# Intermediate Full Stack Software Engineer: Search > LekkeSlaap · Cape Town, South Africa (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-04-30 **Workplace:** hybrid **Department:** Product & Engineering ## Description 💻 Bring 3–5 years of full-stack engineering experience in user-facing products ⚙️ Build and optimise full-stack systems powering a large-scale travel platform 🤖 Leverage AI and automation to improve development workflows and product capabilities 🔁 Work cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Engineering from idea to launch 📍 V&A Waterfront, Cape Town (hybrid) **LekkeSlaap** is South Africa’s leading accommodation booking app known for its user-friendliness, exceptional customer experience, and extensive local accommodation options. Owned by **Tripco**, a travel technology company based in the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town. LekkeSlaap is committed to innovation, best-in-class customer service, and setting new standards in travel technology. As an **Intermediate** **Full Stack Software Engineer** at Tripco, you’ll be a part of a close-knit Product & Engineering team, building and optimising the technology that powers our products. You’ll work across the full technology stack, delivering high-quality, scalable, and maintainable solutions enhancing the travel booking experience for millions of users. From backend architecture to front-end performance, you’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to bring ideas to life while ensuring our systems are secure, efficient, and future-ready. You’ll also play an active role in leveraging AI-driven tools and automation to improve development efficiency, optimise internal processes, and enhance product capabilities as the industry continues to evolve. ### Our Stack You’ll work with a diverse and modern technology ecosystem, including: - **Core Stack:** Backend - PHP (Laravel), Frontend - Twig/HTML/CSS/JavaScript (React), MySQL (MariaDB), Redis, and Nginx - **Additional Languages:** Python, C++, and Rust for performance-critical and specialised microservices - **AI, Data & Automation:** Active use of AI-driven tools, automation, and data-informed solutions to improve internal systems, development workflows, and product capabilities - **Infrastructure:** Containerised apps using HashiCorp’s Nomad, Consul, Vault, and Terraform on a self-managed multi-server environment. - **CI/CD:** Docker and GitHub Actions for automated builds, testing, and deployments. ### Responsibilities - **Application Development:** Design, build, test, and deploy scalable and maintainable web applications across the full stack. - **Performance & Security:** Optimise system performance and implement secure coding practices that meet industry standards and protect customer data. - **Code Quality:** Participate in peer code reviews, maintaining high standards for maintainability, readability, and test coverage. - **Stakeholder Engagement:** Partner with product managers, designers, and other developers to translate business needs into technical solutions. - **Problem Resolution:** Diagnose and resolve software bugs, bottlenecks, and performance issues quickly and effectively. - **Documentation:** Maintain clear, practical technical documentation that captures system context and business logic to support ongoing development and long-term maintainability. - **Continuous Improvement:** Contribute to the continuous improvement of tools, frameworks, and practices to enhance development efficiency and product quality. - **Automation & AI Enablement:** Actively identify opportunities to introduce automation and AI-assisted solutions across the development lifecycle, from testing and deployments to internal tooling and workflows, and product features for our guests & hosts. - **Platform Independence:** Develop solutions with a platform-agnostic mindset to support long-term scalability and flexibility. - **Product feature ownership:** Take full ownership of features, and collaborate across departments to ensure successful integration. ## Requirements **Behavioural competencies** - **Collaboration:** Thrives in a team environment, working efficiently across multiple disciplines and fostering a culture of shared goals. - **Problem-solving mindset:** Approaches challenges with a doer mentality, balancing analysis, planning, and hands-on execution to deliver results. - **Adaptability:** Open and eager to learn new technologies, including emerging AI and automation tools, as the tech landscape evolves - **Urgency & ownership:** Manages workload effectively, makes confident decisions, and takes full ownership of deliverables. - **Continuous learning:** Proactively keeps skills and knowledge current to remain ahead of industry trends, with a strong interest in AI-driven development practices. - **Attention to quality:** Committed to delivering high-quality, secure, and maintainable code. **Functional experience & competencies** - **3–5 years of proven experience** as a Full Stack Software Engineer or similar role, ideally within a web-based, high-traffic, user-facing product environment - Proficiency in our stack, or similar technologies, as outlined above - Familiarity with software design principles, coding best practices, and scalable architecture - Experience with version control systems, particularly Git - Keen interest in using AI tools and automation to improve productivity, code quality, and development workflows **Bonus if you have:** - Good eye for UI/UX design and experience with relevant tools (eg. Figma). - Experience or strong interest in Machine Learning, Data Analytics, or data-driven product development. - Prior exposure to AI-powered features, automation tooling, or intelligent systems. - Comfortable with the terminal, Linux and Git. - Hands-on experience with containerisation (Docker) and orchestration tools (eg. Nomad/Kubernetes).  - Exposure to continuous integration and deployment pipelines (eg. Github Actions). - Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and infrastructure-as-code (eg. Terraform). - Understanding of the web infrastructure—DNS, HTTP, SSL, loadbalancing, etc. ## Benefits - Hybrid work model & flexible start times - Free lunch when in office - Modern offices based at the V&A Waterfront - Showers on site - Travel vouchers and discounts - Discovery medical aid contributions & Vitality Health membership - Retirement annuity contributions - High-end laptops and workstation setup for both in-office and WFH - Generous leave package - Half-day off every month - Digital nomad month (work from anywhere) - Regular team events and more! _We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, including persons with disabilities._ ## Apply [Apply at LekkeSlaap](https://apply.workable.com/lekkeslaap/j/DADE9759CD/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)