Senior FinTech Software Engineer - Remote, Stock Options

Placements24; Benoni; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and bonuses

Fully remote work environment

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Stock options and retirement plan

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Senior Software Developer for a rapidly growing FinTech client. The role is fully remote, offering flexibility to work from anywhere while delivering scalable web apps and APIs.

You will contribute to backend and frontend work, focusing on secure, high-performance solutions that scale with customer needs. Ideal candidates have a bachelor's in CS or equivalent, 5+ years of professional development, and hands-on experience with Node.js, Python/Django, React, and cloud

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or engineering or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional software development, backend or full-stack.
• Proficiency in at least one modern language and frameworks.
• Experience with cloud platforms and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Strong database design, optimization, and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable web applications and APIs.
• Write clean, secure, and well-documented code.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers and engineers to translate requirements.
• Implement and optimize databases (SQL/NoSQL).
• Conduct code reviews and contribute to architecture decisions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve full-stack issues.

Skills

Full-stack development

Backend

API design

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

SQL/NoSQL databases

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Senior Software Developer for a rapidly growing FinTech client. The role is fully remote, offering flexibility to work from anywhere while delivering scalable web apps and APIs.

You will contribute to backend and frontend work, focusing on secure, high-performance solutions that scale with customer needs. Ideal candidates have a bachelor's in CS or equivalent, 5+ years of professional development, and hands-on experience with Node.js, Python/Django, React, and cloud