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Xceptor is hiring a Senior Solutions Engineer

Design and deliver production-grade solutions in a regulated financial services environment, focusing on data transformation, workflow automation, and rapid time-to-value. As a Senior Solutions Engineer, you will lead the full lifecycle of technical delivery—from scoping and design to implementation, testing, and ongoing support—on a modern, AI-integrated platform.

Key Responsibilities

  • Take full ownership of technical features, delivering them incrementally with a focus on outcomes, reliability, and maintainability.
  • Translate ambiguous requirements into clear, actionable plans by identifying constraints, defining scope, and aligning stakeholders.
  • Build secure, observable, and auditable solutions by default, applying sound engineering practices across performance, scalability, and risk control.
  • Leverage AI tools throughout the development lifecycle—for analysis, testing, and documentation—while rigorously validating all outputs through review and automated checks.
  • Design and configure reusable templates, data models, and workflows to increase team efficiency and consistency.
  • Write and optimize SQL queries with attention to schema design, indexing, and performance trade-offs.
  • Process and transform structured and semi-structured data formats including XML, JSON, CSV, and Excel with precision and automation.
  • Develop and maintain automated test suites—unit, configuration, and integration tests—to ensure solution integrity and long-term stability.
  • Keep technical documentation accurate and actionable, using AI-assisted drafting while ensuring correctness and usability.
  • Collaborate across disciplines to deliver client outcomes, not just technical output, in a regulated, mission-critical context.
  • Support team growth by sharing knowledge, improving delivery playbooks, and helping raise quality standards across the engineering tribe.
  • Champion safe release practices, continuous learning, and modern development workflows including CI/CD and code review.

Required Qualifications

  • Proven ability to lead end-to-end delivery of complex, data-driven systems in regulated environments.
  • Strong hands-on experience with SQL and XML, including data modeling, transformation, and validation.
  • Familiarity with software development practices: version control, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.
  • Experience implementing solutions involving data ingestion, enrichment, validation, or workflow logic.
  • Proficiency in C#/.NET or a similar language; solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals.
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Demonstrated use of AI as a routine development partner, with disciplined verification of results.
  • Academic background in a STEM field or equivalent practical experience.
  • Minimum of five years in roles such as Solutions Engineering, Data Engineering, or related technical delivery functions.
  • Pragmatic problem solver with a customer-focused mindset and a track record of delivering in fast-moving environments.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Advanced Excel skills.
  • Exposure to tax operations or financial data domains (helpful but not required).

Work Environment

This role follows a hybrid model, with 2–3 days per week expected in the office and flexibility for remote work the remainder of the week. The team values inclusion, collaboration, and continuous improvement, with a strong focus on modern practices including AI-augmented development.

Company Values

  • Client Centricity: Prioritize client outcomes and long-term success.
  • One Team: Work collaboratively across functions and disciplines.
  • Impactful: Focus on delivering measurable results.
  • Integrity and Accountability: Own commitments and follow through.
  • Continuous Learning: Stay curious, adapt quickly, and share knowledge.
  • Inclusion: Foster a respectful, diverse, and psychologically safe environment.
  • Modern Practices: Embrace AI, automation, and iterative delivery.
Required Skills
XMLSQLJsonExcelCI/CD
Job Details
Location Cape Town, /, South Africa
Work mode Hybrid
Department Software Development
Category Backend
Posted 5 months ago
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Xceptor
Xceptor is a company that designs around data manipulation, sourcing data from wherever it flows, then curating, normalising, validating, repairing, and enriching that data so it reaches its destination in a reliable and consistent format. It is an expert in the Financial Services vertical, enabling business users to solve their data challenges by themselves.
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