Software Engineer

Tillo Inc; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Tillo Inc is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join their Cape Town team. In this role, you'll design features, integrate APIs, and ensure high standards in coding. The position offers a hybrid work environment, emphasizing flexibility and collaboration. Ideal candidates will have solid PHP, Laravel, and RESTful API experience, along with excellent communication skills. Tillo values diversity and provides a supportive workplace with benefits like health insurance, retirement fund contributions, and development budgets.

Benefits

21 days holiday per annum

Retirement Fund (5%)

Health insurance contribution

Employee Incentive Scheme

Hybrid Working

Top spec equipment including laptop, mouse, keyboard, monitor

Anniversary gifts

Monthly breakfasts, drinks, snacks and events

Team Learning & Development budget

Qualifications

• Proven experience with PHP 8 standards and Laravel framework.
• Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with Vue and ideally Nuxt is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and build new features and integrate third-party services.
• Perform code reviews and provide feedback.
• Support DevOps responsibilities, monitoring, and maintenance.

Skills

Clean code

Communication skills

Testing principles

Tools

Git

Bitbucket

GitHub

GitLab

Job description

• Who we’re looking for: An experienced Software Engineer with an understanding of RESTful APIs and an interest in continuous improvement

• Where you’ll work: This role will be based in Cape Town, you'll be part of our global team, collaborating with colleagues and serving customers across the UK, USA, Australia, South Africa, and beyond. Our hybrid approach offers flexibility with regular team connection in our Cape Town office

The Tillo Difference

We're in the business of rewards and incentives, so we know a thing or two about the importance of giving back. We can't grow as a business without growing as individuals, so we are committed to providing a workplace where passionate, driven individuals can thrive. We value collaboration, trust, positivity, and a willingness to learn - only by working as a team will we reach our goals.

We’re the market leader in the UK and are active in a number of other markets including USA, Europe, Australia and India.

Day to day this role will

• Help to design and build new features

• Integrate to third-party services and APIs

• Perform code reviews for other Engineers and provide thoughtful feedback

• Work with Product Managers to scope, define and estimate work

• Support with DevOps - monitoring and maintaining test and production environments

• Maintain the high standards of our codebase

• Support other team members including regular Pairing sessions

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience writing performant and clean code to modern PHP 8 standards

• Experience developing with the Laravel framework

• Experience with Vue (& ideally Nuxt)

• Excellent communication skills

• Experience using version control such as git and Bitbucket/GitHub/Gitlab

• Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs

• Strong understanding of testing principles

It’s not essential, but we’d love to hear about it if you have experience with

• AWS services and/or Kubernetes

• Designing efficient SQL queries and schemas

• Test-Driven Development

Benefits

We offer all our employees trust and empower our team to work with flexibility and autonomy. We’re a close-knit team and love working collaboratively, with our hybrid model, our team can come together at our fantastic offices, but also focus in their own space. The Tillo team are a motivated bunch and we all work hard to push Tillo forwards, always innovating. We completely understand the importance of work/life balance and offer a supportive and collaborative working environment with the following benefits:

• 21 days holiday per annum

• Retirement Fund (5%)

• Health insurance contribution

• Employee Incentive Scheme

• Hybrid Working

• Top spec equipment including laptop, mouse, keyboard, monitor

• Anniversary gifts

• Monthly breakfasts, drinks, snacks and events

• Team Learning & Development budget

About Tillo

Tillo makes gift cards, rewards, and incentives simple, efficient, and profitable. Operating in over 37 markets and 25 currencies, Tillo processes billions in gift card transactions through a single, plug-and-go API, powering rewards and incentives for the world’s leading businesses.

Backed by Tenzing, Tillo is setting the global standard for digital gift card infrastructure.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know, and we will be happy to accommodate your needs.