Full Stack Engineer

Loot.co.za (Africa Online Retail (Pty) Ltd)

Wes-Kaap

Hybrid

ZAR 600,000 - 900,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Job summary

A leading South African online retailer is seeking a Full Stack Engineer to create and maintain applications for managing millions of products and serving thousands of customers. Candidates should have over 4 years of software development experience, strong coding skills, and the ability to work both independently and in a team. The position is based in Cape Town, offering a hybrid work environment. Ideal candidates will possess experience in Java and Next.js, as well as familiarity with modern deployment practices.

Qualifications

4+ years of experience in software development.
Strong growth mindset and motivation for continuous improvement.
Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively.
Designing, building and implementing database schemas (PostgreSQL).
JSON and XML handling.
Linux-based systems and environments.
Data structures, algorithm design, problem-solving, complexity analysis and secure coding best practices.
Analyzing and troubleshooting distributed systems, tackling problems of load, scale and optimizations of complex large-scale deployments.
4+ years of experience.
Strong growth mindset and motivation to continuously improve self and team performance.
Highly passionate about hands-on coding.
Ability to work autonomously as an individual and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

Create and maintain customer-facing and internal applications.
Transition from legacy technologies to modern solutions.
Troubleshoot and optimize large-scale deployments.

Skills

Building REST APIs and web front ends

Solution design and API integration

Database schema design (PostgreSQL)

JSON and XML handling

Linux-based systems

Data structures and problem-solving

Analyzing distributed systems

Hands-on coding passion

Autonomous work capability

Tools

Java

Next.js

Docker

Cloudflare

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Job description

About Loot.co.za

Loot.co.za is a leading South African online store committed to providing the best quality products and legendary customer service. Since opening in 2003, we offer South African customers access to over 17 million products across 20+ departments such as DVDs, music, computers and more.

To enhance the Loot experience, we are scaling up our IT department while remaining lean and flexible. Our IT team works in a "flexible but accessible" environment, offering both work‑from‑home and office options and meeting in person when required.

The position

As a full stack engineer, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining customer‑facing and internal applications that manage millions of products and serve thousands of customers daily. You will work in a small, business‑aligned team involved in every aspect of the development life cycle and will help transition from legacy to modern technologies.

The tech stack

Loot operates mainly as a Java house with a Next.js front end running both on premise and in the cloud. In addition to Java and Next.js, we use a range of technologies, frameworks and services including Lambda, Cloudflare, Docker/Portainer, Prometheus, Grafana and ELK.

Technical and qualification requirements

Building REST APIs and web front ends.
Overall solution design, documentation and integration of APIs.
Designing, building and implementing database schemas (PostgreSQL).
JSON and XML handling.
Linux‑based systems and environments.
Data structures, algorithm design, problem‑solving, complexity analysis and secure coding best practices.
Analyzing and troubleshooting distributed systems, tackling problems of load, scale and optimizations of complex large‑scale deployments.
4+ years of experience.
Strong growth mindset and motivation to continuously improve self and team performance.
Highly passionate about hands‑on coding.
Ability to work autonomously as an individual and as part of a team.