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.

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 Fin Tech 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 advanced 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 (Java script, Jquery, React)
Mobile development utilising React-Native
API design, with a open

API 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

Software Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software

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