Staff Engineer - South Africa

Traild is a dynamic, fast-growing, remote-first SaaS company that streamlines, automates, and protects Accounts Payable (AP). Just as your bank provides always-on protection for your credit card, Traild delivers the same level of security to help businesses safeguard their B2B payments from fraud, errors, and mistakes.

As a Staff Engineer at Traild, you will have the opportunity to take ownership of end-to-end capabilities providing seamless integration services for our customers.

We expect you to be passionate about highly scalable, fault tolerant, globally distributed systems. Our systems are built on a micro-services, event driven architecture using Google Cloud.

You need to be comfortable with high levels of agency, and care about the outcomes you deliver for Traild and its customers.

We are a company that places our customers at the centre of our product development process using feedback to enhance how our software can aid them in running their business more effectively.

• Lead the design and development of highly scalable, reliable, secure, and fault-tolerant systems using state-of-the-art technology


• Develop and execute against both short and long-term roadmaps. Make effective trade-offs that consider business priorities, user experience, and a sustainable technical foundation


• Drive projects from idea formulation to implementation across our global infrastructure and customer base


• Collaborate with product managers, finance/revenue teams, and other engineering teams to build new features and products creating impact for our customers

• 8+ years of experience working in hands-on technical roles, with a strong background in software engineering and architectural design.


• Strong communication skills with a knack for breaking down technical details and decisions for non-technical audiences.


• Demonstrated ability to go deep, understand both the domain and complex customer needs


• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment, where you are continuously honing your craft


• Experience in dotnet core & C# working in a cloud-native environment or experience with other modern programming languages (e.g., Java, Go, C#, Kotlin etc).


• Strong collaborator with an attitude embracing growth, hands-on execution, adaptability, and the scale-up spirit.


• Very nice to have - direct experience in fintech with experience in B2B payments in the US and EMEA

• Remote-first flexibility: choose remote, hybrid, or a setup that works best for you.


• A team that genuinely loves working here: we scored an 85 on our recent 2025 eNPS survey


• Regular company events: from team dinners to Pilates sessions and bakery runs.

Please note that the final applicants for this job will be asked to consent in writing to a police check / criminal background check to the extent permitted by law in your jurisdiction of employment.