Engineer Jobs in Cape Town

Weaver Fintech is a purpose-driven, data-centric FinTech company revolutionizing financial services for more than 3 million South Africans. We simplify financial journeys empowering customers to shop, lend, insure, and thrive. Our Data Engineering & Analytics team plays a critical role in building scalable, modern data solutions that drive innovation and enable data-driven decision-making across the business. Join us in a collaborative, high-growth environment where your work makes a real impact. Role Overview As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer, you'll help build and scale our fintech platform on AWS, owning secure, high-performance features for payments and marketplace operations that serve millions of transactions. You'll drive architectural choices, deliver event-driven serverless systems, take end-to-end ownership of features, and mentor the team in a fast-moving, high-impact environment. If you enjoy solving complex distributed problems at real financial scale and want to make a tangible difference, this is your role. Responsibilities Influence architectural decisions with a focus on security, scalability, reliability, and high availability across distributed systems Select and implement technologies that optimize for performance and cost efficiency, ensuring seamless scaling across PayJustNow services Design and ship scalable, event-driven, serverless systems on AWS, using clear API contracts between services Own the end-to-end development of features for fraud-resistant payment systems and high-throughput marketplace, ensuring they are well-designed, maintainable, and highly performant Develop and maintain observability systems, including monitoring, metrics, and alerting for complete visibility Mentor other engineers through pairing, knowledge sharing, and technical guidance to elevate the entire team’s capabilities Experience Hands-on experience developing applications on AWS using serverless components such as Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3, and EventBridge/SQS/SNS Solid foundation in event-driven, serverless systems on AWS using CDK for infrastructure as code Strong experience building backends in Node.js / TypeScript that supported millions of monthly transactions. Experience building reusable components in React or Vue.js Competent profiling and optimizing serverless workloads at scale — cold-start mitigation, provisioned concurrency, memory/timeout tuning, cost/latency trade-offs — using tools like Lambda Power Tuning, X-Ray, CloudWatch Insights Proven track record shipping full-stack features across web and mobile Benefits Competitive, market-aligned salary for an intermediate-level data engineer. Performance-based bonuses. Flexible or remote work options. Professional development opportunities and training support. Comprehensive benefits package.

ABOUT THE ROLE We’re looking for a Head of Software Engineering to lead our software development efforts and drive technical excellence across our engineering teams. Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, this role is perfect for a seasoned engineer who thrives on delivering innovative software solutions that power business growth. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Strategic technical leadership Define and execute comprehensive technology roadmap aligned with business objectives and market opportunities Drive design decisions for cloud-native applications, microservices and distributed systems Establish technical vision for scalable, secure and maintainable software platforms Lead digital transformation initiatives and modernisation of legacy systems Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to maintain competitive technical advantages Engineering excellence & operations Implement robust software development processes Establish and enforce coding standards, code review protocols and automated testing frameworks Oversee CI/CD pipeline architecture, infrastructure as code and deployment automation Drive quality assurance processes, performance optimisation and system reliability initiatives Manage technical debt reduction and continuous improvement programs Team leadership & development Build and lead a team of software engineers and technical leads Recruit top-notch engineering talent and establish clear career development pathways Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration and technical excellence Conduct performance reviews, provide mentorship and drive professional growth Create inclusive engineering culture that promotes diversity, learning and continuous improvement Cross-functional collaboration Collaborate with other technology and business teams to ensure seamless system integration Work with design and UX teams to deliver exceptional user experiences Coordinate with security teams to implement robust cybersecurity measures and compliance standards Present technical strategy and progress updates to executive leadership and stakeholders Delivery & performance management Ensure on-time delivery of high-quality software products and features Manage engineering resources, project timelines and risk mitigation strategies Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for productivity and quality Drive incident response, post-mortem analysis and system reliability improvements Optimise development velocity while maintaining code quality and system stability

At our company, we believe in collaboration and innovation to drive exceptional results. Our Shared Services departments—spanning IT, Finance, HR, Logistics, Digital, Marketing, and Field Marketing—are essential to the growth of our industry-leading brands. We foster a high-performance culture where teamwork, accountability, and creative problem-solving are celebrated. Our AVI IT Shared Services Division is the backbone of AVI’s operational efficiency. As a proud SAP house, we utilise world-class ERP solutions to streamline operations and ensure seamless integration of technology across our businesses. The team is dedicated to maintaining robust systems and infrastructure, driving automation, improving processes, and safeguarding cybersecurity. By leveraging SAP and other cutting-edge tools, IT empowers our teams to work smarter, innovate, and deliver exceptional results. Why Join Our Shared Services Team? Drive Growth: Support and contribute to the success of our industry-leading brands. Collaborative Culture: Thrive in a team-oriented environment that values accountability and innovation. Impact & Growth: Play a key role in our brands' success while advancing your career in a supportive setting. Shape the Future: Make a meaningful difference and help us shape the future of our business. Step Into a Role That Makes an Impact! We’re seeking a Service Desk Agent on a 6-month contract to drive success at AVI IT Shared Services Division in Cape Town. The Service Desk Agent is tasked with providing operational support to business users as well as the IT Infrastructure team. The support process will be underpinned by the ITIL methodology that is applied within the AVI ITSS Service Desk environment. The Service Desk Agent’s key focus is providing first line support to customers in an ITIL service model with a strong view to resolve the majority of incidents as quickly and accurately as possible. This also includes proactive system monitoring and problem resolution that lends itself to broadening both the skillset and capacity of the incumbent in the role as part of the broader service engineering team Reporting Structure: Reports to: Service Agent Team Lead Key Areas of Impact: Ability to identify research and resolve a broad range of problems associated with users as well as the broader IT Systems infrastructure. Provide operational support to business users including after-hours support by assisting in problem resolution Monitors the Systems and Infrastructure environments through the use of monitoring tools and pre-defined monitoring processes and reacts quickly to resolve complex problems Performs SAP transports in accordance with pre-defined processes Reviews user issues logged via email and ensures that these are appropriately logged and assigned to the correct resolver group Responds to user requests for information and assists in problem resolution outside of normal business hours Re-assigns calls that cannot be resolved immediately to the relevant resolving team or 3rd party as defined in the operational procedures Adheres to issues escalation procedures Ensures effective communication of the downtime schedule to key business and IT stakeholders Logs, documents and maintains history records of logged calls on the IT Knowledge Base Troubleshooting, diagnosis and resolution of problems related to the group’s infrastructure components such as server hardware, storage systems. Provide front-line support with a focus on incident resolution. They are to provide high quality technical and procedural assistance. Systems support across multiple platforms including (but not limited to): VMWare, MS Exchange, Windows Servers, Printing, CCTV, Faxing, SCCM and Backups. Responding to telephone calls, calls directly assigned via the incident management system, emails and in-person requests for technical support. Conduct first line telephone support on all incoming calls to the Service Desk