Software Engineer (Backend): Trading

BVNK; South Africa; Hybrid; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology company is seeking a Software Engineer in South Africa to develop seamless cross-border payment solutions. The role involves collaboration with product and trading teams, requiring expertise in Java and Spring Boot. The candidate will solve high transaction fees and lengthy delays in trading, contributing to a transformative financial service platform.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Meaningful ownership through employee option scheme

Flexible working hours

Opportunities to travel to global offices

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a senior backend developer in a trading-focused or similar role.
• Expertise in Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience in building and maintaining APIs and services.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and trading teams to design and deliver trading services.
• Build and maintain integrations with crypto exchanges.
• Advocate for reliable, scalable, and maintainable solutions.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Problem-solving

Financial markets knowledge

Communication skills

Trading technologies

Job description

We believe the next generation of financial services will be powered by stablecoins.

Founded in 2021, our mission at BVNK is to accelerate global money movement.

We’re building stablecoin-native infrastructure so businesses can move value instantly across borders and networks. With global licenses and T1 bank partnerships, we facilitate billions in transactions for enterprise clients like Worldpay, Deel, LianLian Global, and Rapyd.

Our technology is transforming how businesses operate globally by eliminating payment delays, reducing costs, and unlocking trapped capital.

We’re a diverse team spread across EMEA, North America, and APAC, with a shared belief that stablecoins are the new infrastructure layer for financial services, and that BVNK is at the forefront of this shift.

In 2025, we secured strategic investment from Visa, following our $50 million Series B with Haun Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Scribble Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Avenir, and Tiger Global. With the backing of these leading investors, we’re accelerating our growth – and we're looking for smart, ambitious people to help us build the future of financial services.

About this role in the team:

Location: We have a flexible Hybrid working policy that enables us to hire talent across the EMEA region, with a preference for candidates in South Africa, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Poland to foster collaboration with our existing team.

We’re looking for a talented Software Engineer to join our team. Our goal is to build out seamless cross-border payments involving both crypto and fiat currencies. This role is pivotal in helping us overcome the challenges to ensure smooth trading processes together with streamlining liquidity management and automation.

Traditional methods have often resulted in customers grappling with high transaction fees, lengthy delays, and the rigidity of having to choose between fiat and crypto transactions. With our innovative solution, we aim to break down these barriers by allowing a fluid interchange between crypto and fiat currencies. This hybrid solution will empower our customers to make international payments in their preferred format, whether it be entirely in crypto, entirely in fiat, or a mix of both. By enhancing the interoperability between these two transaction modes, we aim to accelerate transaction speed, reduce associated costs, and create a more user-friendly experience.

Our product and engineering organisation is split into small autonomous squads empowered to own their problem space. You’ll be expected to form strong opinions and execute in a fast but sustainable way, advocating for the simplest solution that achieves the outcomes our customers are looking for.

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with the product and trading teams to design, develop, and deliver high-performance trading services.
• Build and maintain integrations with various crypto exchanges such as Kraken.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders across the business.
• Advocate for reliable, scalable, and maintainable solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Contribute to and enhance the engineering culture, standards, and best practices, driving excellence across the team.

What we need from you:

This role could be a great opportunity if you:

• Proven experience as a senior backend developer in a trading-focused or similar role, preferably in the FinTech or crypto industry.
• Expertise in Java and Spring Boot, with the ability to deliver highly performant, scalable, high-throughput solutions.
• Experience in building and maintaining APIs and services in the trading domain.
• Demonstrates excellent problem-solving skills and thrives in both independent and collaborative settings.
• Strong understanding of financial markets, trading platforms, and crypto exchanges, including concepts like orderbooks, market data, and execution strategies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, enabling effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with distributed ledger technology or blockchain is a plus.
• Applies a data-driven approach to decision-making, leveraging analytics to optimize trading operations.
• Comfortable working with trading-related technologies, protocols (e.g., WebSocket, FIX API), and frameworks.
• Brings a proactive, results-oriented mindset, with a passion for building best-in-class applications.

What you can expect from us:

• Fair and competitive salary at every stage of your growth
• Meaningful ownership in the business through our employee option scheme
• Flexible working hours, with hybrid working at its heart
• A culture built on passionate growth-minded people
• A flexible approach to holiday
• Opportunities to travel to our offices around the world, in locations such as London and Cape Town, to collaborate with your colleagues
• An open and creative environment where you can help us define the future of BVNK, its culture, and its opportunity sets

At BVNK, we are focused on building a diverse and inclusive team. While you may not meet all of our requirements, we’d encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of our expectations. You may be a great fit for this role or another role in our team.

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