Software Engineer - Start Immediately

We are looking to hire a motivated Software Engineer to join our amazing team at iKhokha in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal.
Growing your career as a Full Time Software Engineer is a fantastic opportunity to develop competitive skills.
If you are strong in problem-solving, planning and have the right initiative for the job, then apply for the position of Software Engineer at iKhokha today!

iKhokha is one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in Africa. As you'd expect, our pace is fast-moving and ever-changing. We like it that way.
Our office is a high performance environment where we push each other to challenge the status quo. If that doesn’t appeal to you, you probably shouldn’t work here.

Job Description

Our Village is growing fast and the iKTribe is on the hunt for more Software Engineers to #JoinTheHustle!

Do you want to see your work make a difference? Are you creative? Do you like solutioning through collaboration? Then let's chat...

What's in it for YOU?

• You would get the chance to be a part of a rapidly growing, purpose-driven Fintech company that has an awesome culture. 
• You would be a part of building bleeding edge solutions.
• If you are a team player that thrives in an Agile Scrum environment, keep reading!

So, what will you do?

• You will be building new technologies, maintaining existing technologies as well as testing various systems within the fintech space.
• You will be working in an Agile environment within a Scrum team that allows you to participate and collaborate in sprint ceremonies.
• You will lead certain projects on your own under the guidance of the Product Owner.

In addition to the above, you will;

• Work alongside the dev team on the transition to iKhokha’s new development stack which is coded in NodeJS/Typescript. It will encompass the ongoing development and maintenance of iKhokha’s microservice ecosystem including the tools used within it.
• Be directly responsible for the end to end development of serverless microservice based systems, including: initial planning, development, writing test cases, creating the deployment pipeline and deploying to our cloud hosting provider.
• Develop crispy new user-facing features that drive our users to take action, using ReactJS, HTML5 and CSS.

Deal breakers:

At least 4 years of relevant experience with the below technologies:

• HTML5, CSS and JavaScript
• ReactJS, Angular or Vue
• NodeJS/Typescript or Java
• REST API Integration

Any relevant experience with the below technologies would make you a front runner for the role:

• AWS Stack (Lambda, EC2, DynamoDB, S3)
• Test oriented development (using a framework such as jest)
• VSCode
• Linux 

Qualifications

The following would be advantageous:

• Relevant IT Degree

Additional Information

Perks of joining the Tribe?

• You get to work in a high growth company. Sink your teeth into meaningful work with tangible results you are accountable for.
• Hybrid, remote and in office work models.
• Remuneration & Benefits. We offer Company contributions to Medical Aid and a Group Risk Scheme.
• Visionary Leadership. 
• Study leave.
• Access to on demand learning and development.
• A friendly, collaborative culture and a team of all-round-lekker humans (it’s true, we surveyed our Employees and they told us so).
• If you find yourself at HQ, coffee on tap and a selection of hot beverages provided by our onsite Barista. 

Benefits of working as a Software Engineer in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal:

● Company offers great benefits
● Advancement opportunities
● Advantageous package