Lead Product Engineer

Swan IT is searching for a Lead Product Engineer for a client in Johannesburg (hybrid).

Responsibilities:

• Working knowledge of Credit, Debit and Prepaid Card functionalities and life cycle


• Experience with MasterCard and Visa regulations is compulsory.


• Responsible for end-to-end development ensuring quality, clarity, depth and attention to overall scope of project


• Have excellent hands-on experience in Base 24 classic and knowledge on TACL, ATM, POS application programming


• Payment experience is added advantage.


• Have ability to understand, analyse, debug and resolve production support issues. The pre-requisite should be:


• Able to attend daily queries from helpdesk/ stakeholder


• Checking the system and informing the helpdesk/ stakeholders about the problems on tandem.


• Should be proactive and be able to analyse the problems from batch system.


• Should be able to handle configuration in Base24 system.


• Work experience in Switching environment with prior experience in below areas
  
  
  
  • Acquiring business (exposure to EFT, ATM and POS is must)
  
  
  • Transaction Switching and routing
  
  
  • Cryptography
  
  
  • Host interface
  
  
  • Device holders
  
  
  • Issuing business (functional knowledge is must)
  
  
  
  


• Good understanding of Base24 product with proven technical skills in
  
  
  
  • Development, unit testing, implementation and post implementation support
  
  
  • Base24 Switch migration
  
  
  • Base24 Switch configuration
  
  
  • Base24 Switch set-up
  
  
  • Certification with schemes
  
  
  • Expertise in full project life cycle development for implementation on the SDLC development model
  
  
  
  


• Proven technical expertise in below areas
  
  
  
  • Languages: Tandem COBOL, SCobol, TAL, TACL (Batch and online servers), PATHWAY
  
  
  • Experience in ENFORM, FUP, SCUP, DBU, DDL, INSPECT, SPOOLER
  
  
  • Database like Enscribe, Non-stop SQL, DB2 and VSAM
  
  
  
  

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.


• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer with a focus on AWS, Java, Spring Boot, and Angular.


• Strong understanding of concepts like high availability and their application in software development.


• Familiarity with SWIFT standards and their integration into financial systems.


• Proficiency in Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD practices


• Min 8 years Java experience 5 years + experience with AWS, Java, Spring Boot, and Angular.