Software Engineer

Future Careers is seeking a Software Engineer for a leading South African e-commerce platform, based in Cape Town (remote/hybrid). The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality, scalable software solutions, while contributing to code reviews, testing, and continuous improvement of system performance and security. This role is ideal for a proactive, self-driven engineer with a passion for technology, hands-on experience in modern programming languages and frameworks, and the ability to collaborate effectively in an autonomous, fast-paced, and innovative team environment.

Description

• Develop, test, and deploy high-quality software solutions.

• Review code and contribute to improving code quality and best practices.

• Create and execute unit tests and resolve software defects.

• Participate in functional and technical specification reviews.

• Monitor services and systems within the infrastructure environment.

• Continuously improve system architecture, performance, scalability, and security.

Education Profile

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 months to 2 years of professional software development experience.
• Proven experience with at least one object-oriented programming language.
• Solid understanding of networking, databases, data structures, algorithms, cloud computing, security, distributed systems, and testing.
• Knowledge of coding best practices, system scalability, security, and performance optimisation.

• Proficiency in Python or PHP.
• Experience with Django or Laravel.
• Strong understanding of web fundamentals.

Advantageous Experience:

• Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as Node.js, Nuxt.js, or Vue.js.
• Exposure to MySQL and Google BigQuery.
• Linux fundamentals.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working on e-commerce-based applications.

Skills & competencies:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical ability.
• Results-driven with a proactive, self-starter mindset.
• Comfortable working within a collaborative, team-based environment
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build effective working relationships.
• Passionate about technology and continuous
  
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