Full Stack Engineer

Payjustnow; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 600 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in Cape Town is looking for a Full-Stack Engineer to develop scalable, event-driven systems and maintain modern front-end components using React. With a focus on AWS technologies and a product mindset, you'll contribute to systems serving millions of South Africans. Join a high-growth team that's engineering the future of payments in Africa, with a remote-first and collaborative culture.

Benefits

Remote-first work environment

Collaborative team culture

Opportunity to impact millions of users

Qualifications

• Solid experience building full-stack applications in production environments.
• Proven ability to design and manage serverless architectures on AWS.
• Strong understanding of performance monitoring, logging, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Design and ship scalable, event-driven systems on AWS.
• Build and maintain modern front-end components using React.
• Automate infrastructure with AWS CDK and best practices.

Skills

Full-stack application development

AWS and serverless architectures

React

TypeScript

SQL and NoSQL databases

Performance monitoring

Tools

AWS CDK

Job description

OverviewAt PayJustNow, we're reimagining how South Africans pay, interest-free, instantly, and on their terms.

As part of the Weaver Fintech Group,we operate with the speed of a startup and the scale of a market leader.We're building a full-stack fintech ecosystem that's changing the way people access, use, and trust financial services.We're looking for a Full-Stack Engineer who's fluent across the stack, from scalable serverless backends to performant, user-friendly frontends.

If you're excited by product-led growth, clean architecture, and building systems that serve millions, we want to meet you.What You'll DoDesign and ship scalable, event-driven, serverless systems on AWS using Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and S3.Build and maintain modern front-end components using React or , with a strong grasp of HTML and (S)CSS.Define clear API contracts and collaborate across teams to implement OpenAPI specifications.Automate infrastructure with AWS CDK and infrastructure as code best practices.Profile and optimise both frontend and backend performance for speed, reliability, and scalability.Use AI coding tools daily to move faster and write better code.Work across disciplines to ship full-stack features that improve user experience and business outcomes.

What You BringSolid experience building full-stack applications in production environments.Deep knowledge of and TypeScript, with strong frontend skills in React or Proven ability to design and manage serverless architectures on AWS.Experience with AWS CDK, infrastructure as code, and event-driven systems.Strong understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases.Experience with performance monitoring, logging, and observability in cloud environments.A product mindset, you care about the "why" behind the code.You code with AI pair-programming tools as part of your daily workflow.

Why Join Us?Build products that millions of South Africans use every day.Join a high-growth fintech that's scaling fast and thinking big.Work in a remote-first, impact-driven culture that values autonomy and collaboration.Be part of a team that's engineering the future of payments in Africa.Ready to build what's next in African fintech?

Apply now and let's create something remarkable together.