Senior Software Engineer Full Stack (}

60 Degrees

Job Location:

Cape Town - South Africa

Yearly Salary: ZAR 996000 - 1560000

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

THE OPPORTUNITY THAT AWAITS YOU

Were looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer ()with strong payments platform experienceto help build the merchant systems behind a large-scale card payments infrastructure.

Youll work on the services and interfaces that allow businesses to onboard configure payment methods manage access and track transactions supporting high-volume card-present and card-not-present paymentsacross multiple markets.

Expect to build across services Serverless AWS infrastructure and React dashboards designing APIs and workflows that sit directly on top of real-world payment processing systems.

If youve worked on payment gateways transaction processing platforms or fintech systemsand enjoy building reliable production software at scale youll feel right at home here.

WHAT YOU WILL BE BUILDING

Merchant onboarding systems that allow businesses to start accepting payments quickly
Dashboard platforms used by merchants to manage payment configurations and settings
Secure login authentication and user management systems
Transaction visibility tools for monitoring payment activity and reporting
Internal operational tooling used by payments teams to support merchants
Full-stack features using TypeScript React and Serverless AWS infrastructure

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Youll design build and ship new full-stack features that enhance the merchant platform
Youll build scalable backend services powering merchant onboarding and configuration
Youll contribute to frontend development for merchant dashboards and user workflows
Youll troubleshoot production issues using logs monitoring and code analysis
Youll ensure systems remain secure scalable and reliable in a high-transaction environment
Youll collaborate closely with product engineering and operational teams

OUR REQUIRED EXPERTISE

Technical Expertise

5 years of experience building cloud-native backend or full-stack applications
Strong experience with and TypeScript
Frontend development experience with React
Experience building services on AWS (Lambda API Gateway Serverless architecture)
Experience working with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL databases
Experiencewith Git-based development workflows and CI/CD pipelines
Experience building scalable APIs or distributed systems

Problem-Solving & Ownership

Able to design elegant scalable solutions for new product features
Comfortable improving and modernising existing systems
Able to troubleshootand resolve complex production issues
Strong ownership mindset with the ability to drive work end-to-end

Collaboration & Communication

Works effectively in a remote-first engineering environment
Communicates clearly with engineers product managers and operational teams
Comfortable collaborating cross-functionally across product and platform teams

WHY THIS ROLE

Work on mission-critical payment infrastructure used by merchants across Africa
Build systems that support high-volume transaction processing and merchant operations
Join a high-performing engineering team solving complex fintech problems
Work remotely while collaborating with a distributed global team
Competitive salary and strong growth opportunities in a rapidly expanding payments environment

YOUR REWARD

Working Model: Remote-first (South Africa based)

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Job DescriptionTHE OPPORTUNITY THAT AWAITS YOUWere looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer ()with strong payments platform experienceto help build the merchant systems behind a large-scale card payments infrastructure.Youll work on the services and interfaces that allow businesses to onboard config...