Investec is a distinctive Specialist Bank serving clients principally in the UK and South Africa. Our culture gives us our edge: we work hard to find colleagues who'll think out of the ordinary and we put them in environments where they'll flourish. We combine a flat structure with a focus on internal mobility. If you can bring an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to learn and collaborate to your work, this could be the boost your career deserves.

Description of role and key responsibilities    
Overall Objective:
Investec is looking for an experienced Full Stack Developer to join our newly formed High Net worth and Corporate Lending technology team within Transaction, Lending and Cash. 
You will have the opportunity to work with a small, highly talented team to develop greenfield Corporate Lending platform.  The developer is expected to hit the ground running and deliver key functionality. 

As a full stack developer, your responsibilities include:
1.    Co-designing, building, and testing and implementing software solutions.
2.    Takes part in reviewing own work and reviews of colleague's work (unit testing, code review).
3.    Integrate with various internal and third-party lending systems including CRM, Risk Rating system, Credit Onboarding system, LoanIQ and other internal Client and Data platforms.
4.    Implement testing automation for the services being built including Unit testing, integrating and regression testing.
5.    Maintaining and upgrading the software following deployment. Building and maintaining deployment pipelines in ADO.

Core skills and knowledge    
Technical:
•    Experience of web development, with Angular design and development with JavaScript.
•    Experience with AZURE, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), .Net, .Net Core, Angular, C#, JavaScript, jQuery, LINQ, SQL and/or Cosmos DB.
•    Experience of working with data in different formats and different data specifications, i.e. XML, JSON, CSV.
•    Azure DevOps and code repos.
•    Strong understanding of database design principles. Relational model DBs and 3rd normal form.
•    Experience with data-handling within Azure.
•    Working with end users and analysts 
•    Participating in QA activities: Integration-, Regression-, Performance-testing
•    Post-release support
•    Following and contributing to departmental development process in terms of standards, methodologies, testing, version control and documentation, mentor junior members, drive and implement industry best practices,

Your experience
•    Experience working as a fullstack .Net developer
•    Exposure to JavaScript libraries and frameworks
•    Good understanding of database design and management
•    Solid understanding of code versioning

Your qualifications
Tertiary qualification in Computer Science or an IT related filed.

Any other attributes that would be helpful, but not essential for the role.    
•    Ownership
•    Self-motivated
•    Delivery focused
•    Attention to detail
•    Collaborative
•    Strive to improve working environment and processes

Embedded in our culture is a sense of belonging and inclusion. This creates an environment in which everyone is free to be themselves which helps to drive innovation, creativity and ultimately business performance. At Investec we want everyone to find it easy to be themselves, and to feel they belong. It's a responsibility we all share and is integral to our purpose and values as an organisation.

We want our people to feel empowered to be themselves in an environment that supports them, enabling them to perform in “out of the ordinary” ways. Our culture places belonging and inclusion at its centre and our work environment is integral to this. If you require any adjustments to support you through the recruitment process, as well as supportive and flexible working arrangements to help you succeed with us, please let our recruitment team know.

Research shows that some candidates can be reluctant to apply to a role unless they meet all the criteria. We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit here and welcome you to do the same – if the role excites you, please don't let our person specification hold you back. Get in touch!