This is an excellent opportunity for a SOFTWARE ENGINEER who wants to build cloud platforms, automate everything, and move into Platform Engineering – with an established FinTech who are the foremost PAYMENTS SOLUTIONS SOFTWARE COMPANY. Based in CAPE TOWN, this SOFTWARE ENGINEER (CLOUD PLATFORM) role offers a salary of R800K – R900K/annum. THE COMPANY: A leading next-generation FinTech building enterprise-grade, cloud-native payment systems used by millions of South Africans daily. THE ROLE: Note: This is not a traditional Cloud Engineer role. If you’re currently supporting infrastructure, reacting to tickets, or clicking through the AWS console, this role is not for you. But if you’re a SOFTWARE ENGINEER who wants to build cloud platforms, automate everything, and move into Platform Engineering - this is a great opportunity. You’ll join a team where: Infrastructure is treated as a product; Developers are the customers; Automation replaces manual work; and Guardrails replace gatekeeping. This is a business where engineers build systems that matter - not internal tooling no one uses. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering and cloud platform engineering. Responsibilities: Build software that manages and automates cloud infrastructure, Design self‑service platforms that allow developers to deploy safely and independently, Replace manual processes with code‑driven automation (Python / Java), Work with AWS at scale, designing systems for reliability, performance, and cost efficiency, Solve real‑world problems across networking, scaling, and distributed systems, Help move the business toward a fully automated, hands‑off cloud environment. Benefits: Move into Platform Engineering. Work on infrastructure that supports millions of real financial transactions daily. Accelerate Your Technical Growth - gain deep, hands‑on experience in: AWS at scale, Distributed systems, Advanced Infrastructure as Code, Cloud security & cost optimisation (FinOps). This is the kind of role that positions you for: Senior Platform Engineer, Cloud Architect, or Technical Lead. About You: To be considered you will currently be working as a Software Engineer or Backend Engineer or DevOps Engineer or SRE or Cloud Engineer…what matters most is your mindset. Required Skills: 2–6 years in software engineering or cloud‑related roles. Strong coding ability (Python and/or Java preferred). Experience building systems, not just maintaining them. Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS preferred). Some exposure to Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation / CDK); CI/CD pipelines and automation; Linux and troubleshooting production systems; and Containers / Kubernetes. #J-18808-Ljbffr