Cape Town: Fixed Income Software Engineer (C#, Java OR Python) posted by Datafin

January 14, 2026 Jobs in Cape Peninsula

Datafin

Western Cape

Other IT/Computer

Job Description

About the Role

Join Datafin, a dynamic financial group, as their next Fixed Income Software Engineer. You will apply data and statistical models to develop scalable and robust investment analytics and portfolio metrics, assisting with active investment management processes. As a language-agnostic software developer, you will regularly engage directly with portfolio decision-makers and use your skills to enhance product features that impact investment decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Analytics platform enhancements
Play an active role in the development and enhancement of the analytics platform used in the investment research and portfolio construction process.
Enhancements will include the implementation of tooling and services to increase end-users productivity, research machine learning models, and create web-based decision support tools.
Software product development
Engage with stakeholders to understand their needs and communicate how technology could be used to address them.
Work with team to formulate user stories and steps for each development sprint.
Work in a proof-of-concept style to engage stakeholders and adopt a fail-fast approach to enable higher quality deliverables.

Requirements

A minimum of 5 years working as a Software Developer in a professional capacity, including experience with:
Service based architectures
Different backend architectures
Different programming paradigms
Preference will be given to candidates with a broad range of skills using open source technologies such as .Net Core, JVM family of languages, Python, Java, React.js, Linux, Docker, Apache Spark, Apache Airflow, R.

Qualifications

A BSc. Honours Degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Engineering or similar.

Salary & Benefits

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