Senior Full Stack Engineer

BCB Engage; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare

Pension

Income Protection

Life Insurance

Menopause Policy

Parental Leave

30 days annual leave

Wellbeing days

Volunteer day

Hybrid working arrangement

Job summary

BCB Group is seeking a senior software engineer to help build and scale our financial platforms. You will work on microservices in Google Cloud, using Node.js/NestJS and TypeScript, with a front-end in Angular.

You will collaborate with product managers to design features, mentor engineers, and own architectural decisions. Expect a hybrid working arrangement, a strong benefits package, and a dynamic fintech environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience with microservices and distributed systems architecture.
• Proficiency in TypeScript.
• Experience with event-driven architecture and message queues (Pub/Sub, Kafka).
• Experience with Node.js and NestJS frameworks.
• Strong SQL design and development (MySQL/PostgreSQL).
• Front-end familiarity (Angular).
• Knowledge of Google Cloud and Kubernetes.
• Experience with automated testing (unit, integration, system).
• CI/CD experience (GitLab).
• Fintech/Banking experience is a plus.
• Ability to own architectural decisions and contribute to roadmaps.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, release, support and maintain complex financial platforms.
• Collaborate with product managers on feature design and scalable product development.
• Take ownership of architectural decisions and contribute to the technical roadmap.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices within the team.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

NestJS

SQL

Angular

Google Cloud

Kubernetes

Microservices

Event-driven

Pub/Sub

Kafka

CI/CD (GitLab)

Automated testing

Leadership

Fintech

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab

Angular

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Job description

• Join a rapidly growing team to help BCB build and scale our products and deliver them to clients.
• Use your software engineering skills to develop, test, release, support and maintain complex financial platforms. Our backend is written in Node driven by SQL databases and our front-end uses the Angular framework. All our services run in google cloud in Kubernetes.
• Work closely with product managers to focus on new feature design, build and ship scalable products.

So, what are we looking for?

• 5+ Years Experience in software engineering.
• Experience working with microservices and distributed systems architecture.
• Proficiency in TypeScript.
• Experience with event-driven architecture and message queuing systems, ideally Google Pub/Sub, Kafka.
• Experience with Node.JS and server frameworks, ideally NestJS.
• High level expertise in SQL development and database programming: MySQL/PostgreSQL.
• Good working knowledge of front-end frameworks, ideally Angular.
• Knowledge of Cloud Platforms, ideally Google Cloud..
• Expertise in automated testing at unit, integration and system level.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms, ideally gitlab.
• Experience in Fintech/Banking is highly desirable.
• Take ownership of key architectural decisions and contribute to the technical roadmap.
• Mentor junior engineers and champion best practices within the team.

What’s in it for you?

Our people are constantly striving to be the best through operational excellence. The professional development and learning opportunities create an agile, hardworking, conscientious, and knowledgeable team.

The opportunities for personal growth are exponential. You grow as the business grows. The roles and responsibilities are broad and ever-changing, and the dynamism of BCB keeps you engaged and highly motivated.

At BCB, you don’t just work for your manager; they work for you too. We believe in empowering individuals to create a culture of personal growth, together. We focus on driving empowerment from the bottom up, up-skilling every individual at every level. This means our team has a sense of commonality and belonging, driven by a shared belief in our mission. We’re passionate about our business, our people, and providing 360-degree support for success.

• The chance to operate at the forefront of our industry
• You can talk to anyone in the business as there are no barriers and everyone is accessible
• You will be collaborating with teams on a hybrid working arrangement
• We value team success where every individual can grow and prosper
• 30 days annual leave each year, excluding bank holidays
• 4 wellbeing days per year to prioritise your mental health
• 1 company volunteering day per year
• Strong benefits package including; Private Healthcare, Pension, Income Protection (long-term absence), Life Insurance, Menopause Policy, and an enhanced Parental Leave policy

About BCB Group

BCB Group is a leading provider of regulated payment and trading services in crypto and fiat for the digital asset economy. We provide accounts, cryptocurrency and foreign exchange market liquidity for some of the world’s largest, crypto-engaged businesses, including crypto exchanges, liquidity providers, market makers, investment firms, custodians, payment processors and wallet providers.

Our end-to-end suite of products are accessible through our Client Console UI and API. We offer more than 40 fiat and cryptocurrencies, deep trading liquidity, 24/7 instant payments through our instant settlements network, BLINC, and secure crypto services. Our strong focus on compliance matches our technical and business expertise, and we are regulated by some of the world’s most respected regulators. Authorised in the UK, France and Switzerland, we place the utmost importance on our regulatory-first institutional principles.

Our leadership team boasts years of relevant, high-level experience at globally-renowned institutions. They combine finance, law, regulatory and technology skills in traditional and crypto financial services with a deep understanding of the new digital asset economy.

Our mission is to create the trusted platform to pay, store, trade and earn fiat and digital assets, globally 24/7