchronous and asynchronous patterns).\nREST API design, governance, and lifecycle management.\nAzure cloud services and cloud-native application development.\nEvent-driven architectures and messaging platforms.\nMicroservices and container-based architectures.\nSQL Server and enterprise data integration.\nCI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and automated testing. Monitoring, observability, and operational resilience.\nDelivery & Process\nDesigns for operability, supportability, scalability, and maintainability.\nDrives engineering excellence through standards, testing, automation, and continuous improvement.\nEstablishes and enforces quality gates throughout the software delivery lifecycle.\nLeads incident reviews and promotes a culture of learning and continuous improvement.\nLeadership\nProvides technical leadership and mentorship to development teams.\nSets engineering direction and establishes best practices.\nPromotes collaboration across teams and disciplines.\nRaises standards for code quality, testing, documentation, and delivery excellence.\nCoaches and develops engineering talent within the organization.\nTurnaround Time\nThe shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. Closing date 11 November 2026.\nThe Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. 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