Software Engineer – Back-End III

About the role

Capitec is looking for a senior back‑end software engineer to design, build and operate high‑scale services that power digital wallets and card‑delivery platforms. You will work in a cross‑functional team, influencing technical decisions and mentoring fellow engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy and maintain scalable back‑end services.
• Build and integrate RESTful APIs and event‑driven services.
• Contribute to domain‑driven and event‑driven architectures.
• Work with cloud‑native systems on Kubernetes.
• Participate in architectural discussions and technical decision‑making.
• Guide and support other engineers through code reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues.
• Collaborate closely with product, QA and platform teams.

Required profile

• Minimum Grade 12; preferred tertiary qualification in Information Technology.
• 6+ years of back‑end software development experience.
• Proven delivery and support of production‑grade systems.
• Strong experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS and cloud platforms.
• Experience building microservices and event‑driven architectures.
• Familiarity with containerisation and Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle, algorithms, data structures and design patterns.

Required skills

• Java
• Spring Boot
• PostgreSQL
• AWS
• Kubernetes
• Domain‑Driven Design (DDD)
• Event‑Driven Architecture
• CI/CD pipelines
• RESTful API design and integration
• SQL and NoSQL databases
• Microservices
• Containerisation
• Version control (Git)
• Modern testing practices