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Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (TypeScript, Node.js, React, AWS) (Remote)

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Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (TypeScript, Node.js, React, AWS) (Remote)

Datafin

Saturday, 16 May 2026

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IT/Computer - Other IT/Computer

Cape Town

FULL TIME

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Job Summary

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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Job Details

  • Country : Afrique du Sud

  • Contract Type : Permanent Contract

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