Fullstack Software Engineer

Lov.Cash; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Lov.Cash, located in Cape Town, South Africa, is looking for a FullStack Java/J2EE Developer to help design and develop innovative financial service solutions. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of full-stack development experience and strong skills in Java/J2EE, Spring framework, and web services.

Responsibilities include developing scalable applications, reviewing design documents, and ensuring security best practices. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is required, along with outstanding communication skills and a dynamic work approach.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in full-stack development.
• Solid experience in Java/J2EE (Java 8).
• Experience in developing web services using HTTP REST/JSON and SOAP.
• Comprehensive knowledge of web design patterns and front-end technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop front-end and back-end applications.
• Review architecture and design documents.
• Testing and debugging of software.
• Conduct code reviews.

Skills

Full-stack development

Java/J2EE

REST/JSON and SOAP web services

MAVEN / GIT

AWS services

API modeling

MySQL and Postgres

HTML5, JQuery, MVC frameworks

Unit testing

Agile development methodology

Education

Bachelor in Computer Science / Software Engineering

Tools

Spring framework

Spring Boot

Hibernate

Postman

Job description

Lov.Cash is a mobile financial services platform aimed at consumers and businesses in emerging markets. We are developing innovative, accessible & affordable financial services solutions such as mobile wallets & payment terminals (POS) for sending and receiving digital currency. Lov.Cash provides a digital alternative to cash and improves the security and safety for traders and their shoppers.

Job Description

Role Overview

FullStackJava/J2ee Developer with hands‑on Angular experience with Spring framework and Web‑services.

Role Responsibilities

• Design and develop front-end architecture as well as back-end web applications
• Reviewing architecture and design documents
• Providing feedback on approach and estimates
• Recommend development options
• Creating tech designs and specifications
• Testing and debugging of software.
• Take responsibility of writing and documenting maintainable, adaptable, and scalable, clean code
• Security best practices for micro services
• Conducting code reviews.

Required Experience

• At least 5+ years of years experience in full-stack development (rare exceptions for highly skilled developers)
• Solid working experience in Java/J2EE (Java 8) development
• Working experience in developing web services using HTTP REST/JSON and SOAP
• Message Event Queues and Topics.
• Must have MAVEN / GIT
• Knowledge of AWS services
• Experience in API modeling and design process
• Working experience in MySQL and Postgres
• Object-oriented and service-oriented design concepts, including knowledge of data transfer objects and associated design patterns.
• Comprehensive and extensive knowledge of Web design patterns and front end technologies like HTML5, JQuery and MVC frameworks, specifically Spring and Spring Boot.
• Hand‑on experience with unit testing and working with CI environment
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to solicit and formalize requirements.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment with changing requirements.
• Experience with agile development methodology.

Nice to Have

Graphql Experience

• Spring Boot and Microservices
• Spring framework, REST Services, Spring Data (ORM), JPA, Postman, SOAP
• Message Event Queues and Topics
• HTML & CSS
• Hibernate
• Unit Testing – Junit & Mock Frameworks
• AWS services
• SQL

Qualifications

Bachelor in Computer Science / Software Engineering or related IT field or equivalent combination of experience and education