OM Bank – Senior Python Back-end Engineer at Old Mutual

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

Closing Date

• 25 October 2025