Software Engineer: Full Stack
Capitec Bank Ltd · Sandton, ZA · South Africa · On-site
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About this role:
The Fullstack 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 to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and enhance software systems and applications based on specifications, while adhering to established standards. They translate requirements from the business or technical analyst and actively participate with the delivery team in design and problem-solving. We need someone who is genuinely full-stack with at least 5 years' experience. Your experience must speak to both front and back end.
What you'll do
Build and maintain full-stack applications using C# (.NET) and Vue.js
Design and implement cloud solutions on AWS
Automate infrastructure and deployments using Terraform, GitOps and CI/CD pipelines
Own features end to end – from technical design through release and production support
Make sure production systems are scalable, reliable, secure and observable
Work closely with DevOps, QA, Product and Architecture
Take part in on-call rotations, incident resolution and root cause analysis
Mentor engineers, lead code reviews and shape engineering standards
What you need
Must-have
At least 5 years' experience delivering production systems
C# (.NET 8/9/10)
Vue.js (Vue 3, Composition API, Pinia), TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Vite
Micro frontends and Module Federation
Microservices, REST/gRPC APIs and event-driven design
AWS (IAM, EKS, RDS, MSK/Kafka, Lambda, ElastiCache, S3)
Terraform – modules, state management and environment provisioning
Docker and Kubernetes
CI/CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD)
Relational databases (PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL), schema design and query optimisation
Observability tools (Instana, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
Testing across unit, integration and end to end (xUnit, Vitest, Cypress or Playwright)
Secure coding (OWASP Top 10) and data protection principles
Good to have
Java, Python (FastAPI) or Golang
Kafka ecosystem – Kafka Streams, schema registries, outbox pattern
AWS cost optimisation
What we're looking for in you
You take ownership and solve problems without being told twice
You communicate clearly – to developers and non-technical stakeholders alike
You make sound calls on the trade-offs between speed, quality and technical debt
You're comfortable in a fast-moving, multi-language…