Senior Principal Engineer: High-Value Payments

Electrum is an exciting B2B FinTech company. We build cloud-based transaction processing technology that is used by banks, retailers and MNOs. We partner with some of South Africa’s biggest household names, enabling them to open up their customers’ access to payments and digital goods and services. We love that the projects we work on touch the lives of millions of South Africans every day, making a real difference.

We hire top talent and offer great opportunities for personal growth and career progression. You will be joining a dynamic, skilled and delivery-focused organisation. Our work environment is relaxed yet results-driven. Side benefits include a trendy office space, free healthy cooked lunch and regular team get togethers.

About the Role:

As the Technical Lead for High-Value Payments Systems at Electrum, you will be pivotal in driving the technical design and implementation of critical systems, particularly focusing on SWIFT and SAMOS RTGS. You will play a key role in ensuring the success of payments projects through your expertise in software development, solution architecture, and team leadership.

Responsibilities:

Technical Expertise: Lead software development efforts, ensuring high-quality deliverables and adherence to best practices. Design and review architectural solutions, mentoring junior developers to enhance their skills.

High-Value Payments: Guide and lead projects for the implementation of SWIFT and SAMOS RTGS systems, leveraging your deep subject matter expertise.

Software Delivery: Collaborate with project, product, and professional services teams to define and deliver projects efficiently. Prioritise initiatives based on technical and payments industry knowledge.

Team Leadership: Set clear technical goals and milestones, foster the technical growth of team members, and cultivate a cohesive team culture aligned with Electrum's vision and strategy.

Performance Management: Assist in performance reviews, providing guidance on technical growth areas for team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields.
• 5+ years of experience in software development.
• 2+ years of experience in the payments industry as a developer.
• 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing payments processing systems for SWIFT and/or SAMOS RTGS.

Beneficial Experience

• Experience with the following technologies or concepts:
• Containerising Java applications
• ArgoCD
• Kubernetes
• Experience in Agile / Scrum methodologies.
• Experience working with cloud environments (e.g. familiarity in building software using AWS/Azure/GCP hosted infrastructure)
• Experience in delivering enterprise software

Benefits

We have created an high-performance culture where you can expect:

• Career growth - Delivering world-class financial services software products in a fast-paced company is not easy, and it takes an insane amount of effort. But in return for your effort you'll get hands-on experience working on products that are used by millions of people, and a high quality work experience that will accelerate your career faster than anywhere else.
• Transparency - We openly discuss strategy, finances, salaries and other major decisions.
• Autonomy - We know you'll be able to make good decisions if you have good information, and we trust you.
• Shared Vision - You'll be able to shape a vision you can believe in - on how to build the future of financial services.
• Work-life balance - You know when your brain has switched off for the day and you need to go for a hike or coffee shop with a view, but you also know when your team needs help to bring that strategic deliverable home. At Electrum you will be expected to know when you deserve that time out, and when you need to knuckle down and get the work done.

These are few practical ways we practice the culture we are so proud of:

• Flexible work hours
• Onsite gym and shower facilities
• Daily cooked lunches and a stocked kitchen for the afternoon nibbles
• Team socializing like hikes, getaways, and dinners
• A generous leave policy, starting at 20 days per year
• A recreational area with foosball, table tennis and an Oculus
• Fatsaks scattered around the office for deep thinking or meditation

If this sounds like a role and place where you can spread your wings, please apply now.

We have created a safe, transparent environment where:

• We know mistakes happen, and that’s okay. We even have a three-step approach to dealing with them:

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

• You are responsible for your actions – both the successes and the failures
• We talk openly about salaries and bonuses. At Electrum, we believe it’s evident why some people earn more and others a bit less. It’s like being on a sports team where salaries are widely known.

Last updated on Jun 28, 2024