Payfast by Network is one of the leading Fintech organisations in Africa. We are on a mission to exponentially grow the digital economy of Africa by building world-class payment products. Developed in-house, our solutions enable customers to make and receive business payments quickly and securely and allow enterprises to trade locally, across borders, and internationally. We are on the hunt for a Senior Java Developer to join the team. About the team The team consists of three to five developers and a team leader, focused on the processing of various payment methods within our stable of products. We follow a hybrid Agile framework, with frequent collaboration between multiple teams and stakeholders that include, but are not limited to: Product Managers, QA testers, DevOps, Architecture, Agile Project Managers. About you You’d love working with us If you thrive working in a fast-paced environment, helping us meet the demands of our rapid growth. You will be involved in expanding our existing payment platform and supporting software and building new and exciting features and applications relating to payments, online commerce, fraud detection and security. You’ll fit in perfectly with our culture if you: Get energised by a fast-paced environment Can thrive under pressure Are adaptable and flexible Regard collaboration and teamwork as an essential part of getting the job done Pride yourself as being a self-starter who doesn’t lack motivation Don’t need to be micromanaged Take feedback well and use it for self-improvement Welcome change and new ideas Value the importance of diversity Can work in an Agile or Waterfall environment Responsibilities Translation of business requirements into detailed designs for implementation Participating in estimation and planning discussions with the development team Writing and debugging code Back-end as well as Front-end development using the below technologies Testing and documentation of developed code Creating and maintaining integration, unit, component, and user acceptance tests Identify and close any potential security risks or performance bottlenecks Refactoring existing code where necessary Participating in developer meetings, and performing code reviews and quality assurance activities Requirements Minimum of 8 years’ experience in professional software development A bachelor’s degree (or similar) in IT or Sciences highly advantageous Extensive Experience in Java Extensive understanding of Microservices and Web API integration Extensive knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle Experience working on large-scale, scalable, and performance critical software projects (ecommerce platform building experience is a plus) Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong analytical skills, and highly developed attention to detail Experience in the following highly advantageous: Go AWS cloud (Lambdas/EC2/S3) Queuing technologies (RabbitMQ / AWS SQS) TypeScript, jQuery, Node.js, Vue.js PCI - Data Security Standard and GDPR Docker Git SQL CSS, HTML Jira Knowledge of .net or PHP beneficial While not required, it’ll help if you have some fintech or payment industry knowledge. Benefits Company pension contribution 21 days annual leave Study leave Celebrate your cake day with special birthday leave Worldclass office space Good coffee (onsite barista) and free fruit If this sounds like a role that you would flourish in, please apply now. #J-18808-Ljbffr