Senior Java Engineer – FinTech Impact, Flexible Hours & PTO

ATS Client; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work

Generous Leave

Office Perks (Cape Town)

Social Life

Job summary

Electrum, a leading FinTech payments platform, is seeking a Senior Java Developer in Cape Town to help scale high-volume, low-latency payment solutions. You will design and implement robust systems, balancing performance with maintainability, while contributing to architecture and testing practices.

Join a team that values experimentation, mentorship, and delivering impact for millions of South Africans daily, with opportunities for growth and hands-on learning in a fast-paced, cloud-native

Qualifications

• More than 5 years of experience in software development.
• In-depth experience with Java, object-oriented design, concurrency, performance optimisation, testing, and software architecture.
• A university degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related discipline is preferred, but significant industry experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Write code and build systems that balance elegance, maintainability, scalability, performance, and quality.
• Design dependable systems that withstand real-world challenges.

Skills

Java

Full-stack development

Cloud/DevOps

Mentoring

Education

University degree or equivalent hands-on experience

Tools

SaaS platforms

Payments domain knowledge

Job description

Electrum, a leading FinTech payments platform, is seeking a Senior Java Developer in Cape Town to help scale high-volume, low-latency payment solutions. You will design and implement robust systems, balancing performance with maintainability, while contributing to architecture and testing practices.

Join a team that values experimentation, mentorship, and delivering impact for millions of South Africans daily, with opportunities for growth and hands-on learning in a fast-paced, cloud-native