Senior Full Stack Engineer (Fintech/Payments)

ATS Client; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

ATS Client in South Africa is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to architect and deliver robust back-end and front-end applications for fintech/payments. You will work on large distributed systems, ensure scalability, and collaborate with a remote-enabled team to support top African brands.

Join a dynamic fintech environment offering hybrid work, opportunities to drive product innovation, and a focus on performance and reliability across the stack.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience as a full stack engineer.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript and at least one major language.
• Experience with large, distributed systems and SQL databases.
• Commitment to testing, reliability, and ownership in a remote environment.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop scalable platform solutions.
• Drive product innovation and implement technical solutions.
• Tackle complex problems to improve performance and reliability.
• Collaborate across teams for system integration and support.

Skills

TypeScript

JavaScript

Java

C++

SQL

Unit testing

Distributed systems

Ownership

Remote collaboration

Tools

Node.js

Express.js

Sails.js

Nest.js

React

Angular

Vue

Redis

MySQL

MongoDB

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Senior Full Stack Engineer (Fintech/Payments)

Our client is a technology company solving payments problems for businesses. Their mission is to help businesses in Africa become profitable, envied, and loved. They provide a suite of products to help businesses accept payments online and offline, manage their operations, and grow their business. Our client is driven by a commitment to excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction.

Role Overview

As a senior full-stack engineer, you take responsibility for delivering and supporting robust back-end and front-end applications that expose our client's data and functionality to internal and external users. Applications handling financial information need to be able to handle large data sets in a performant manner, while being highly accurate and reliable. You'll work with a team of talented engineers to design and build systems that support some of South Africa's best known brands.

Job Details

Job Type: Full Time/Permanent

Location: South Africa

Workplace: Hybrid

Requirements

• You have extensive programming experience in at least one language such as Javascript, Typescript, Java, C++, C#, Python or another major language
• 8 years of experience as a full stack engineer.
• Working on large, distributed systems at scale
• Understanding and working with SQL databases
• Writing solid unit testing and integration tests
• You communicate clearly and are able to collaborate in a remote environment
• Taking ownership of work assigned to you
• You have a passion for building products to help African businesses

Technology Stack

• Typescript and Javascript
• Node.js
• Frameworks: Express.js, Sails.js and Nest.js
• Frontend frameworks: React, Angular and Vue
• Redis
• MySQL and MongoDB
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• AWS

Responsibilities

• Architect and Develop: Design and implement robust solutions for our platform, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and reliability.
• Product Innovation: Design and development of technical solutions to deliver on our product vision.
• Technical Problem Solving: Tackle complex technical challenges, providing innovative solutions to enhance system performance and reliability.
• System Integration: Collaborate on the refinement of the platform's architecture, focusing on optimization and seamless integration to other systems.
• Code Review and Testing: Review specifications and code submissions and conduct thorough testing to maintain code quality.
• System support: Collaborate with other teams, both inside and outside engineering, to assist merchants and customers where necessary.