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Cape Town: Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (TypeScript, Node.js, React, AWS) (Remote) posted by Datafin



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Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (TypeScript, Node.js, React, AWS) (Remote)IT – Software Development
Johannesburg – Gauteng – South Africa, Cape Town – Western Cape – South Africa, Kenya, Remote

ENVIRONMENT:
BE responsible for key functions that directly impact the onboarding and configuration experience for merchants as the next Senior Full Stack Software Engineer wanted by a cutting-edge FinTech company providing a seamless payment service. This will include onboarding, user management, merchant configuration, and the setup of sandbox configuration for testing and support. The successful incumbent will require 5+ years experience in Cloud-based Backend Engineering, strong Node.js, TypeScript, React, AWS (primarily Lambda, API Gateway and Serverless), Jira, Confluence, Git, GitLab, MySQL & PostgreSQL.
DUTIES:
  • Onboarding: Setup new merchants for products, connections and payment methods, ensuring a seamless start. Dashboard: The team oversees the dashboard’s design and general management.
  • Merchant Login: Ensure a secure and intuitive login experience for the Dashboard.
  • Merchant Configuration: Customise and edit merchant business and account settings.
  • User Management: Handle access controls and user roles for both merchants and users.
  • Transaction Listing: Provide merchants with transaction records and details for easy tracking and analysis.
  • User Logs: Keep track of user activity for security and auditing.
  • Internal Dashboard: A tool for users to complete daily tasks.
Role expectations –
Successfully able to build new features and enhance existing MX features:
    • Design, build, and integrate technical requirements alongside the team across the full product portfolio.
    • Ensure secure, scalable, and compliant payment processing to the Backend.
Effective troubleshooting and debugging of issues:
    • Independently diagnose and propose solutions for issues and incidents, leveraging logs, monitoring, and code analysis.
REQUIREMENTS:
  • Languages: TypeScript, Node.js, React
  • Infrastructure: AWS (Lambda, Serverless)
  • Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL
  • Tools: Jira, Confluence, Git
  • CI/CD & Automation: GitLab Pipelines
Technical Expertise:
  • 5+ Years of experience in Cloud-based Backend Engineering
  • Strong experience with Node.js, TypeScript and React
  • AWS experience (primarily Lambda, API Gateway and Serverless)
  • Database experience (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
ATTRIBUTES:
Problem-solving & Ownership –
  • Ability to design elegant, scalable solutions for new features.
  • Able to iteratively maintain and evolve existing features to meet best practices and modern standards.
  • Takes initiative, owns projects end-to-end, and thrives in a fast-paced, high-scale environment.
Collaboration & Communication –
  • Works well in a fully remote team, with strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
  • Comfortable working cross-functionally with product, operations, and external partners.
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