Senior Fullstack Payments Engineer

6 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa Collinson Full time

Permanent

Cape Town - Hybrid

Collinson Group is a global leader in driving loyalty and engagement for many of the world’s largest companies. Predominantly through the provision of travel related benefits within a market leading digital travel ecosystem. The group offers a unique blend of industry and sector specialists who together provide market-leading experience in delivering products and services across four core capabilities: Loyalty, Lifestyle Benefits and Insurance.

The group provides unrivalled insight and expertise around affluent consumers and frequent travellers, creating and delivering products and services now accessible to over 400m end consumers.

We have more than 25 years’ experience, with 28 global locations, servicing over 800 clients in 170 countries, employing 1,800 people.

We have been bringing innovation to the market since inception – from launching the first independent global VIP lounge access Programme, Priority Pass to being the first to sell direct travel insurance in the UK through Columbus Direct and creating the first loyalty agency of its kind in the travel sector with ICLP. Today we still invest heavily in innovation to ensure that we continue to deliver superior customer experiences.

Key clients include: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, LATAM, Flying Blue, Accor, EasyJet, HSBC, Chase, HDFC.

Our mission is focused on doing good beyond profit, which for us means we seek out opportunities for our people to share in our success and that we give back to the communities and people within which we work.

Never short of ambition, the success of our business is delivered through the diverse and talented team of over 1,800 colleagues globally.

The Role 

We are seeking a highly experienced Fullstack Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software development, with a focus on using modern technologies.

Key Responsibilities  

  • Lead the design and development of complex software systems (client-side and server-side) from conception to deployment
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions
  • Build the front-end of applications through appealing visual design
  • Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
  • Develop and design effective APIs
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions
  • Mentor and guide other engineers
  • Stay current on industry trends and technologies to continually improve the team's technical capabilities
  • Ensure that all software development is done to a high standard, and that it is fully tested and deployed in a secure and reliable manner
  • Research and recommend ways it implement emerging payment innovations, including Open Banking, buy now pay layer, and alternative digital payment methods
  • Stay current on payment legislation changes globally.

Knowledge, skills and experience required

  • Strong technical experience leading the design and development of complex software systems
  • Knowledge of multiple front-end and back-end languages (Node.js, React, Next.js, Typescript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS) and their libraries
  • Familiarity with RESTful APIs and GraphQL
  • Familiarity with database technologies such as PostgreSQL, Redis, and MongoDB
  • Knowledge of payments processing and the wider payments industry
  • Experience integrating with Payment Service Providers (PSPs) for example Stripe, Braintree, Adyen, or WorldPay.
  • Understand of mobile payments and implementation of ApplePay and/or GooglePay.
  • Experience with event-driven architectures
  • Proficiency with Git, Confluence, Jira
  • Basic understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, and Deployments to the cloud


Collinson is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes differences in all their forms including: colour, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodivergence, family status, age, individuals with disabilities and people from all backgrounds, cultures and experiences as we strongly believe this contributes to our on-going success.

We are focused on continually evolving our purpose driven, high performing culture, providing an environment where our people have the opportunity to achieve their full potential and do interesting and meaningful work. Our company values are: Act smarter, Do the right thing, One team and Be insight led. These help guide everything we do internally in terms of how we think, act and interact, right through to how we deliver value to our customers and clients.

In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example - she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).

If you need any extra support throughout the interview process, then please email us at ukrecruitment@collinsongroup.com

We also have our very own Beacons (Domestic Abuse Advisors) supporting within each of our global offices. Our Beacons will be your point of contact if you or someone you know needs support.

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