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Senior Backend Software Engineer (Integrations) (Remote)

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Senior Backend Software Engineer (Integrations) (Remote)

Datafin

Saturday, 16 May 2026

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IT/Computer - Other IT/Computer

Cape Town

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Job Summary

Senior Backend Software Engineer (Integrations) (Remote)

IT - Software Development Johannesburg - Gauteng - South Africa, Cape Town - Western Cape - South Africa, Kenya, Remote

ENVIRONMENT:

JOIN a cutting-edge FinTech company helping to shape the future of digital payments across Africa as its next Senior Backend Software Engineer. You will design, build, and integrate technical requirements alongside the team on inflight and new payment integrations. Applicants must have 6+ years experience in Cloud-based Backend Engineering, strong Python skills, AWS expertise (Lambda, API Gateway, Serverless), MySQL and MongoDB.

DUTIES:

Successfully complete development tasks for payment integrations -

Design, build, and integrate technical requirements alongside the team on inflight and new payment integrations.

Ensure secure, scalable, and compliant processing.

Effective Troubleshooting and Debugging of Payment Integration issues -

Independently diagnose and propose solutions for issues and incidents, leveraging logs, monitoring, and code analysis.

REQUIREMENTS:

6+ Years of experience in Cloud-based Backend Engineering.

Strong experience with Python.

AWS expertise (Lambda, API Gateway, Serverless).

Database experience (MySQL, MongoDB).

Bonus - Experience with Payment Integrations.

ATTRIBUTES:

Problem-Solving & Ownership -

Ability to design elegant, scalable solutions for new payment integration.

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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