Senior Software Engineer (Full-stack)

Zapper|Posted 10 days ago

Skills and experience

Role:Full stack engineer

Other roles:DevOps engineer

Experience in role:5+ years

Must-have skills:

SQL

AWS

Nice-to-have skills:

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

MySQL

Microsoft SQL Server

Docker

Node.js

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

Redis

Git

RabbitMQ

Postman

AWS Lambda

CI/CD

Location and salary

Remote policy:Hybrid

Location of job:Cape Town, South Africa

Visa requirements:Authorised to work in South Africa With status of citizen/passport holder or permanent resident

Visa sponsorship:Unable to sponsor visa

Employment type:Permanent

Role description

Join Zapper, a pioneering South African fintech company, as a Senior Software Engineer. We're seeking a highly skilled professional with 5-8 years of experience, including 3 years in a senior role. You'll lead the design and implementation of complex features, collaborate on key architectural decisions, and champion high standards across our engineering team.

In this role, you'll leverage your expertise in C# , SQL, and AWS to deliver scalable, high-quality systems. We value your experience in the fintech or payments domain and your proficiency in languages like JavaScript/TypeScript, with Golang and Node.js being a plus. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies including microservices, serverless architectures, and DevOps practices.

At Zapper, we offer a dynamic, fast-paced environment where you can thrive on technical challenges. You'll have the opportunity to mentor junior engineers, lead incident responses, and shape our technical standards. Join our passionate team of developers, engineers, and visionaries as we push the boundaries of innovation in payments technology.

About Zapper

51-200 employees

Zapper is a homegrown South African fintech company that makes payments personal and rewarding for customers and merchants.

We are a passionate and collaborative team of developers, engineers, designers, visionaries, techies, geeks and nerds. We build products that make paying for things, easier and more rewarding; and taking payments simpler and more insightful.

We have a suite of low cost, deeply integrated payment and loyalty solutions for any industry, including restaurants and hospitality, fuel and convenience, parking and retail, e-commerce and more. Apart from our own popular Zapper branded apps and solutions, we also offer a robust and versatile suite of developer APIs and SDKs for partners to white-label Zapper services seamlessly within their own branded apps and systems.

Founded in 2011 with the vision to empower merchants to grow their businesses through data-driven insights. Today we continue that vision with a focus on growing our platform, scaling our footprint and expanding our strategic partner networks, and to ultimately replace outdated card-based payment and loyalty systems.