Software Engineer

Who/What is DealX?
DealX is a technology company that builds Software-as-a-Service products for the financial market (Securitization), with customers primarily in the US.

We’re a people-first product company that believe in building empowered & autonomous product teams to deliver on our Product Vision & Strategy, with a strong culture of collaboration over and above our core values of Curiosity, Can-do, Accountability, Simplicity, Communication and Wellbeing.

Our offices are primarily in South Africa & Mauritius, although we do employ people in the US, UK and New Zealand as well. We are a remote-first company, so this role is open to anyone in South Africa – all you need is a reliable workspace at home.

We started in 2006 (as StructureIt) but split the Consulting (StructureIt) part of the business from the Product (DealX) part in 2021.

In 2023, we launched a new product in collaboration with Morningstar Credit. The platform is powered by DealX Tech & Data and marketed as Morningstar Credit Analytics, as a well-known and trusted brand in the US market. We’re looking for more capable software engineers to join our team!

Read more about us here:

• About DealX
• Employee Value Proposition
• Employee Handbook
• Our partnership with Morningstar Credit
• Marketing page for our products - https://credit.morningstar.com/

What a typical day looks like

• This is a hands-on coding position with challenging problems to solve.
• Delivering high quality working software, which all contributes to the overall success of our product suite.
  • Product Roadmap
  • Maintenance / Technical Debt
  • Product Support
    
• We often revisit and tweak our Way of Working to ensure that the right parts of the team are doing the right things.
  
• Coding, collaborating, and communicating as part of a cross functional globally distributed product team.
• Code reviews and contributing to shared best practices.
• Collaborating on high-level system architecture and technical strategy.
• Contributing to automation that drives our CI/CD and improving or creating internal tooling.
• Continuous learning – we encourage continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
• Regular 1:1’s & bi-directional feedback with your team lead/manager/mentor.

What we are looking for
We highly value the culture aspect of our team, so a good culture-fit is deal-breaker for us.

People / Team:

• You are passionate about technology, writing code & collaborating with like-minded folks.
• Have worked in a senior role and have experience delivering working software from inception to deployment touching on frontend, backend, and infrastructure.
• You can work in an existing codebase, we certainly leverage a lot of modern tech, but you’ve been around the block to know that not all parts of a product are new & shiny!
• Strong opinions held weakly and care about writing legible performant code.

Technology:

• 5+ years relevant working experience.
• Deep experience and working knowledge of .NET.
• Strong relational database design and advanced SQL experience with OLTP databases, such as MSSQL Server and/or PostgreSQL.
• A good, hands-on understanding of software architecture & design patterns.
• Experience writing testable code and opinions on unit, functional and integration tests.
• Hands on experience with containerized applications.
• Experience using cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, etc).
• Hands on experience with at least one modern web technology - such as Angular, React, Vue or similar.
  

Role Fit:

• We are looking for both Full Stack Engineers or more Backend/Data focused Engineers.
  • We have cross-functional product teams with T-Shaped engineers expected to be able to contribute in all areas of the product.
  • That said, we also believe in leveraging the unique strengths of each individual - whatever that might be.
• Seniors are expected to collaborate and mentor more junior members of the team. That said, management isn’t the only growth path – you can stay an individual contributor too – depending on your interest and capability to manage others.

What’s in it for you?

Our internal employee handbook, including details about our benefits, is published publicly - so feel free to read through it there, or look at the highlights below.

• Location
  • Fully remote working / or from the office with daily lunch
  • Flexible working hours
• First Day Starting kit
  • Yours to own:
    • Welcome Pack
    • Money towards keyboard of your choice
    • Headset
    • Laptop Riser
    • Mouse
  • Company owned take home set up:
    • High-spec laptop
    • 27" Screen
    • 24" Screen
• Insurance - fringe benefit / company paid
  • Medical Aid – Discovery Classic Saver & Vitality.
  • Gap Cover.
  • Life Insurance.
  • Disability Insurance.
  • Funeral cover.
• Learning
  • Learning Budget - Books or Courses - you choose how to use it.
  • Conference Budget – to attend relevant conferences, physical or virtual.
• Culture
  • Employee-first culture that encourages work/life balance.
  • Everyone has a voice, regardless of title.
  • Psychological safety.
  • Company events.
• Leave
  • 20 days annual leave
  • Paid Maternity, Paternity, Study & Moving leave
• Long-Term Loyalty Benefits
  • 2 years - monthly budget towards internet/fibre OR petrol card OR uber vouchers.
  • 5 years - 3 additional days annual leave.
  • 7 years - Company paid weekend getaway.
  • 10 years - 3 month paid sabbatical.

Interested?
Apply here or send your CV to careers@dealx.com