Full Stack Engineer
Who we are
Yoco is a payments provider for over 200k self-employed small businesses that launched in 2015 and today processes over US$3 billion annually. We are on a mission to open commerce for all and to do this we are breaking down barriers and unlocking economic opportunities that enable people to thrive.
We have ~350 team members globally, operating across international markets, all with a bias for boldness, and a passion for simple, progressive solutions. We believe in uniting different people to solve hard problems together.
Our mission of making society more equal takes a variety of people, with different backgrounds and points of view, so we can keep building solutions that work for and include everyone.
We’re growing fast. With growth comes compelling challenges, which means that if you’re an ambitious problem-solver with big ideas you will be challenged, stimulated and will thrive at Yoco. You have a passion for doing good. You’re bright and grounded, experimental and courageous.
We don’t stop pushing, we break things to rebuild, we challenge ourselves and each other. We’re constantly evolving — and we’re doing it fast.
Grow With Us.
About the role
As an Intermediate Fullstack Engineer in the Customer Due Diligence team, you will contribute as a developer in a team, delivering and supporting new features quickly and with industry-leading quality and non-functional requirements (e.g. availability, security, performance, etc.). You will contribute to system designs for features that expand our existing solution. You will mentor associate software engineers and interns. You will contribute to the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) to improve the speed and quality of what we deliver.
About you
2+ years of experience as a full stack software engineer, preferably using React Native for frontend, and a JVM-based language and/or Python for backend
Experience building systems with challenging non-functional requirements (e.g. availability, security, performance, etc.)
Experience mentoring associate software engineers or interns
Experience working as part of a globally distributed team
Experience working in a product-based company (instead of a services-based company)
The ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility
Experience in payments is a bonus
Experience with testing frameworks is a bonus
What’s next
If you qualify for this position, and our mission and values resonate with you, please apply.
We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply and ask that you please send your application in English and help us reduce unconscious bias by leaving out your picture, age, address, and other unnecessary information in your CV.
THE YOCO FORMULA
The Yoco formula is a validated approach to work and a set of behaviours that create maximum value for our customers and help us grow.
Core Values - Our way of working to create value & grow
Stay Connected
Make Space to Explore
Keep it Simple
Master your Craft
Core Behaviours - How we show up, engage & treat each other
Get to know each other personally
Say what you think
Be courageous and focus forward
Don’t let ego get in the way
To support this, we have built a role-based organisation where every individual is given the space to focus and develop their innate strengths. Everyone at Yoco has the opportunity to lead a project and become a specialist, enabling flexibility, collaboration and accountability at all levels. You will be working with a diverse, motivated and skilled team who will continuously stretch you as an individual. To learn more about our culture, subscribe to our Exposure Gallery.
Join us on a meaningful journey at Yoco, and help enable our merchants to thrive through Open Commerce!
- Department
- Technology
- Role
- Engineering
- Locations
- Cape Town (South Africa), Johannesburg (South Africa)
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
- Employment type
- Full-time
Perks and Benefits
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💙 Wellbeing
Everyone at Yoco gets 24 days' paid holiday, plus public holidays; contributions to Medical Aid (including gap cover), Retirement Annuities, and Life Insurance (including Critical Illness and Life Cover, and Income Protection).
We’re serious about family, and offer up to 6 months’ paid maternity, paternity, adoption, or shared parental leave, as well as family responsibility leave for unforeseen crises.
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🧠 Learning
Each Yoco team member gets an annual budget to further their education or training.
Training and development includes (but isn’t limited to) formal training courses, conferences, on-the-job training, and online courses.
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✨ Connecting
We gather weekly as a company (attending in a mix of in-person and remote), and organise regular company-wide socials and events.
Within (and often across) teams, we encourage and support more frequent, smaller team dining-out-ings (like brunch), and other social get-togethers (like bowling); and optional participation in one of our interest based clubs, like meditating, hiking, swimming, and yoga.
We're growing
Yoco is expanding its reach – new regions, technologies, and communities await us. As we grow, we face compelling challenges, but we are ready to embrace even the most daunting parts because we know we are building a legacy. Yoco has an enormous impact on the lives of everyday people.
As we grow to enable more businesses to thrive, it means that ambitious problem-solvers with big ideas will easily find their place with us. There will be just as much to learn, as there will be opportunities to thrive.
About Yoco
Yoco is one of Africa's largest fintech companies. We enable small businesses to thrive through open commerce.
Founded in 2015, we have helped over 400,000 small businesses across South Africa accept card payments and access capital–often for the first time.
We have over ±350 team members across our key hubs in South Africa and the Netherlands, all working to deliver world class payments and software solutions to small businesses.
We have raised $170M from some of the leading institutional investors in the world such as TPG, Dragoneer, Partech, Velocity, Quona, Raba, 4DX and many more.
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