51 Financial Software jobs in Cape Town

Well established financial services company is looking to employ a Software Developer, offering a considerable career opportunity within a dynamic environment to the successful applicant.

They are looking for a skilled and competent React.js Developer with 3-5+ years of experience to join their development team.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

Developing and implementing user interface components using React.js concepts and workflows such as Redux, Flux, and Webpack.

1. Profiling and improving front-end performance and documenting their front-end codebase.

Responsibilities:

• Developing and implementing highly-responsive user interface components using React concepts.
• Developing and implementing front-end architecture to support user interface concepts.
• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.
• Translating wireframes into high quality code.
• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.
• Meeting with the development team to discuss user interface ideas and applications.
• Monitoring and improving front-end performance.
• Documenting application changes and developing updates.

Criteria:

Ultimately, a top-class React.js Developer should be able to design and build modern user interface components to enhance application performance .

To ensure success as a React.js Developer, you should have:

• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript and React concepts
• Excellent front-end coding skills
• A good understanding of progressive web applications.
• Experience: 3-5+ years in React.js Development
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
• Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux )
• Preferred to have experience in Javascript, CSS, HTML
• Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
• Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms , such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
• A knack for benchmarking and optimization
• Familiarity with code versioning tools
• Experience with Azure app services is a plus
• In addition to React, solid understanding and experience working with and developing .NET core APIs will be advantageous .

Only individuals who have strong initiative and can handle a high-energy environment need apply. Occasional international travel may be expected.

Join to apply for the Software Development Lead role at EQPLUS TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Development Lead to oversee a small development team and modernise legacy systems into scalable, efficient solutions. This is a 12‑month contract role with opportunities to contribute to high‑impact projects and drive technical excellence.

• Lead and supervise a small development team, fostering growth and technical competence
• Analyse, interpret, and modernise legacy systems to produce improved solutions
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define system requirements and ensure delivery meets business objectives
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members on architecture and development best practices
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle: design, development, testing, and deployment
• Maintain and enhance existing applications, ensuring system performance, scalability, and reliability
• Apply cloud technologies and DevOps practices for continuous integration and deployment

• Proven experience leading small development teams
• Strong understanding of legacy system architecture and modernisation strategies
• Hands‑on expertise with Blazor (ASP.NET Core)
• Experience with AWS and Azure DevOps
• Solid grasp of software development best practices, including version control, CI/CD, and testing
• Excellent problem‑solving, communication, and leadership skills
• Proven experience in leading software engineering teams
• Relevant qualifications and certifications in software engineering, cloud technologies (AWS/Azure), etc.

• Blazor
• ASP.NET Core
• AWS
• Azure DevOps
• Legacy System Modernization
• Development Lead
• Software Development Lead

More than 10 years

Degree

Mid‑Senior level

Contract

Engineering and Information Technology

IT Services and IT Consulting

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Description

Build the systems that optimize how EC2 matches requests for Instances with the underlying compute capacity. EC2 Placement is seeking talented engineers to build the online and offline optimization systems for compute workload scheduling, and the customer capabilities to better manage those workloads. Amazon EC2 provides on-demand scalable compute capacity, and powers some of the largest services in the world. You will collaborate with a top-tier community of engineers to build systems to improve how customers are able to access EC2 compute resources.

Description

Build the systems that optimize how EC2 matches requests for Instances with the underlying compute capacity. EC2 Placement is seeking talented engineers to build the online and offline optimization systems for compute workload scheduling, and the customer capabilities to better manage those workloads. Amazon EC2 provides on-demand scalable compute capacity, and powers some of the largest services in the world. You will collaborate with a top-tier community of engineers to build systems to improve how customers are able to access EC2 compute resources.

The successful candidate will have strong software engineering experience, with a passion for thinking about, building and testing distributed systems. You have an interest in how Machine Learning and other optimization techniques can be applied to large-scale problems. You have demonstrated experience working with a team to design, build and operate large-scale systems. With strong engineering fundamentals, an analytical and data-driven approach to your work, and strong communication skills, you have the ability to collaborate well to deliver results. We move fast and work together on small teams to solve big problems.

If this opportunity sounds interesting, we would love to talk to you more about our work and culture at AWS in Cape Town.

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

About The Team

About AWS

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
  
  

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Information Technology, Consulting, and Engineering
• Industries IT Services and IT Consulting

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Our fintech client has a requirement for a Software Development Manager, based in Johannesburg or Cape Town.

KEY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Minimum of 10 years Software Development
• At least 5 years managing Development teams
• Software Development in either Banking/FinTech highly advantageous
• Experience with Cloud Computing Projects (Preferably AWS)
• Experience with Agile/Waterfall Project Management Methodologies

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Sc. Computer Science Degree or equivalent
• ITIL Certification advantageous
• BI/Development/Testing Certifications

SCOPE OF WORK:

• Enforcing SDLC methods, ensuring completion of Testing cycles
• Implement Governance principles for executing projects
• Manage budgets and resources across projects
• Manage several JAVA Development teams on AWS
• Stakeholder resolution of project delivery issues

What you will be doing

Lead multiple technical teams in delivering the full product lifecycle, from features to support and maintenance, while driving continuous improvements in efficiency, optimization, innovation, and team development.

Minimum Experience

• Bachelor's degree in commerce or information technology - Computer Science
• Functional knowledge particular to the product (e.g. Credit or App)
• People management and development practices and principles
• Stakeholder management
• Budgeting and accounting principles
• Business analysis and design
• Project Management principles and methodologies
• At least 5 years experience in software development management
• Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

• Managing a budget
• Crafting roadmaps
• Leading and working in an agile development environment
• Using technical skills to support and guide a technical team
• To establish priorities and successfully manage deliverables
• Utilizing communication and relationship management skills to engage with stakeholders
• Using leadership to influence in other areas.

Knowledge

Minimum:

• Functional knowledge particular to the product (e.g. Credit or App)
• People management and development practices and principles
• Stakeholder management
• Budgeting and accounting principles
• Business analysis and design
• Project Management principles and methodologies

Ideal:

• Banking industry
• Central Collections environment
• Bank Systems Environment
• Bank Business Model
• Agile development principles
• Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Conditions of Employment

• Clear criminal and credit record