Backend Software Engineer - Java

Zepz; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global remittance company is seeking a Software Engineer to enhance its platform moving towards a microservice architecture. The role involves building REST APIs and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates have extensive Java experience and a proactive mindset. This position offers remote flexibility and various employee benefits, including unlimited annual leave and private medical cover.

Benefits

Unlimited Annual Leave

Private Medical Cover

Retirement schemes

Life Assurance

Parental Leave

Qualifications

• Strong experience of building REST APIs or gRPC APIs and services.
• Extensive experience in Java.
• Experience working with Microservices.
• Working knowledge of Spring Boot.
• Bias for action; proactive problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Write great code focused on readability and maintainability.
• Collaborate with product owners and designers to refine work.
• Own delivery and care about bugs and scalability.
• Review others' work and seek feedback.

Skills

Building REST APIs or gRPC APIs

Java

Microservices

Spring Boot

Problem-solving

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Overview

Zepz powers two leading global remittance brands, WorldRemit and Sendwave, to build the next generation of cross-border payments. Serving over 9 million customers across 4,000 corridors, Zepz is transforming how money moves across borders by making it faster, safer and more convenient. Its innovative digital solutions are designed to break down financial barriers and expand access to better financial tools. Zepz operates across a broad global footprint, connecting the global north and south and enabling migrants to support loved ones, fuel local economies and build better futures.

You will be helping us improve our platform moving towards a microservice architecture, focusing on continuous delivery, scalability and system resilience. The work is varied, from creating new products and features to improving existing functionality, we strive to build a better customer experience and a better codebase.

This is real growth at pace. We use a modern stack – Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Spring Boot, Postgres SQL, Microservices – and modern tools – CI/CD, TDD, Agile – to get the job done.

As a member of Zepz Engineering team you will aim high, embrace challenges and always do what’s right; acting with integrity and building trust as you contribute to the company’s technical direction and long term decision making.

Responsibilities

• Write great code. We understand that code is read more than it’s written, better tested, and maintainability is a must.
• Helping shape what we build. You’ll be working closely with product owners, designers and other engineers to design and refine our work. We work as a team and your input is key.
• Owning delivery. We’re obsessed with shipping value; you’ll own work beyond just a pull request. You’ll care about bugs, scalability, uptime and other non-functional requirements.
• Growing together. You’ll review others\' work and happily seek feedback on yours to ensure we build a better codebase and sharpen each other\'s skills.

Qualifications

• Strong experience of building REST APIs or gRPC APIs and services.
• Extensive experience in Java
• Experience working with Microservices
• Working knowledge of Spring Boot
• Bias for action. You see a problem, you fix a problem. You get buy-in for your solutions and keep tickets moving. We’re always looking for ways to ship at pace.

Bonus point if you have

• Previous Fintech / Payments Experience
• Experience working with distributed asynchronous systems
• Happy in the Clouds. Our Cloud Native platform is hosted in AWS. You’ll be comfortable working with a system that supports users from around the world, at scale.

Benefits

Please note that the benefits below will apply to permanent roles.

We have five core benefits for our talent in the US, UK, Philippines, Poland, and South Africa, specifically:

• Unlimited Annual Leave: Feel free to make the most of your time off and maintain a healthy work-life balance!
• Private Medical Cover: You can opt-in to a Private Medical Insurance scheme. This provides you with access to thorough medical coverage, so you can feel confident in your health and well-being.
• Retirement: We offer pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future.
• Life Assurance: Life assurance is available to give you peace of mind and protect your loved ones in case of the unexpected.
• Parental Leave: We offer competitive parental leave schemes to ensure you are spending as much quality time with your new bundle of joy as possible.

We are also remote-first as an organisation, offering flexibility for you to work where you need to be most productive. In addition to the above, you will discover that we have a range of secondary perks (such as the cycle-to-work scheme and employee discounts) depending on your location, to help you thrive at Zepz!

Why choose Zepz?

• Our team of over 800 employees is fully distributed across the world. We are working from coffee shops, homes, and co-working spaces — making us one of the larger fully distributed growth-stage startups in the world but we also offer workspace in our talent cluster locations - spaces we can meet, collaborate and connect.
• We are proud parents, community organizers, farmers, band members, yoga teachers, YouTube influencers, former Olympians, and serial entrepreneurs.
• We collectively speak over twenty languages, including Akuapem, Amharic, Bengali, Ewe, Fante, Ga, Igbo, Kalenjin, Luganda, Oromo, Somali, Swahili, Wolof, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.
• At Zepz, embodying our commitments binds us together. We are collectively passionate about striving to achieve our vision and purpose - to continue to provide the best service to our users.

Ready to Apply?

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If interested, please submit your resume along with a cover letter (optional), highlighting why your experience demonstrates you meet the requirements of the role. Please also indicate the countries in which you have work authorization.

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we\'ll let you in on a secret: there\'s no such thing as a \"perfect\" candidate. Zepz is a place where everyone can thrive.

So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, and if at all you might need any form of support to make the process as comfortable as possible, please let us know and give us a shot by applying. We want you to be excited to wake up to make an impact every day.