Senior Software Engineer (Fullstack)

As a senior full stack engineer, you'll lead end-to-end initiatives, design complete solutions and provide technical leadership across the entire application stack - from the interface a client taps on our app to the back-end systems processing their claim in real time. Capitec Insurance is making a significant move into South Africa's insurance market, with 23 million banking clients and a three-year growth plan that demands technology built to scale. We're committed to making life cover more affordable, transparent and simple - with a fully digital application that takes less than 10 minutes and no medical tests. Every line of code you write is part of keeping that promise. What you'll do here Lead end-to-end system design across the full application stack Make architectural decisions that span front-end and back-end Mentor engineers on full stack practices and holistic technical thinking Drive technical standards across the team Design complete application architectures from the ground up Optimise performance across the entire stack Integrate complex systems across our insurance platform Balance front-end UX with back-end performance - so clients feel the quality of what you build Our tech stack Back-end C# and .NET Core AWS - where we build and run at scale PostgreSQL - our primary data store Kafka - event-driven architecture and messaging or similar Front-end React or Angular or Vue TypeScript HTML, CSS and responsive UI design Engineering practice RESTful API design and integration Microservice and event-driven architectures Containerisation and deployment using Kubernetes CI/CD pipelines and version control What you bring Experience 6+ years of proven full stack software development experience, delivering end-to-end solutions in production Strong back-end capability in C#/.NET Core Solid front-end experience with React or Vue and TypeScript Experience designing scalable systems in AWS environments A track record of leading technical decisions across the full stack - not just executing them Experience working in regulated or financial services environments is a strong advantage The ability to communicate technical decisions clearly to engineers, architects and business stakeholders A genuine interest in growing the engineers around you Education Minimum: Grade 12 National Certificate Preferred: A relevant tertiary qualification in information technology Knowledge You can apply expert-level knowledge and develop others' understanding across: IT systems development processes (SDLC) and agile delivery Advanced programming concepts and design patterns Advanced algorithms and data structures Front-end architecture and component design Database systems and query optimisation (SQL and NoSQL) RESTful API design and integration Cloud computing platforms and services (AWS) Advanced microservice and event-driven architectures Deployment using Kubernetes and containerisation Testing practices - unit, integration and end-to-end