Job title: Senior Software Engineer
Reporting to: Software Engineering Team Lead
Location: Our Lula head office is based in Cape Town; however, for this role, we are open to applications from across South Africa.
WHAT WE DO Lula is an innovative and human-focused FinTech company on a mission to help small businesses optimise their cash flow. Our purpose is to help SMEs manage their businesses better, faster, and more simply, so they can spend more time doing what they love.
If you're looking for a new place to call 'home' that believes in the potential of the broader SME landscape in South Africa and a place where you'll work with awesome people - then Lula's the place for you!
OUR VALUES Collaborative - we're a clan and work together as a team, always towards a common goal Committed - we're accountable and follow through no matter the challenge Curious - we look for better ways to do things and make a positive difference Connected - we stay close to, learn from and look to understand each other and our customers Compassionate - we go out of our way to care about our colleagues, our customers and our community OVERALL PURPOSE Our platform is the market leader in online business lending, is based on the Microsoft stack and is hosted in the cloud. We are looking for a motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic, vibrant and energetic Engineering team. The successful candidate will be required to contribute towards system architecture, technical decision making, planning and development of platform features and advance our platform to the next phase of operation and functionality.
In addition, the successful candidate will be required to mentor junior Developers and be an active member of code reviewing sessions. Furthermore, taking responsibility for project delivery and system maintenance.
This role will expose you to several aspects of software development, service provider integrations, full stack technologies, project responsibility and team mentorship.
Responsibilities will include: Extend and maintain existing and new software systems on the Lula platform (and/or Lula white labeled/partner platforms) Project scheduling, planning reporting and analysis tasks Planning, estimating, and continuously improving code quality, system design and processes Work with the business to understand and implement complex requirements Technical advice and system architecture Driving Engineering Excellence within Lula Collaboration between product delivery teams Mentorship of more junior team members Technology research and keeping a constant eye on changing industry ideas and practices, and monitoring emerging technologies Participation in technical architecture/problem resolution sessions Work in an agile environment, assisting in the move towards Continuous Deployment THE COMPETENCIES WE'RE AFTER Full stack development exposure Ability to mentor more junior team members Efficiency and optimisation driven Analytical thinker Problem solver Attention to detail Innovative Advanced communication skills Team player Knowledge sharing Interest and passion for technology THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A relevant tertiary level qualification (BSc in Computer Science, BTech, BEng), or equivalent Honours and/or Master's degree an added advantage 6+ years experience in object oriented development (Preferably C# or Java) Solid experience in test-driven development Exposure to any of the following: architectural design principles secure coding practices front-end scripting technologies (Javascript, Jquery, React) Mobile development utilising React-Native API design, with a openAPI preference micro-services and/or service oriented architecture cloud based environments (Preferably Azure) database design Agile development source control (e.g Git) Please note that all appointments are subject to our background checking process, which may include Credit, Criminal and any other job inherent checks.
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