Remote‑First Full Stack Engineer for Scalable E‑commerce

Loot.co.za (Africa Online Retail (Pty) Ltd); Wes-Kaap; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

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.

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

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.