Senior Full Stack Engineer – Fintech

Position: Senior Full Stack Engineer – Fintech / Payments

Job Description

THE OPPORTUNITY THAT AWAITS YOU

Are you the kind of engineer who thrives in a start‑up environment — rolling up your sleeves, driving process, and wearing many hats to make things happen? We're looking for Senior Full Stack Engineers with deep experience in Node.js, Java, and Python, and strong front‑end skills in React.js and Vue.js. You'll be joining a high‑growth fintech scale‑up that’s building the next generation of payment infrastructure across Africa.

If you love clean code, scalable systems, and being part of an in‑office team where collaboration and ownership are key, this one's for you. WHAT YOU WILL BE BUILDING?

Merchant on-boarding flows that are smooth as butter

Secure login and user management features

Internal dashboards for ops teams to get stuff done

Transaction listings and logs that make sense

Scalable backend services using Node.js, Type Script, React, AWS Lambda

YOUR

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Work on mission‑critical systems that power real businesses

Be part of a high‑performance, diverse team in a start‑up setting

Drive process improvements and take ownership across multiple areas

Collaborate in‑office with product, compliance, and ops teams

Help shape the future of digital payments in Africa

OUR REQUIRED EXPERTISE Technical Expertise:

8+ years of engineering experience - tried and tested knowledge

Solid skills in Node.js, knowledge of Java and Python will serve you well

Front‑end expertise in React, Type Script, and Vanilla Java Script

Payments or banking experience (bonus points!)

AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, Serverless)

SQL fluency (MySQL, Postgre

SQL)

Problem‑Solving & Ownership:

Ability to design elegant, scalable solutions for new features

Skilled at iteratively maintaining and evolving existing features to modern standards

Takes initiative, owns projects end‑to‑end, and thrives in a fast‑paced, high‑scale environment

Collaboration & Communication:

Works well in a start‑up team, with strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Comfortable working cross‑functionally with product, operations, and external partners

Working Model:
In‑office (Cape Town)