Cape Town; South Africa Remote (Global)

Paystack is hiring a Senior Full Stack Engineer

About the Role

The role involves building and improving full-stack applications that support high-volume transaction processing, ensuring performance, security, and maintainability across distributed systems.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement backend services and APIs
  • Develop user-facing features using modern frontend frameworks
  • Collaborate with product teams to define technical requirements
  • Optimize applications for speed and reliability
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
  • Troubleshoot and resolve production issues
  • Participate in code reviews and technical discussions
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and system design
  • Ensure applications meet security and compliance standards
  • Work with databases to support efficient data access
  • Integrate third-party services and payment gateways
  • Monitor system performance and respond to alerts
  • Support deployment pipelines and infrastructure automation
  • Mentor junior engineers and share technical knowledge
  • Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends
  • Improve internal tools and development workflows
  • Maintain documentation for systems and processes
  • Collaborate across engineering disciplines for end-to-end delivery
  • Ensure consistency between frontend and backend interfaces
  • Evaluate and adopt appropriate frameworks and libraries
  • Implement authentication and authorization mechanisms
  • Support scalability and high availability requirements
  • Contribute to incident response and post-mortem analysis
  • Align technical work with business objectives
  • Promote best practices in software engineering

Compensation

Competitive salary and benefits package

Work Arrangement

Remote (Worldwide)

Team

Collaborative engineering team focused on scalable financial technology solutions

Tech Stack

  • Uses modern JavaScript frameworks on the frontend
  • Backend services built with scalable server-side languages
  • Relies on PostgreSQL and other data storage solutions
  • Deployed on cloud infrastructure with automated pipelines
  • Leverages Docker and Kubernetes for container management

Culture

  • Values transparency and open communication
  • Encourages ownership and initiative
  • Supports continuous learning and growth
  • Focuses on impact-driven engineering
  • Promotes inclusive and respectful collaboration

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About company
Paystack

Paystack helps businesses in Africa get paid by anyone, anywhere in the world.

Over 200,000 businesses of all sizes use Paystack to collect payments with a modern, secure payment gateway. The platform supports multiple payment methods including card, bank transfer, USSD, mobile money, POS, Apple Pay, and Visa QR.

Paystack provides well-documented APIs for developers to build custom payment experiences, along with advanced fraud detection, high transaction success rates, and detailed reporting for reconciliation and audits.

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Job Details
Department Paystack
Category fullstack
Posted 13 days ago