Background

We’re in the business planning for tomorrow. The never-ending pursuit of meticulously crafting our clients’ futures. We do this by truly appreciating the value of money and turning the materials, we’re given into something more. It’s our trade and it is something we are passionate about. It’s what makes us Live with Confidence. Sanlam Life Insurance Zambia Limited seeks to recruit qualified and experienced professionals in the following vacancy:

Systems Developer

Job Summary

To design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and production-ready software solutions that support Sanlam Life Insurance Zambia’s digital transformation and operational efficiency. The role is responsible for delivering high-quality applications, system integrations, and automation solutions while ensuring alignment with IT governance, security standards, and business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and production-ready software solutions aligned with business requirements
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, and product owners to translate requirements into intuitive and efficient user experiences
• Develop, test, and deploy high-quality applications ensuring performance, reliability, and maintainability
• Write clean, well-documented, and well-tested code following established engineering standards
• Participate in code reviews and uphold development best practices across the team
• Debug and resolve complex issues across application layers, ensuring minimal disruption to operations
• Contribute to system architecture design, technical roadmaps, and solution planning
• Develop and maintain APIs, integrations, and automation solutions across business systems
• Identify and advocate for improvements to development processes, systems, and tooling
• Ensure all solutions comply with security standards, IT governance, and regulatory requirements
• Work closely with support teams to support deployment, monitoring, and system performance
• Provide mentorship and technical support to junior developers where applicable
• Any other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications and experience

• Certificate in GCSE Twelve (12) or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Minimum 3-5 years in software development or systems engineering

Proven experience in:

• Application development and System integration
• Development of enterprise-level solutions

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., C#, Java, Python, JavaScript)
• Full Stack Developer
• Experience with API development and integration (REST, SOAP)
• Database management experience (SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDb)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (preferably Microsoft Azure)
• Experience with version control tools (e.g., Git)
• Experience with Laravel framework
• communication skills both oral and written.

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and production-ready software solutions aligned with business requirements
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, and product owners to translate requirements into intuitive and efficient user experiences
• Develop, test, and deploy high-quality applications ensuring performance, reliability, and maintainability
• Write clean, well-documented, and well-tested code following established engineering standards
• Participate in code reviews and uphold development best practices across the team
• Debug and resolve complex issues across application layers, ensuring minimal disruption to operations
• Contribute to system architecture design, technical roadmaps, and solution planning
• Develop and maintain APIs, integrations, and automation solutions across business systems
• Identify and advocate for improvements to development processes, systems, and tooling
• Ensure all solutions comply with security standards, IT governance, and regulatory requirements
• Work closely with support teams to support deployment, monitoring, and system performance
• Provide mentorship and technical support to junior developers where applicable
• Any other duties as assigned.

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., C#, Java, Python, JavaScript)
• Full Stack Developer
• Experience with API development and integration (REST, SOAP)
• Database management experience (SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDb)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (preferably Microsoft Azure)
• Experience with version control tools (e.g., Git)
• Experience with Laravel framework
• communication skills both oral and written.

• Certificate in GCSE Twelve (12) or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Minimum 3-5 years in software development or systems engineering
• Application development and System integration
• Development of enterprise-level solutions