K- Work from
- South Africa
- Contract
- Full-time
- Experience
- Senior
- Posted
- 12 November 2026
- Apply by
- 11 January 2027
To grow our Client's service offering, they need to enhance their existing forex products, develop new products with additional banking partners, and begin to look beyond the local forex space at other exciting opportunities.
Our Client's business is powered by a young, open-minded team that values autonomy and works remotely. They're looking to grow exponentially in the forex space and need to scale their services efficiently to do so.
They've just rolled out their new online forex platform, and this means you'll play a massive role in setting product direction, owning projects end to end and be perfectly positioned to head up core elements of their system architecture as they continue growing. Going forward they aim to expand globally and leverage their agility, inventiveness and drive to improve the livelihoods of billions. Joining now offers the rare opportunity to play a massive role in this goal.
About the role
They are looking for a Senior Django Developer with Python and Django experience who is adaptable, smart, confident working autonomously, and keen to help them make the above a reality!
Responsibilities
- Design, test, and push code that significantly improves the range, returns and input costs of our Clients service offering
- Accelerate the development of various key aspects of their stack, namely:
- API integrations
- Process automations
- Database optimisation
- Staff interface improvements
- Client dashboard development
- Work closely with the CTO and dev team to complete bigger projects
- Debug and resolve production issues
- Brainstorm and contribute to system upgrades
- Share knowledge with your colleagues to continually grow the teams skill level
Requirements
- Minimum 4 years experience in software development including familiarity with CI/CD and Git/version control
- Minimum 2 years experience working with Python and a web framework such as Django or Ruby on Rails in a production environment.
- Knowledge of front-end development (HTML, CSS, JS)
- Basic knowledge of Linux server maintenance and at least one cloud platform (e.g. AWS, Azure, etc)
- A solid understanding of database technologies (e.g. PostgreSQL, Redis, etc)
- Excellent problem-solving abilities
- Dedicated to understanding client needs, with a focus on deliver holistic and product-minded solutions
- A focus on deliverability with a care for clean and articulate code
- A start-up mindset, comfortable with products failing and having to be pivoted
- The ability to work remotely with high autonomy and stay self-motivated without having to be managed frequently
What our Client says about working there
We embody true agile: Instead of making changes to conform to a certain methodology, we continuously develop our own helping us reach our fullest potential and foster a positive and productive work environment.
We're deliverable focused: Working a set number of hours a week is not important to us. What matters is how quickly we can bring high quality deliverables to production. If you're focused and effective, you'll find yourself well rewarded!
We reward excellence: We deeply appreciate anyone who relishes making a real impact and is happy to go the extra mile in doing so. We are quick to reward those who overachieve.
We don't like micro-managing: Micro-managing is an inefficiency wed prefer to avoid! We want to integrate you quickly so you can manage your own time and projects. That being said we love collaboration, so were always happy to help one another and will never leave you in the dark!
We're all about transparency: We believe transparency is key to our success and have made it the cornerstone of our services. We focus on transparency and open discussion amongst our team to help the best answers and ideas bubble to the surface. This has the added benefit of creating a fun and open workplace where ideas flow.
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