Full Stack Software Engineer

Lekkeslaap; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 550,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Free lunch when in office

Modern offices at V&A Waterfront

Showers on site

Travel vouchers and discounts

Medical aid contributions & Vitality

Job summary

LekkeSlaap is a leading accommodation booking app in South Africa, based at the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town. We seek a Full Stack Software Engineer to join our close-knit Product & Engineering team, building scalable web applications across the full stack and driving performance, security, and maintainability.

You will collaborate with Product, Design and Engineering from idea to launch, leveraging AI-enabled tooling to improve workflows and product capabilities for guests and hosts.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of proven experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer in a web-based, high-traffic, user-facing product environment.
• Proficiency with PHP (Laravel), Twig/HTML/CSS/JavaScript (React), MySQL/MariaDB, Redis and Nginx.
• Experience with AI tools and automation to improve development workflows and product capabilities.
• Strong collaboration with product, design and engineering teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deploy scalable web applications across the full stack.
• Optimise system performance and implement secure coding practices.
• Maintain high standards for code quality, review processes and test coverage.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers and other developers to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Diagnose and resolve bugs, bottlenecks and performance issues swiftly.
• Maintain clear technical documentation for long‑term maintainability.
• Contribute to tool/time-saving improvements across workflows and product capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to introduce automation and AI-assisted features across the development lifecycle.

Skills

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Adaptability

Ownership

Continuous learning

Quality focus

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Nomad

Terraform

GitHub Actions

MariaDB / MySQL

Redis

Nginx

React

Laravel

Twig

Job description

Bring 3–5 years of full-stack engineering experience in user-facing products

Build and optimise full-stack systems powering a large-scale travel platform

Leverage AI and automation to improve development workflows and product capabilities

Work cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Engineering from idea to launch

V&A Waterfront, Cape Town (hybrid)

LekkeSlaap is South Africa’s leading accommodation booking app known for its user-friendliness, exceptional customer experience, and extensive local accommodation options. Owned by Tripco, a travel technology company based in the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town. LekkeSlaap is committed to innovation, best-in-class customer service, and setting new standards in travel technology.

As a Full Stack Software Engineer at Tripco, you’ll be a part of a close-knit Product & Engineering team, building and optimising the technology that powers our products. You’ll work across the full technology stack, delivering high-quality, scalable, and maintainable solutions enhancing the travel booking experience for millions of users. From backend architecture to front-end performance, you’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to bring ideas to life while ensuring our systems are secure, efficient, and future-ready.

You’ll also play an active role in leveraging AI-driven tools and automation to improve development efficiency, optimise internal processes, and enhance product capabilities as the industry continues to evolve.

Our Stack

You’ll work with a diverse and modern technology ecosystem, including:

• Core Stack: Backend - PHP (Laravel), Frontend - Twig/HTML/CSS/JavaScript (React), MySQL (MariaDB), Redis, and Nginx
• Additional Languages: Python, C++, and Rust for performance-critical and specialised microservices
• AI, Data & Automation: Active use of AI-driven tools, automation, and data-informed solutions to improve internal systems, development workflows, and product capabilities
• Infrastructure: Containerised apps using HashiCorp’s Nomad, Consul, Vault, and Terraform on a self-managed multi-server environment.
• CI/CD: Docker and GitHub Actions for automated builds, testing, and deployments.

Responsibilities

• Application Development: Design, build, test, and deploy scalable and maintainable web applications across the full stack.
• Performance & Security: Optimise system performance and implement secure coding practices that meet industry standards and protect customer data.
• Code Quality: Participate in peer code reviews, maintaining high standards for maintainability, readability, and test coverage.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with product managers, designers, and other developers to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Problem Resolution: Diagnose and resolve software bugs, bottlenecks, and performance issues quickly and effectively.
• Documentation: Maintain clear, practical technical documentation that captures system context and business logic to support ongoing development and long‑term maintainability.
• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the continuous improvement of tools, frameworks, and practices to enhance development efficiency and product quality.
• Automation & AI Enablement: Actively identify opportunities to introduce automation and AI‑assisted solutions across the development lifecycle, from testing and deployments to internal tooling and workflows, and product features for our guests & hosts.
• Platform Independence: Develop solutions with a platform‑agnostic mindset to support long‑term scalability and flexibility.
• Product feature ownership: Take full ownership of features, and collaborate across departments to ensure successful integration.

Behavioural competencies

• Collaboration: Thrives in a team environment, working efficiently across multiple disciplines and fostering a culture of shared goals.
• Problem-solving mindset: Approaches challenges with a doer mentality, balancing analysis, planning, and hands‑on execution to deliver results.
• Adaptability: Open and eager to learn new technologies, including emerging AI and automation tools, as the tech landscape evolves
• Urgency & ownership: Manages workload effectively, makes confident decisions, and takes full ownership of deliverables.
• Continuous learning: Proactively keeps skills and knowledge current to remain ahead of industry trends, with a strong interest in AI‑driven development practices.
• Attention to quality: Committed to delivering high-quality, secure, and maintainable code.

Functional experience & competencies

• 3+ years of proven experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer or similar role, ideally within a web-based, high‑traffic, user‑facing product environment
• Proficiency in our stack, or similar technologies, as outlined above
• Familiarity with software design principles, coding best practices, and scalable architecture
• Experience with version control systems, particularly Git
• Keen interest in using AI tools and automation to improve productivity, code quality, and development workflows

Bonus if you have:

• Good eye for UI/UX design and experience with relevant tools (eg. Figma).
• Experience or strong interest in Machine Learning, Data Analytics, or data‑driven product development.
• Prior exposure to AI‑powered features, automation tooling, or intelligent systems.
• Comfortable with the terminal, Linux and Git.
• Hands‑on experience with containerisation (Docker) and orchestration tools (eg. Nomad/Kubernetes).
• Exposure to continuous integration and deployment pipelines (eg. Github Actions).
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and infrastructure‑as‑code (eg. Terraform).
• Understanding of the web infrastructure—DNS, HTTP, SSL, loadbalancing, etc.

• Hybrid work model & flexible start times
• Free lunch when in office
• Modern offices based at the V&A Waterfront
• Showers on site
• Travel vouchers and discounts
• Discovery medical aid contributions & Vitality Health membership
• Retirement annuity contributions
• High-end laptops and workstation setup for both in-office and WFH
• Generous leave package
• Half-day off every month
• Monthly company-wide initiatives and more!

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, including persons with disabilities.