Software Engineer: Full Stack 10088

Capitec; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to develop and maintain web applications. The ideal candidate will be experienced in both front-end and back-end technologies, particularly with Spring ecosystem and PostgreSQL, and have a strong focus on performance and user experience. This role provides an opportunity to impact financial lives across South Africa.

Benefits

Growth opportunities

Work with cutting-edge fintech architecture

Qualifications

• 3+ years building production-grade applications with demonstrable impact on user experience and system performance.
• Deep expertise in Spring ecosystem - Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security, Spring Data.
• Modern React development experience (Optional) with hooks, context, and state management libraries.

Responsibilities

• Architect scalable microservices using Spring Boot and Spring Cloud in a highly distributed banking environment.
• Develop secure RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures using Spring ecosystem.
• Collaborate in cross-functional teams using Agile methodologies.

Skills

Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

AWS

RESTful APIs

Docker

Education

Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology

Tools

Kubernetes

Java 21+

React

Job description

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Join Us in Becoming the Best Bank in the World!!

We appoint energized and motivated people for their potential and continuously look for talented, driven individuals to help us innovate and evolve. That is why we focus on finding the right people for the right jobs. We love what we do because we focus on making a positive difference for our clients and employees. Our company DNA is built around talented and committed teams dedicated to build a brand that we are proud of and earns the trust of our clients.

Who We Are

We are a bank, but we’re much more than that. We believe that banking is about enabling people to control their financial lives through banking that is simplified, accessible, affordable and delivered through personal experience. By helping our clients manage their financial lives better, we enable them to live better.

Why Choose Us

At Capitec, we offer our best by living up to our CEO values in every situation – we always put the Client first, act with Energy and take Ownership. And to support people in being their best, our Employee Value Proposition offers every value to all team members through cohesive teams, growth opportunities as well as employee benefits and savings. We make it a priority to ensure that each member of the Capitec team feels welcome, valued, focused, and has the opportunity to grow.

About The Role

The Full Stack Software Engineer plays a crucial role in developing and maintaining both front-end and back-end components of web applications and works on all layers of the application stack. They are therefore responsible for applying a holistic approach to building solutions that not only offer optimum performance, reliability, and scale but also create great client experiences.

What You Will Be Doing

• Architect scalable microservices using Spring Boot and Spring Cloud in a highly distributed banking environment
• Build resilient distributed systems that reliably handle financial transactions daily
• Design and optimize complex database schemas in PostgreSQL for performance at scale
• Develop secure RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures using Spring ecosystem
• Deploy and orchestrate containerized applications using Kubernetes
• Champion code quality through unit, integration and acceptance testing, including continuous integration practices
• Collaborate in cross-functional teams using Agile methodologies
  
  

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years building production-grade applications with demonstrable impact on user experience and system performance
• Deep expertise in Spring ecosystem - Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security, Spring Data
• Modern React development (Optional) with hooks, context, and state management libraries
• Database mastery - complex queries, performance tuning, and data modeling in PostgreSQL
• AWS cloud expertise - S3, RDS, SQS, MSK, and other core services for scalable infrastructure
• Cloud-native mindset - containerization, orchestration, and distributed system patterns
• API design excellence - RESTful services, OpenAPI specifications
• DevOps fluency - CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and production monitoring
• Observability expertise - Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch stack, and application performance monitoring
  
  

Tech Stack

• Backend: Java 21+, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Maven
• Frontend (Optional): React, TypeScript, modern CSS
• Data: PostgreSQL, Redis
• Cloud: AWS (S3, RDS, SQS, MSK)
• Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, cloud platforms
• Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenSearch
• Integration: REST APIs, message queues, event streaming
  
  

Why You'll Love It Here

• Technical excellence: Work with cutting-edge fintech architecture serving millions of users
• Growth opportunities: Continuous learning, internal tech talks and the reach to influence the overall engineering culture
• Impact: Your code directly improves financial lives across South Africa
  
  

Education (Minimum)

• Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational
  
  

Education (Ideal Or Preferred)

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology
  
  

Additional Information

• Clear criminal and credit record
  
  

Capitec is committed to diversity, applications to this position will strictly be considered in support of our employment equity goals.