Senior Software Engineer

• We need a senior engineer who leads technical initiatives, designs complex systems and drives architectural decisions – in a space that is still emerging. The team is building banking services for entrepreneurs, small businesses and side-hustlers who haven't had suitable products before. The engineering you do here has a direct line to real economic change for people who have been underserved for too long.

• If you thrive on ownership, ambiguity and direct business exposure – read on.

What you'll do here

• Take ownership of selected back-end domains within our emerging markets platform

• Lead the design of complex back-end systems and make architectural decisions that drive our technical standards

• Build and maintain integrations that power entrepreneur accounts, merchant acquisition and payment services – including account lifecycles, transactions, payment rails and cards

• Design and implement distributed, event-driven and domain-driven solutions

• Mentor and provide leadership to the existing engineering team

• Engage directly with stakeholders and senior business leaders to translate business objectives into technical solutions

• Evaluate and introduce technologies that move the platform forward and improve development processes

• Proactively identify questions, gaps and opportunities beyond your immediate tasks – the team needs people who look further than the ticket in front of them

Our tech stack

• Java and Spring Boot – your primary back-end environment

• Kafka – event-driven architecture and messaging

• PostgreSQL – our primary data store

• AWS – where we build and run at scale

• Terraform – infrastructure as code and DevOps tooling

• Odin ecosystem – internal tooling and platform integrations

• AI-assisted development – we use AI tooling actively to amplify what engineers can do

What you bring

Experience

• 6+ years of proven back-end software development experience, delivering production-grade systems at scale

• Deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot within event-driven or distributed systems

• Hands-on experience with Kafka (Or Similar), PostgreSQL and AWS

• Working knowledge of Terraform or DevOps practices is a strong advantage

• Experience with domain-driven design and event-driven architectures is highly valued

• Experience in payments, fintech or financial services environments preferred

• The ability to engage confidently with senior business stakeholders – not just engineers

• Proven ability to work independently and take ownership

Education

• Minimum: Grade 12 National Certificate

• Preferred: A relevant tertiary qualification in information technology

Knowledge

• You can apply expert-level knowledge and develop others' understanding across:

• Event-driven and domain-driven architectures

• Advanced Java programming and Spring Boot ecosystem

• Distributed systems design, including the saga pattern and resilience patterns such as circuit breakers and bulkheads

• Database systems and query optimisation (SQL and NoSQL)

• RESTful API design and integration

• Message-based systems and Kafka event streaming

• Cloud computing platforms and services (AWS)

• Infrastructure as code using Terraform

• Testing practices – unit, integration and contract testing

• IT systems development processes (SDLC), agile delivery and version control