FinCore Engineering Lead - Build Scalable Payments

Bash; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

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Job summary

Bash is seeking a Software Engineering Team Lead for FinCore in Cape Town. You will lead a cross-functional team responsible for core financial products and customer experiences, owning delivery, architecture, and system health.

Expect hands-on coding, incidents, and close collaboration with a Product Manager. Ideal candidates have 5+ years engineering experience and 2+ years leading teams, with strong Go and distributed systems expertise, plus Kafka/Temporal familiarity for high-transaction

Qualifications

• 5+ years engineering experience.
• 2+ years leading a team or projects.
• Strong Go backend knowledge and architectural patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional engineering team for FinCore capabilities.
• Own team delivery, technical quality, and health of systems.
• Collaborate with Product Manager on priorities and direction.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

Leadership

Observability

Education

BSc in Computer Science

Tools

Kafka

Temporal

Job description

Bash is seeking a Software Engineering Team Lead for FinCore in Cape Town. You will lead a cross-functional team responsible for core financial products and customer experiences, owning delivery, architecture, and system health.

Expect hands-on coding, incidents, and close collaboration with a Product Manager. Ideal candidates have 5+ years engineering experience and 2+ years leading teams, with strong Go and distributed systems expertise, plus Kafka/Temporal familiarity for high-transaction