Senior C# Software Developer

Pepkor Payments & Lending|Posted 7 days ago

Skills and experience

Role:Backend engineer

Other roles:Full stack engineer, Database developer

Experience in role:5+ years

Language proficiency:English

Must-have skills:

Angular

Location and salary

Remote policy:In-office

Location of job:Kuils River, South Africa

Visa requirements:Authorised to work in South Africa With status of citizen/passport holder or permanent resident

Visa sponsorship:Unable to sponsor visa

Employment type:Permanent

Role description

We're expanding our team at Pepkor Payments and Lending, and we're looking for a Senior Software Developer who takes pride in their work and thrives on ownership and accountability. You'll join our diverse team of C# developers working on exciting projects, including migrating our software to a web-based platform with API-first architecture. Using the full Microsoft stack—C# , .NET 6, Angular, and MS SQL—you'll be responsible for critical business processes, database and user interface design, software development, unit testing, and collaborating with Business Analysts and Test Analysts. Our team culture is built on collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. We follow SOLID principles, ask questions, think of better ways to do things, and aren't afraid to make mistakes and learn from them. We trust each other, hold one another accountable, and enjoy a vibrant environment where everyone is challenged and values knowledge exchange. With a big and diverse team, you'll have plenty of opportunities to learn from others and grow your skills while enjoying the occasional quiz, coffee breaks, and a healthy sense of humour. To excel in this role, you'll need at least 5 years of software development experience, solid expertise in MS SQL Server, C# , .NET 6, MVC, RESTful APIs, Angular, and other key technologies in our stack. We're looking for someone with strong technical and problem-solving abilities, high attention to detail, and a passion for continuous learning. Experience in financial transactional systems and exposure to agile methodologies would be advantageous. A 3-year tertiary qualification in IT or a related field is preferred.

About Pepkor Payments & Lending

501-1000 employees

WHO ARE WE?

Pepkor Payments and Lending forms part of the Pepkor Group, and operates as a division of Pepkor Trading (Pty) Ltd, serving as a central support structure for Capfin and Tenacity Financial Services.

As part of the Group, we benefit from the group’s size and expertise, affording us the opportunity to improve organisational efficiency. Our centralised support structure enables us to provide specialised and competitive lending and payment solutions to increase the operational effectiveness, output, and profits of Pepkor retail partners and our own business.

We are first and foremost a financial services company and as developers, we work on financial systems. However, that does not mean that we are boring or that we don’t have some very intelligent and experienced people working in our development teams. Quite the opposite actually.

WHAT DO WE DO?

At Pepkor Payments & Lending we have multiple software delivery teams split across two functional workstreams.

We collaborate, we innovate, we ask questions, we think of better ways to do things, we do the occasional quiz to broaden our horizons, we take pride in what we do, we drink coffee, we display a sense of humour and we allow each other to make mistakes and learn from it. Above all, we trust each other and we hold one another accountable for what we want to achieve as a team. Our team is big enough so that there are guys and girls you can learn from and it also means that there is room for you to grow. However, we are also small enough so that the guy (or girl) who puts up his/her hand, gets noticed.

WHAT TECH DO WE USE?

Even though we are technically a “Microsoft Shop”, our development environment contains a diverse range of technologies:

Database: SQL Server
Middle layer: C#
Presentation layer: Angular / HTML5 / jQuery / PHP / Some WinForms
Message queues: RabbitMQ
Telephony: Asterisk
Work assignment: Azure DevOps
IDE: Visual Studio
Source Control: Git
Cloud: AWS

We generally look for full-stack developers who are tech agnostic and would prefer to use the right tool for the job and honestly believe that there is more to development than just coding. As a result, we expect our developers to be collaborative and be involved in the entire development life cycle: they should know how to create a unit test, how to go about analysing code in order to reduce technical debt or how to schedule an automated build.

WHAT DOES OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS ENTAIL?

We strive to make the interview process as painless as possible for any prospective employee. We understand that your time is as important as ours. However, this does not mean that we are not thorough or that we will not stretch your thinking ability during the process. The typical interview process for a developer is as follows:

Interview with Head of Software Development and HR Manager (3o minutes, virtually)
Technical skills assessment - typically a whiteboard session with some of the developers.
Psychometric tests – This is done at our offices or online and will be scheduled once you have passed the second interview.

Our interview process is a win-win scenario for both parties involved as it also allows you the opportunity to decide whether or not Pepkor Payments & Lending is the right place for you.