Senior Python Software Engineer

About

Our client is a cutting‑edge fintech company shaping the future of digital payments across Africa.

• We empower businesses of all sizes - from startups to enterprise merchants - by providing a secure, scalable, and seamless payments infrastructure.
• We have a hybrid / remote working environment
• We offer a hybrid work environment, allowing for a combination of remote and in‑office work.

Duties & Responsibilities

Our Tech Stack

Languages: Python and TypeScript
Infrastructure: AWS (primarily Lambda, API Gateway, S3 and Serverless)
Databases: MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL
Tools: Jira, Confluence, Git, Postman, Cypress
CI/CD & Automation: GitLab Pipelines
Monitoring: Grafana / Sentry / Datadog

Role Expectations

• Successfully able to build new features and enhance existing Commerce features
• Design, build, and integrate technical requirements alongside the team across our
  full Commerce product portfolio
• Ensure secure, scalable, and compliant payment processing to our backendEffective troubleshooting and debugging of Commerce issues
• Independently diagnose and propose solutions for issues and incidents, leveraging logs, monitoring, and code analysis
• Bonus - Experience with Payments

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

Desired Experience & Qualification

Technical Expertise

• 7+ years of experience in cloud‑based backend engineering
• Strong experience with Python and Typescript
• AWS experience (primarily Lambda, API Gateway and Serverless)
• Database experience (MySQL, MongoDB)