Fullstack Engineer (Laravel/Vue.js)

Department: Product Engineering

Location: Cape Town Office

Employment Type: FullTime

• Who we’re looking for: An experienced Software Engineer with a proven ability to work with Vue.js and Laravel 🌟
  
  We’re particularly interested in Engineers who care about Frontend craft and product experience, while still being comfortable contributing across the stack. Our teams already use AI-assisted tooling like Cursor and Gemini as part of everyday engineering workflow, and this role suits someone who is thoughtful about where those tools help and how they fit into real production environments.
  

• Where you’ll work: This role will be based in Cape Town, you'll be part of our global team, collaborating with colleagues and serving customers across the UK, USA, Australia, South Africa, and beyond. Our hybrid approach offers flexibility with team connection in our Cape Town office 3 days a week 🏢

The Tillo Difference

We're in the business of rewards and incentives, so we know a thing or two about the importance of giving back. We can't grow as a business without growing as individuals, so we are committed to providing a workplace where passionate, driven individuals can thrive. We value collaboration, trust, positivity, and a willingness to learn - only by working as a team will we reach our goals.

We’re the market leader in the UK and are active in a number of other markets including USA, Europe, Australia and India. 🌎

Day to day this role will

• Help to design and build new features within our UX/UI Team

• Integrate to third-party services and APIs

• Perform code reviews for other Engineers and provide thoughtful feedback

• Work with Product & Design to scope, define and estimate work

• Maintain the high standards of our codebase

• Support other team members including regular Pairing sessions

• Use modern development tooling, including AI-assisted workflows where appropriate, to explore solutions and improve delivery quality and speed

What we’re looking for

• Experience developing with Nuxt/Vue.js

• Experience with PHP/Laravel

• Experience with Tailwind CSS

• Experience working with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor or similar, and good judgement about where they add value in production environments

• Excellent communication skills; both written and verbal, as you will be liaising with internal and external customers on a daily basis

• Using version control such as git and branching patterns such as git-flow

• The ability to work well in fast-paced environments

It’s not essential, but we’d love to hear about it if you have experience with

• AWS services

• DataDog

• Designing efficient SQL queries and schemas

• Test-Driven Development

• Working with high performance systems at scale

• Agile/Scrum methodology.

Benefits

We offer all our employees trust and empower our team to work with flexibility and autonomy. We’re a close-knit team and love working collaboratively, with our hybrid model, our team can come together at our fantastic offices, but also focus in their own space. The Tillo team are a motivated bunch and we all work hard to push Tillo forwards, always innovating. We completely understand the importance of work/life balance and offer a supportive and collaborative working environment with the following benefits:

• 21 days holiday per annum (plus an additional day for your birthday 🎂)

• Retirement Fund (5%)

• Health insurance contribution

• Employee Incentive Scheme

• Hybrid Working

• Top spec equipment including laptop, mouse, keyboard, monitor

• Anniversary gifts

• Monthly breakfasts, drinks, snacks and events

• Team Learning & Development budget

About Tillo

Tillo makes gift cards, rewards, and incentives simple, efficient, and profitable. Operating in over 37 markets and 25 currencies, Tillo processes billions in gift card transactions through a single, plug-and-go API, powering rewards and incentives for the world’s leading businesses.

Backed by Tenzing, Tillo is setting the global standard for digital gift card infrastructure.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.  We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. 

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know, and we will be happy to accommodate your needs.