Software Developer at Peach Payments

• We are looking for a talented Software Engineer who will work collaboratively with the Finance team to support development of the new settlement and billing systems.

How you’ll be making a difference:

• Work alongside the team and be a part of the full software development life cycle.
• Building features for our 4 user groups, Merchants, Customers, Developers and Internal operation teams.
• Working on business projects, internal tech projects, changes to various systems and navigating unplanned work.
• Work alongside the team to create quality code through peer reviews, maintaining internal and external documentation and identifying and addressing technical debt.
• Help the team build up healthy development habits like TDD, Refactoring, Agile Methodologies, finding the right tool/technology for the job.

We're looking for someone who has:

• Someone with at least 4 years experience in backend technologies
• Experience programming in Typescript/Node.js or a strong willingness to learn
• Experience with database technologies such as PostgreSQL/MySQL
• Experience with cloud technologies, especially AWS
• Strong experience with best practices and a sound understanding of what makes valuable codebases.
• The ability to work collaboratively in an ever-changing remote friendly environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• A valid work authorisation to work in South Africa

Peach Tech stack:

• Frontend: React, TypeScript.
• Backend: Python, TypeScript, PHP.
• Data: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL.
• Infra: AWS Lambda, Serverless, S3, EC2, API Gateway
• Tools: Jira, Confluence, Git, Postman.
• Automation: Gitlab pipelines, CI/CD, Terraform.

Nice to haves:

• A technical tertiary qualification such as BSc Computer Science
• Experience with AWS Lambdas and the Serverless Framework