Java Backend Engineer – Intermediate | Flexible Hours

Electrum Payments

Cape Town

On-site

ZAR 600,000 - 900,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours
20 days leave
Daily catered lunch (Cape Town)
Team events

Job summary

Electrum Payments in Cape Town is seeking an Intermediate Java Software Developer to join our team. You will craft elegant, high-performance Java code for our back-end services, ensuring maintainability and scalability in a fast-paced FinTech environment.

The ideal candidate has at least 3 years of software development experience, strong Java skills, and a university degree or equivalent experience. Prior payments and SaaS development exposure is advantageous.

Qualifications

  • 3 years of software development experience.
  • Strong in Java and backend systems.
  • University degree or equivalent years of experience in relevant field.

Responsibilities

  • Develop high-performance Java backend services for Electrum’s platforms.
  • Write clean, maintainable, scalable code with focus on quality and performance.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on high-stakes payments projects.

Skills

Java
Backend development
Full stack experience
Payments domain

Education

University degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Electrum Payments in Cape Town is seeking an Intermediate Java Software Developer to join our team. You will craft elegant, high-performance Java code for our back-end services, ensuring maintainability and scalability in a fast-paced FinTech environment.

The ideal candidate has at least 3 years of software development experience, strong Java skills, and a university degree or equivalent experience. Prior payments and SaaS development exposure is advantageous.

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