Software Engineer: Full Stack III (Payments, AWS,C#) (Stellenbosch OR Sandton)

About the job Software Engineer: Full Stack III (Payments, AWS, C#) (Stellenbosch OR Sandton)

Purpose Statement

The development role resides within an electronic payments team. Payments experience would be advantageous e.g. ISO20022, EFT, Debicheck, PayShap, RTC, Card, Mobile Money or any other type of payment services.

The level III Software Engineer plays an integral part in a cross-functional team dedicated to the full software development lifecycle, from concept, to development to deployment and ultimately operating of each product. At this level, Software Engineers are responsible for designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, and enhancing complex software systems and applications, considering scalability, performance, and future requirements. They are also responsible for guiding and supporting developers and stakeholders in scoping, progress, status, and resolution of engineering problems.

The Full Stack Software Engineer plays a crucial role in developing and maintaining both front-end and back-end components of web applications and works on all layers of the application stack. They are therefore responsible for applying a holistic approach to building solutions that not only offer optimum performance, reliability, and scale but also create great client experiences.

Education:

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology
• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

Experience:

• 6+ years proven experience in both front- and back-end software development, project delivery, and implementation (in relevant development technologies/language).
• Experience with modern front-end and back-end frameworks and technologies.

Knowledge:

Is able to apply expert knowledge and develop others' understanding of the following:

• Advanced programming concepts
• Advanced algorithms and data structures
• Design Patterns
• Version Control
• Testing practices
• Database systems and query optimization (e.g., SQL, NoSQL)
• RESTful API design and integration
• Cloud computing platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure)
• Advanced Microservice and event-driven architectures
• Deployment using Kubernetes and containerization
• Responsive design principles and mobile-first development
• Front-end build tools and package managers
• C#
• AWS
• GoLang
• GitLab/GitHub
• Oracle
• SQL
• MQ/Kafka
• Docker
• Knowledge of cloud services like EC2, S3, Lambda, etc.

Containerization and Deployment:

• Kubernetes for container orchestration
• Deployment Pipelines (CI/CD) using GitLab or GitHub Actions
• Experience with deployment monitoring tools like Instana

Version Control:

• Git (GitLab/GitHub)

Message Brokers:

• Experience with message queuing technologies like Kafka or RabbitMQ

Additional Skills:

• Payment's domain experience, particularly in building payments systems
• Knowledge of Postgres for database management
• Familiarity with Oracle databases
• Understanding of Instana for monitoring and observability