Africa Talent by Deloitte (Africa Talent) is a standalone division of Deloitte, owned by Deloitte Africa and Deloitte Netherlands, based in South Africa. Our goal is to meet the growing demand for Talent in Africa and Europe; by recruiting and developing Talent throughout Sub Saharan Africa in order to service the diverse needs to enable projects at our clients. Talent employed will have the full experience of Deloitte, while getting both local and international exposure to a diverse set of clients, working remotely from Africa.  It will take advantage of the demographic reality of Africa as a future source of talent for both Africa and Europe and at its core is the goal to create employment in Africa and invest in African talent.

The ethos of our organisation is characterised by vision, purpose beyond profit and an appetite to innovate and deliver creative, high impact solutions to urgent client challenges.

Every day, your work will make an impact that matters, while you thrive in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration, and high performance. As the undisputed leader in professional services, Deloitte – Africa Talent - is where you will find unrivalled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential.

This space is a true encapsulation of hybrid work, whereby individuals and teams gain access and exposure to learn from and engage with their global colleagues, while working virtually from their local Deloitte office or from home.

What’s in it for you?

• An ever dynamic and growing internal scaleup with a purpose
• The stability and trustworthiness of a purpose driven global brand, ready to build your own future and add to Africa’s prosperity
• Being the driver of Africa Talent’s day-to-day operations
• A competitive package of benefits
• A hybrid work environment with possibility to work at home some days
• A driven and ambitious team that looks to you for making the team tick

What impact will you make?

The Asset Engineering (AE) team, that consists of ~45 employees with mainly experts in new technology, is responsible for building digital solutions for Deloitte Netherlands. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be working on the development of these products within the Asset Engineering team. These products are built using a modern technology stack and delivered as SaaS to the largest companies globally. Depending on your expertise and interest, you will develop innovative software or improve and secure the infrastructure running all these solutions.

How do you do this?

As Senior Software Engineer, you will be actively involved in the development of software products in collaboration with a team of developers. You are passionate about technology and eager to further expand your expertise and skills, as well as sharing your knowledge and expertise with your colleagues. An ideal candidate for this role will have a blend of development and/or operational experience that provides him or her with a good understanding of modern infrastructure and development. In addition, the individual will be expected to:

• design, develop, and maintain scalable backend solutions using Python or .NET;
• engineer and secure the infrastructure that runs our products;
• write clean, well-documented, and efficient code that adheres to industry best practices;
• keep up to date with the latest technology trends;
• grow your own expertise by contributing to both mature codebases and greenfield projects;
• work together with brilliant tech-savvy colleagues who enjoy helping you grow;

Be the true you

Obviously, your approach is based on output and results and you go straight for your target. But most importantly, be the true you. The one and only you. With your personal strengths, view of the world and unique personality. You need at least 4 years of work experience and the following qualifications for the position of Senior Software Engineer:

• have a Bachelor or Master degree in Software Engineering or a related direction;
• love technology and enjoy using it to accomplish your goals;
• are highly motivated to dive deeper into the Software Engineering world and become a great engineer;
• know your tools and can use them to accomplish your technical tasks fast;
• strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams;
• strong software engineering knowledge (Python is preferred, Django is nice to have);
• affinity with developing data heavy solutions;
• experience with cloud technologies (Azure is preferred, Kubernetes is nice to have);
• experience with CI/CD (Azure Pipelines is preferred);
• used to working agile (Azure DevOps and Scrum);

* Please note that this job advertisement provides a summary of the capabilities required and all candidates shortlisted will receive a full list of capabilities.

At Deloitte, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work—in every country, in everything we do, every day. We aim to create a workplace where everyone is treated fairly and with respect, including reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. We seek to create and leverage our diverse workforce to build an inclusive environment across the African continent.

At Deloitte, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work—in every country, in everything we do, every day. We aim to create a workplace where everyone is treated fairly and with respect, including reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. We seek to create and leverage our diverse workforce to build an inclusive environment across the African continent.