Full-Stack FinTech Engineer — Payments Platform

Zepz

Wes-Kaap

Hybrid

ZAR 600,000 - 900,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited annual leave
Great healthcare benefits
Employee discounts

Job summary

Zepz is seeking a versatile Full Stack Engineer who loves building robust systems and delivering high-impact user interfaces. You will power APIs and backend logic in Java/Python and collaborate to ensure secure, fast data flows across services.

You thrive in a fast-paced fintech environment, value pragmatic tooling like Retool, and aim to improve payments workflows. This hybrid role will require regular collaboration with product managers and ops, with a commute to the Cape Town office.

Qualifications

  • Experience building robust full-stack systems.
  • Proficient with Java or Python.
  • Strong API and data-flow design.
  • FinTech or payments domain is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain APIs and backend logic.
  • Architect data flows securely and efficiently.
  • Advance modern development practices to accelerate delivery.
  • Troubleshoot bottlenecks and improve payment workflows.

Skills

Java/Python
APIs
Data flows
Collaborative

Tools

Retool
Postgres

Job description

Zepz is seeking a versatile Full Stack Engineer who loves building robust systems and delivering high-impact user interfaces. You will power APIs and backend logic in Java/Python and collaborate to ensure secure, fast data flows across services.

You thrive in a fast-paced fintech environment, value pragmatic tooling like Retool, and aim to improve payments workflows. This hybrid role will require regular collaboration with product managers and ops, with a commute to the Cape Town office.

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