We’re looking for a Software Engineer who’s excited to solve real problems, ship smart solutions, and help shape tools that keep small businesses winning.
Join a humble, high‑impact team that puts customers first and leaves egos at the door.
So, what will you do?
- You will be a part of building new technologies, maintaining existing technologies as well as testing various systems within the FinTech space.
- You will also be working in an Agile environment within a collaborative cross-functional Team, reporting into the Software Development Manager.
In addition to the above, you will:
- Developing crispy new user-facing features that drive our users to take action, using Typescript, React.js, HTML5 and CSS.
- Responsible for the end-to-end development of FinTech systems, including: initial planning, development, writing test cases, creating the deployment pipeline and deploying to our cloud hosting provider.
- Ensuring that code developed is of the highest standards through the adherence to Engineering Principles, Pull Request Standards and Definitions of Done.
- Ensuring that development has sufficient Code coverage through the creation of Unit test.
- Ensuring that code adheres to “Clean as you code standard“.
- Creating, reading, maintaining, interpreting, updating and reviewing documentation.
- Helping other engineers to grow through effective mentorship.
- Ensuring that the team and stakeholders are communicated too effective and efficiently through Pull Requests, Jira Tickets, Slack and Confluence.
- Imparting valuable knowledge to the engineering team at large through knowledge sharing sessions.
The following would be advantageous:
- A degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
Deal Breakers:
2-4 years’ experience in the following:
- Working within an Agile environment using Scrum or Kanban methods.
- Version Control experience whereby you have worked in Engineering Team (with developers of various levels) with a version control system such as GitHub.
- Development Environments experience whereby you have worked in Engineering Teams (with developers of various levels) within multiple environments for Development, Testing and Production; including Branching Strategies.
- Experience with Technical Leadership whereby you have led a Software Engineering Team (with developers of various levels) and been involved in Technical Leadership, Code Quality, Code Standards, Code Security, System and Code Performance.
- Experience with creating, maintaining and reviewing documentation.
- Experience with leading and participating in Code Reviews for your own team as well as those in other teams.
Perks of joining the Tribe?
- You get to work in a high growth company. Sink your teeth into meaningful work with tangible results you are accountable for.
- Hybrid, remote and in office work models.
- Remuneration & Benefits. We offer company contributions to Medical Aid and a group risk scheme.
- Visionary leadership.
- Study leave.
- Access to on demand learning and development.
- A friendly, collaborative culture and a team of all-round-lekker humans (it’s true, we surveyed our employees and they told us so).
- If you find yourself at HQ, coffee on tap and a selection of hot beverages provided by our onsite Barista.
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