Senior Software Engineer

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Lula Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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Job title: Senior Software Engineer
Reporting to: Software Engineering Team Lead
Location: Remote
ALL STAFF APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE WITH DUE CONSIDERATION OF THE COMPANY’S EE TARGETS
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!
We’re making business banking fast, human, Lula!
CULTURE CODE

• We Embrace Curiosity- We continuously seek better ways to deliver value with a solutions-over-problems mindset.
  
  
• We win as One - We collaborate, build strong relationships and value diverse perspectives
• We’re Driven by Purpose - We are passionate and committed to delivering the best products and services for SMEs
• We Execute with Ambition - We set ambitious goals, embrace challenges, and deliver with focus and determination
  

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.

The application is the market leading online small business lending platform which incorporates all aspects from multiple API integrations with other fintech platforms to advance business logic around risking, pricing and machine learning prediction for quick turnaround funding offers.
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)
• API design, with a OpenAPI preference
• micro-services and/or service oriented architecture
• cloud based environments (Preferably Azure)
• CI/CD pipelines (eg.
  
  Github Actions)
• database design
• Agile development
• source control (e.g. GitHub) and branching strategies
• Containerisation technologies (eg.
  
  Docker)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Banking

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