Software Developer - Senior

About Electrum:

Electrum is the next-generation payments technology company that provides cloud-native software to optimize the processing of financial transactions. Since 2012, we have established ourselves as a respected payments technology partner through our deep expertise and track record in delivering trusted enterprise-grade payments solutions.

We’ve built a reputation in providing solutions for high-volume, low-value payment schemes and services that enable our clients to deliver to their customers at scale. We love that the projects we work on touch the lives of millions of South Africans daily, making a real difference.

We hire the best of the best and we offer great opportunities for personal growth and career progression.

You Will:

• Work as a Senior Developer / Architect at Electrum
• Be heavily involved in the architecture, design and development of Electrum’s payments software solutions
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to the entire Engineering organisation
• Play a visionary role in designing blueprints for solutions in the payments landscape
• Work in a technically challenging environment where the solutions you build require 99.99% uptime

What You Can Bring to Electrum (non-negotiables):

At least 5 years experience in software development
Anyone can write code. However it takes a bit of experience to write code that balances elegance, maintainability, efficiency and quality.

At least 2 years experience in the payments industry
We know, it’s a pretty niche industry but it’s a difficult to design robust payments systems unless you’ve had some experience using them. Also, it’s hard to mentor junior team members when they have more payments experience than you.

Be strong with Java
Our backend systems are built on this. They are high performance systems that really require you to know what you’re doing in Java.

A university degree
Any degree really. We need your proven analytical skills here with the ability to work in high stakes (we’re working with other people’s money here!) and highly complex environments. The stuff we do has a material impact on the world and also therefore is high reward, but that also means it comes with high risk. You can’t always just learn it on the job. We need to know that you know what you’re doing.

Increase Your Odds by Having:

We’ll be growing you into someone that has the following skills which is why it’s beneficial to already have them:

• Full stack experience
• SaaS experience
• ISO8583 experience

A good work-life balance is very important at Electrum. To help you manage your own time and energy, Electrum offers benefits such as:

• Flexibility around core working hours
• Daily cooked lunches and a stocked kitchen for the mid-day nibbles
• Team socialising, getaways, and social outings

We have created a safe, transparent environment where we know mistakes happen, and that’s okay. We even have a 3 step approach to dealing with them:

1. Tell everyone about it
2. Fix the mistake
3. Tell everyone about it

You are responsible for your actions – both the successes and the failures.