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Senior Full Stack Engineer

Paystack

Posted 3 months agoCape Town, South Africa

Location

Cape Town, South Africa

Job Type

Full-time

Experience

Senior

Category

Software Engineering

Job Description

Paystack’s mission is to accelerate digital payments on the continent of Africa. Over 200,000 of some of the most renowned businesses in Nigeria, as well as a growing number of merchants in South Africa, Ghana, and Kenya use Paystack’s modern payments gateway. They include the likes of MTN, Burger King, UPS, AXA Mansard Insurance, FairMoney, PiggyVest, FilmHouse Cinemas, Smile Communications, Air Peace Airlines, Crocs, Under Armour, Richemont Lifestyle Group (RLG), and many others. In just over 8 years, our growing team has introduced a steady cadence of innovation within the online payments landscape, such as automated recurring payments, the ability for customers to pay directly from their bank accounts, automated chargebacks, and much more. We’ve been acquired by Stripe and are doubling down on the mission to help build out Africa’s payments infrastructure. We’re obsessed about building the best place to work on the continent while accelerating digital commerce across Africa and we need your help! About the role As a senior full-stack engineer, you take responsibility for delivering and supporting robust back-end and front-end applications that exposes our data and functionality to internal and external users. Applications handling financial information need to be able to handle large data sets in a performant manner, while being highly accurate and reliable. You’ll work with a team of talented engineers to design and build systems that support some of South Africa’s best known brands. What we expect of you: Architect and Product Innovation: Design and development of technical solutions to deliver on our product vision. Technical Problem Solving: Tackle complex technical challenges, providing innovative solutions to enhance system performance and reliability. System Integration: Collaborate on the refinement of the platform’s architec Architect and Develop: Design and implement robust solutions for the platform, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and reliability. Technical Problem Solving: Tackle complex technical challenges, providing innovative solutions to enhance system performance and reliability. System Integration: Collaborate on the refinement of the platform's architecture, focusing on optimization and seamless integration to other systems.
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Requirements

  • Experience working on large, distributed systems at scale.
  • Understanding and working with SQL databases.
  • Writing solid unit testing and integration tests.
  • Clear communication and ability to collaborate in a remote environment.
  • Taking ownership of work assigned.
  • Passion for building products to help African businesses.
  • Technology Stack:
  • Note: This role is only open to candidates based in South Africa.

Responsibilities

  • Product Innovation: Design and develop technical solutions to deliver on the product vision.
  • Develop: Design and implement robust solutions for our platform, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and reliability.
  • Code Review and Testing: Review specifications and code submissions and conduct thorough tes

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation.
  • Stripe equity compensation.
  • Full medical coverage.
  • Generous leave and sabbatical policies.
  • Smart, kind colleagues invested in your growth.

How to Apply

Apply online. This role is only open to candidates based in South Africa. Contact [email protected] for questions.