Hybrid AI-Enabled Junior Software Engineer (FinTech)

Acuity Consultants; Wes-Kaap; Hybrid; ZAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Acuity Consultants in South Africa seeks a Junior Software Engineer (AI Enabled) to modernise digital payment platforms with AI-enabled development tools and LLMs, collaborating with experienced engineers.

The role offers hybrid work (2 days from home, 3 days in office) in major cities, with exposure to cloud environments, CI/CD pipelines, containers, databases, and Git to build reliable, scalable software.

Qualifications

• Up to 2 years of software development experience.
• An IT Diploma or Degree, or equivalent practical experience, such as a recognised coding bootcamp.
• Regular experience using AI coding tools, with the ability to understand, validate, and explain the code they generate.
• A good understanding of databases, SQL, Git, and how web applications work.
• Exposure to building applications or features using large language models (LLMs), through personal, university, or professional projects, would be advantageous.
• A curious, pragmatic approach to AI, with a strong willingness to learn and develop as a software engineer.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to building and maintaining software powering digital payment platforms.
• Help modernise existing systems and migrate functionality to modern services.
• Develop features using AI-enabled development tools and AI coding techniques.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, documentation, and deployment.
• Work with databases, version control, CI/CD pipelines, containers and cloud environments.

Skills

AI-enabled development

LLMs

Cloud environments

CI/CD pipelines

Containers

Version control

Databases/SQL

Education

IT Diploma or Degree

Coding bootcamp

Tools

AI coding tools

Git

CI/CD

Containers

Cloud platforms

Databases

Job description

Acuity Consultants in South Africa seeks a Junior Software Engineer (AI Enabled) to modernise digital payment platforms with AI-enabled development tools and LLMs, collaborating with experienced engineers.

The role offers hybrid work (2 days from home, 3 days in office) in major cities, with exposure to cloud environments, CI/CD pipelines, containers, databases, and Git to build reliable, scalable software.