Senior Full Stack Engineer

e-Merge IT Recruitment; Johannesburg; Remote; ZAR 1 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT recruitment firm is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to design and build high-performance systems for payment experiences. This remote role requires extensive experience in backend engineering, particularly with Python and TypeScript, and offers a competitive salary of approximately 1.3 million ZAR per annum. Join a collaborative team that values innovation and enables impactful product development.

Benefits

Fully remote work

Impactful products

Collaborative environment

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience in cloud environments.
• Experience with Python and TypeScript.
• Exposure to AWS, particularly Lambda and Serverless.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance features across the payment and commerce platform.
• Design and integrate scalable backend systems.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimise for performance.

Skills

Backend engineering experience

Strong hands-on experience with Python

Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript

Database knowledge (MySQL, MongoDB)

Cloud environments experience

Self-starter mindset

Tools

AWS

Jira

Git

Postman

CypressCI

GitLab Pipelines

Job description

The Opportunity

We’re building infrastructure that moves money safely, efficiently, and intuitively across Africa. If tackling complex challenges at scale excites you — and you want to help shape the future of digital commerce — this is the kind of role that moves careers forward.

What You’ll Do

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you’ll design, build, and scale high-performance systems that power payment experiences for thousands of businesses. You’ll work with a collaborative team of engineers, designers, and product minds to deliver secure, intuitive products that actually make a difference.

Your Impact

• Build and enhance features across our full payment and commerce platform
• Design and integrate scalable, secure backend systems
• Solve complex technical problems with clean, efficient code
• Collaborate with product and design teams to deliver seamless user experiences
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimise for performance and reliability
• Contribute fresh ideas and technical insight to improve architecture and process

Our Tech Stack

• Languages: Python, TypeScript
• Infrastructure: AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, Serverless)
• Databases: MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL
• Tools: Jira, Confluence, Git, Postman, CypressCI
• CI / CD & Automation: GitLab Pipelines
• Monitoring: Grafana, Sentry, Datadog

What You Bring

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience in cloud environments
• Strong hands‑on experience with Python and TypeScript
• Proven exposure to AWS, particularly Lambda and Serverless frameworks
• Solid database knowledge — MySQL and MongoDB
• Bonus: experience in payments, e-commerce, or financial systems
• A self‑starter mindset — ownership, initiative, and technical curiosity

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Work fully remote — wherever you do your best thinking
• Build products that genuinely impact how people and businesses transact
• Collaborate with a team that values autonomy, trust, and smart execution

Reference: GZ60865

This is a permanent remote position offering R1.3 million per annum (negotiable on experience).