Software Engineer - Reliability/SRE - Intermediate
Electrum SoftwareCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Posted March 13, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Electrum is a next-generation payment software technology company.
Job Description
Electrum is a payment software technology company looking for a Core Reliability Engineer to join their team. The role involves enabling product teams to own their service health, implementing observability tooling, and automating frameworks for reliability.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 2+ years of experience in Software Engineering, SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering.
- Strong coding fluency in Python (or similar) with the ability to read, understand, reason about, and write automation code.
- Hands-on experience with AWS and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
- Deep Observability Knowledge with demonstrable experience with monitoring tools (DataDog, Prometheus, ELK stack).
- Systems Thinking with a strong grasp of designing for scale and resilience.
Benefits
- Flexible Work: Office-first environment with flexible hours.
- Generous Leave: Starting at 20 days per year.
- Office Perks (Cape Town): Fully-stocked kitchen and daily catered lunch.
- Social Life: Regular team activities like hikes, getaways, and dinners
