Remote Senior Stack Engineer for Payments Python/TS

DataFin; Johannesburg, Durban; Remote; ZAR 800 000 - 1 100 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech company in Johannesburg is seeking a highly experienced Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join its Commerce team. You will build and enhance features for a seamless payment service, requiring 7+ years of Cloud-based Backend Engineering experience with expertise in Python, TypeScript, AWS, MySQL, and MongoDB. This role demands strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a fully remote team.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Cloud-based Backend Engineering.
• Strong experience with Python and TypeScript.
• AWS experience (Lambda, API Gateway, Serverless).
• Database experience (MySQL, MongoDB).
• Ability to design elegant, scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Build new features and enhance existing Commerce features.
• Design, build, and integrate technical requirements.
• Ensure secure, scalable, and compliant payment processing.
• Troubleshoot and debug Commerce issues.
• Diagnose and propose solutions for incidents.

Skills

Cloud-based Backend Engineering

Python

TypeScript

AWS

MySQL

MongoDB

Problem-Solving

Collaboration

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Git

Postman

Cypress

GitLab Pipelines

Grafana

Sentry

Datadog

Job description

A leading FinTech company in Johannesburg is seeking a highly experienced Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join its Commerce team. You will build and enhance features for a seamless payment service, requiring 7+ years of Cloud-based Backend Engineering experience with expertise in Python, TypeScript, AWS, MySQL, and MongoDB. This role demands strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a fully remote team.