{"id":1996337,"url":"https://alion.io/job/ozow-software-engineer","title":"Software Engineer","company":{"id":57345,"name":"Ozow","domain":"ozow.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/ozow","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":3,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-14T06:34:16Z"}},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"middle","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Cape Town, South Africa"],"countries":["ZA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":24000,"max_usd":50000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":14},"experience_years_min":4,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":".NET","optional":false},{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"Azure","optional":false},{"name":"C#","optional":false},{"name":"Docker","optional":false},{"name":"JavaScript","optional":false},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":false},{"name":"MS SQL","optional":false},{"name":"Octopus Deploy","optional":false},{"name":"PostgreSQL","optional":false},{"name":"Redis","optional":false},{"name":"TeamCity","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2025-09-02T08:10:30Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-07","last_verified_at":"2026-10-14T16:00:32Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":407,"trust":{"level":"stale","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale"],"days_open":406},"description":"Meet Ozow\nOzow is a leading fintech company that's redefining digital payments in South Africa and beyond. We're dedicated to making payments more accessible, secure, and convenient for both businesses and consumers. As a fast-growing player in the financial technology sector, Ozow fosters a culture of innovation, diversity, and inclusivity. We believe in pushing the boundaries of what's possible and are committed to making a positive impact on the world through our payment solutions.\nMore about this Ozowfantastic position \nOzow is seeking a Software Engineer to join our talented development team. As a Software Engineer, you'll play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining innovative solutions that power our digital payment platforms. This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology, solve complex challenges, and contribute to the growth of the fintech industry. \nYour role and responsibilities\nSoftware Development\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain software solutions that meet high-quality standards and business requirements. \nCoding\nWrite clean, efficient, and maintainable code while following best practices and coding standards. \nTechnical Problem Solving\nAnalyze and troubleshoot complex technical issues and implement effective solutions. \nSystem Architecture\nContribute to the design and architecture of software systems, ensuring scalability, security, and performance. \nCode Reviews\nParticipate in code reviews to ensure code quality and knowledge sharing within the team. \nAgile Development\nWork in an Agile environment, participating in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives. \nDocumentation\nCreate and maintain technical documentation for software and processes. \nMentoring\nProvide guidance and mentorship to junior team members as needed. \nYou are an ideal candidate if you have\nAt least 4+ years of work-related experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer \nIdeally have an IT Diploma or Degree \nAbility to develop software in .NET 8 C#, JavaScript, ReactJs, HTML, CSS and other programming languages (polyglots preferred) \nExcellent knowledge of Postgres, Mssql technologies (EF, NHibernate) \nKnowledge of NoSQL databases such as Redis, Riak, MongoDB, and others. \nExperience developing web applications, with a good understanding of how the web works \nProven experience in high-scale applications and an understanding of the practices and approaches that are employed in scaling applications beneficial. \nExperience with unit testing, knowledge of applying test-driven development beneficial \nUnderstanding DevOps principals and how to apply them practically beneficial. \nExperience in cloud services preferred - AWS, Azure. \nExperience with containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, Appveyor) highly beneficial. \nExperience working with agile methodologies - a true believer \nYour skills and competencies\nYou eagerly embrace change, absorb cross-functional skills, and connect ideas across disciplines to drive fresh thinking and innovation. \nAbility to initiate, develop, maintain and leverage outstanding relationships to influence a wide network, both inside and outside the company. \nA trailblazer who steps up, takes charge, and creates meaningful impact-those driven by performance and purpose to lead from the front and make a real difference every day. \nYou thrive in collaboration, embrace inclusion, and bring a genuine curiosity for global cultures-valuing collective success over individual credit. \nDemonstrate strategic foresight, sound judgement, and the ability to make confident decisions under uncertainty, always working toward the best possible outcomes. \nYou challenge norms, champion innovation, and constantly seek growth-for themselves, their team, and the solutions they build. \nYou are a decisive doer-those who take initiative, follow through with confidence, and ensure results through courageous, hands-on leadership. \nWe value optimism, agility, and the strength to persevere under pressure-balancing performance with positivity, even in challenging environments. \nYou are driven, proactive individuals who take ownership, face challenges with grit, and consistently push for excellence-not just as participants, but as catalysts for success. \nInterview process \nDuring the interview process you will meet with the People team, the hiring manager, and relevant CSuite. Our process may include psychometric and technical assessments, giving you an opportunity to demonstrate your strengths, skills and potential beyond your CV and interview.\nIn office perks \nHealthy breakfast, lunches and snacks\nMonthly team connects \nOn-site Barista \nPerks for South African based employees\nMedical aid subsidy\nGroup Risk Insurance\nGenerous paid annual leave \nBirthday leave\nLearning and Development opportunities \nMentorship programme\nQuarterly team building\nEmployee Assistance Programme (EAP) \nCommunity initiatives \nAccess to cutting edge technology - Ozow Tech Stack\nOur Employee Value Proposition\nJoin Ozow and become part of an elite force that challenges the ordinary and achieves the extraordinary. If you're driven to make an impact, embrace challenges, and seek unparalleled opportunities for growth, your journey starts here.\nCompliance\nAs a fintech company, we prioritize data security, confidentiality, regulatory and compliance. Due to the sensitive nature of our work, we require individuals with a high levelof integrity and trustworthiness to ensure adherence to financial regulations and industry standards. Given the sensitive nature of our work, all employees are expected to demonstrateprofessionalism, accountability, and a commitment to ethical conduct in line with financial regulations and industry standards\nReady to be exceptional? Apply now! \nKeen to know more? \nInterested in joining our rocket ship? \nTo find out more about life at Ozow, head over to our Careers Page here!","description_format":"text","description_chars":5955,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":4,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Annual leave"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Payment Processing & Gateways"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-07T09:12:43Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":6,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.229,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":406,"expected_fill_days":32,"reasons":["conf:3","velocity","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-14T06:34:16Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ozow-software-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ozow-software-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-14T17:06:40Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":21865,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":57345},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=57345"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fozow-software-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fozow-software-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fozow-software-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/ozow-software-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fozow-software-engineer"}]}