Senior C# Developer

<h3><b>Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.</b></h3><p></p><p>With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://absahr.service-now.com/careerdevelopmentportal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">My Career Development Portal</a>: <b>Wherever you are in your career, we are here for you. Design your future. Discover leading-edge guidance, tools and support to unlock your potential. You are Absa. You are possibility.</b></p><p></p><p></p><p><u><b>Job Summary</b></u></p>We are hiring a Senior C# Developer to join our Electronic Trading technology team. This role<br/>focuses on maintaining and modernizing our trading GUIs and backend components, ensuring high<br/>performance, stability, and excellent user experience for our Markets business.<br/>The successful candidate will work on real-time, event-driven applications and contribute to the<br/>evolution of our trading platform, including UI modernization initiatives.<p></p><p></p><p><b><u>Job Description</u></b></p><p></p><p></p><ul><li><p>Maintain and enhance C#/WPF trading GUIs, ensuring performance and responsiveness.</p></li><li><p>Lead UI modernization efforts, including migration to modern frameworks such as Avalonia.</p></li><li><p>Develop and optimize multithreaded, asynchronous C# backend components.</p></li><li><p>Troubleshoot production issues and ensure stability of mission-critical systems.</p></li><li><p>Collaborate with cross-functional teams including trading, QA, infrastructure, and platform</p></li><li><p>engineering.</p></li><li><p>Contribute to architecture discussions, code reviews, and engineering best practices.</p></li><li><p>Mentor team members where appropriate.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Required Experience.</b></p><ul><li><p>7+ years of professional experience in C#/.NET development.</p></li><li><p>Strong knowledge of WPF, MVVM, data binding, and UI performance tuning.</p></li><li><p>Deep understanding of multithreading, concurrency, and asynchronous programming.</p></li><li><p>Experience with high-performance or real-time systems.</p></li><li><p>Backend development experience including REST APIs, messaging (Solace/Kafka), and</p></li><li><p>databases.</p></li><li><p>Strong analytical and debugging skills.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Preferred Qualifications</b></p><p>• Experience with Avalonia, MAUI, Uno, or modern cross-platform UI frameworks.</p><p>• Background in electronic trading or financial technology.</p><p>• Knowledge of FIX protocol, OMS/EMS, or trading workflows.</p><p>• Experience with memory optimization, GC tuning, and UI thread performance.</p><p></p><p><b>Soft Skills</b></p><p>• High sense of ownership and accountability.</p><p>• Strong communication skills with both business and technical teams.</p><p>• Proactive problem-solving approach and focus on system quality.</p><p>• Ability to mentor junior developers and influence technical direction.</p><p></p><p><b>Why Join Us</b></p><p>• Work on mission-critical trading systems with real business impact.</p><p>• Be part of the modernization of our trading UI platform.</p><p>• Strong engineering culture and collaborative environment.</p><p>• Opportunities for technical leadership and innovation.</p><p></p><p><u><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><b>Education</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></p><p></p>Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology