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Senior Backend Engineer

Spendl Money|Posted 5 hours ago

Skills and experience

Role:Full stack engineer
Other roles:Backend engineer, DevOps engineer
Experience in role:6+ years
Language proficiency:English
Must-have skills:
    Node.js
    AWS
    Vue.js

Location and salary

Remote policy:Hybrid
Location of job:Pinelands, Cape Town, South Africa
Visa requirements:No specific requirements
Visa sponsorship:Unable to sponsor visa
Employment type:Permanent

Role description

Join Spendl Money as a Senior Backend Engineer and play a crucial role in shaping our financial technology platform. You'll design and build robust backend services that power our money movement, accounts, and payment experiences. Your expertise in Node.js, AWS, and DevOps will be instrumental in improving the reliability, scalability, and security of our core systems. As part of our team, you'll collaborate closely with product and frontend teams to deliver end-to-end features across web and mobile platforms. We offer a flexible hybrid work environment, with the option to work remotely most of the time. You'll have the opportunity to work directly with the CTO and enjoy significant ownership from day one. We're looking for a seasoned professional with 6+ years of full-stack or backend-heavy development experience. Your strong background in Node.js, AWS, and modern frontend frameworks like Vue.js will be highly valued. If you have previous experience in fintech, payments, or crypto, that's a definite plus. Join us in revolutionizing the financial technology landscape!

About Spendl Money

1-15 employees

What We Do

Spendl is building a unified financial infrastructure that lets businesses move, store, and manage money seamlessly across traditional and digital rails. We simplify payouts, payroll, liquidity, and treasury operations by combining bank accounts, digital assets, compliance, and settlement into one powerful, developer-ready platform.

Why Work for Us

At Spendl, you’ll help shape the future of financial access across Africa and beyond. We work on meaningful, high-impact problems that improve how people get paid, how companies manage funds, and how financial services scale. You’ll join a fast-moving team where your contributions directly influence product, strategy, and real-world outcomes.

Our Culture

We value security, simplicity, and exceptional user experience in everything we build. Our environment is collaborative and open, where every team member’s perspective matters. We prioritize continuous learning, adaptability, and ownership — empowering each person to innovate, challenge ideas, and grow with the company.

Our Hiring Process

Our hiring process is simple, transparent, and built to find the best fit. You can expect:

  1. Initial Screening – A short conversation to understand your experience and interests.
  2. Technical Assessment – Practical tasks that reflect real work at Spendl.
  3. Team Interviews – Meet team members to explore collaboration style, problem-solving, and cultural alignment. We move quickly, communicate clearly, and aim for a respectful, efficient candidate experience.

Tech Stack

application and data

Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2
Javascript
Javascript
Node.js
Node.js
MongoDB
MongoDB
C++
C++
C
C
Vue.js
Vue.js
Solidity
Solidity
AWS Amplify
AWS Amplify
Rust
Rust

utilities

Amazon Route 53
Amazon Route 53
Google Analytics
Google Analytics

dev ops

GitHub
GitHub
npm
npm
Cloudflare
Cloudflare

business tool

Google Apps
Google Apps
Slack
Slack

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