Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

Requirements

• A Computer Science degree.
• Experience with Kotlin, Java, or Scala, and cloud-based infrastructure ideally AWS.
• Python experience is an added advantage.
• Experience designing, developing and testing software.
• Extensive hands-on experience with design and development of high-volume/low-latency services.
• Business and operational awareness.
• Good communication skills and EQ — able to work in a diverse team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver across the SDLC to build a highly scalable distributed system.
• Assist in defining the team's roadmap in line with company and technology vision.
• Design, implement, test, deploy, and support products and services.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback.
• Guide the team to consistently write production-ready code that is easily testable and understood.
• Anticipate and communicate blockers, delays and cost ballooning before they require escalation.
• Contribute to existing documentation and drive best practices and engineering excellence.

Benefits

• Work in an agile cross-functional team delivering quality code.
• Modern pragmatic tech stack.
• Mentoring opportunities to help junior colleagues grow.
• Collaborating with smart, engaging people.
• Working for impact.
• Growing and learning continuously.
• Flexible work practices.
• Remote-first environment with team members across South Africa, Portugal and Kenya.