Senior Associate - Software Development - Technology and …, Cape Town

As a Senior Associate– Software Development, you will be a hands‑on senior engineer within the Technology&Product Solutions team, contributing to the design, build, and support of enterprise‑grade, cloud‑native solutions on the Microsoft technology stack.

You will work across application development, cloud services, integrations, automation, and emerging AI‑enabled capabilities, contributing to the delivery of secure and scalable solutions on the Microsoft technology stack. The role emphasizes strong engineering principles, sound architecture, and modern cloud practices over reliance on any single platform or product.

High‑Level Responsibility Areas From a high‑level perspective, the core responsibilities that form this role are grouped into the following areas:

Application&Platform Development (Microsoft Stack)

Power Platform Solutions&Automation

Risk, Security&Compliance

Key Responsibilities Application&Platform Development (Microsoft Stack)

Design, develop, and maintain enterprise applications using Microsoft technologies

Apply clean code principles, solid architecture, and modern development practices

Contribute to both low‑code and pro‑code solutions, selecting the right approach for each use case

Apply best practices for version control, environment management, and release processes

Design and build Azure‑based services supporting scalable, secure, and event‑driven architectures

Develop and maintain Azure Function Apps for background processing, orchestration, and integrations

Implement secure configuration, monitoring, logging, and error‑handling patterns

Contribute to cloud architecture decisions with a focus on resilience, performance, and cost awareness

Design and implement RESTful APIs and integrations with internal and third‑party systems

Apply authentication, authorization, data transformation, and resilience patterns

Ensure integrations are secure, supportable, and well‑documented

Power Platform Solutions&Automation

Build and extend solutions using Microsoft Power Platform technologies where appropriate

Design Dataverse data models, relationships, and security roles

Develop and maintain Power Automate workflows to streamline business processes

Extend low‑code solutions using custom code when platform capabilities alone are insufficient

Design and develop AI‑enabled features using Microsoft AI services and APIs (e.g. Azure AI Services and Azure OpenAI‑based services)

Integrate AI capabilities into applications, workflows, and platforms to enhance automation, insight, and user experience

Build and maintain AI‑assisted solutions such as intelligent document processing, data enrichment, and workflow augmentation

Write clean, testable, production‑ready code to consume AI models and services using secure integration patterns

Collaborate with business and product stakeholders to identify high‑value, practical AI use cases

Apply responsible AI practices, including security, data privacy, governance, and risk management

Provide second‑ and third‑line technical support across applications, cloud services, and integrations

Troubleshoot complex issues spanning application logic, automation, integrations, and infrastructure

Apply platform governance, engineering standards, and security controls

Use appropriate tooling to support diagnostics, maintenance, and continuous quality improvement

Work closely with product owners, business users, and delivery teams to translate requirements into technical solutions

Produce and maintain technical documentation, solution designs, and development artefacts

Identify opportunities to improve platform quality, reliability, and maintainability

Actively reduce technical debt and contribute to evolving engineering standards and best practices

Risk, Security&Compliance

Ensure solutions align with enterprise risk, security, and compliance requirements

Support audit, reporting, and issue‑tracking activities where required

Promote secure development practices and responsible platform usage

Ensure appropriate data privacy and access controls are embedded in all solutions

Strategic Contribution

Contribute to the evolution of Catalyst’s core platforms and products

Support operational efficiency and delivery of high‑quality client service

Maintain awareness of Microsoft platform, cloud, AI, and industry trends

Collaborate cross‑functionally to deliver scalable, well‑designed solutions

Required Skills&Experience

5–7 years’ experience in software development or platform engineering roles

Strong experience across the Microsoft technology stack

Hands‑on experience with cloud development, ideally on Microsoft Azure

Strong understanding of application architecture, APIs, and system integrations

Experience designing, building, and supporting enterprise‑grade systems

Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to work independently

Excellent communication skills with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders

Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Advantageous

Experience with Power Platform and/or Dynamics 365 in enterprise environments

Experience integrating AI or machine‑learning‑based services into applications or workflows

Familiarity with Microsoft AI services or API‑based model consumption

Azure or Microsoft platform certifications

Experience in financial services or other regulated environments

About Catalyst Innovation Powered | People Inspired The Catalyst Group is a tech‑focused financial services organization that is creating a spark in a one‑dimensional industry. Founded in the Cayman Islands in 2020, Catalyst is a privately owned and fully independent group. We have offices and teams in 5 countries, servicing a global portfolio of clients with a wide range of strategies, structures, and requirements.

Catalyst was founded with a clear mission to reimagine financial services by sparking innovation, harnessing technology, and investing in our people and our communities.

In support of that mission, we have built an award‑winning team of highly skilled, innovative, and client‑centric individuals that are enabled with best‑in‑class technology to provide a platform that is unlike anything else in the industry.

We do things differently. We do things better. Catalyst is a values driven organization. We challenge our people to think and operate in accordance with a set of core values: Collaboration, Innovation, Reliability&Accountability, Connected Culture, Undivided Attention, Integrity, and Transparency. These values are part of our DNA; they are the principles that guide everything that we do.

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