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Senior Full Stack Engineer – Fintech

Job in Cape Town, 7100, South Africa
Listing for: 60degrees
Full Time position
Listed on 2025-12-09
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Systems Engineer, Web Developer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
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)

    Position Requirements
    10+ Years work experience
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