Meet Ozow 

Ozow 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.  

More about this Ozow fantastic position   

Ozow 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.  

Your role and responsibilities 

Software Development 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain software solutions that meet high-quality standards and business requirements.  

Coding 

• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code while following best practices and coding standards.  

Technical Problem Solving 

• Analyze and troubleshoot complex technical issues and implement effective solutions.  

System Architecture 

• Contribute to the design and architecture of software systems, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.  

Code Reviews 

• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and knowledge sharing within the team.  

Agile Development 

• Work in an Agile environment, participating in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.  

Documentation 

• Create and maintain technical documentation for software and processes.  

Mentoring 

• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members as needed.  

You are an ideal candidate if you have 

• At least 4+ years of work-related experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer  
• Ideally have an IT Diploma or Degree  
• Ability to develop software in .NET 8 C#, JavaScript, ReactJs, HTML, CSS and other programming languages (polyglots preferred)  
• Excellent knowledge of Postgres, Mssql technologies (EF, NHibernate)  
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases such as Redis, Riak, MongoDB, and others.  
• Experience developing web applications, with a good understanding of how the web works  
• Proven experience in high-scale applications and an understanding of the practices and approaches that are employed in scaling applications beneficial.  
• Experience with unit testing, knowledge of applying test-driven development beneficial  
• Understanding DevOps principals and how to apply them practically beneficial.  
• Experience in cloud services preferred – AWS, Azure.  
• Experience with containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy) highly beneficial.  
• Experience working with agile methodologies – a true believer  

Meet Ozow 

Ozow 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.   

More about this Ozow fantastic position  

As Product Operations Manager, your job is to help Ozow run Product with more clarity, better visibility, and stronger launch discipline. 

You will work with the Head of Product and Product leaders to improve how Product plans, reviews, communicates, and launches across the company. You will help establish clearer portfolio visibility, better dependency tracking, more consistent product artifacts, and a more reliable operating cadence. 

You will not own product strategy or make roadmap decisions on behalf of Product Managers. Your role is to create the scaffolding that helps the right decisions happen with more clarity, consistency, and confidence. That distinction is central to the Product Ops model you have already defined.     

Your role and responsibilities 

Leadership & Operating Enablement  

• Act as a high‑agency operating partner to the Head of Product, helping establish and maintain a strong product operating rhythm 
• Enable Product Managers to focus on judgment and outcomes by reducing operational friction and ambiguity 
• Influence without authority, working cross‑functionally with Engineering, Design, Commercial, Risk, Compliance, Client Success, and Operations 

Planning & Portfolio Visibility  

• Support quarterly and 6–8 week product planning cycles across multiple product domains 
• Maintain a clear and trusted view of portfolio status, priorities, dependencies, risks, and key trade‑offs 
• Improve the quality, structure, and decision‑usefulness of product reviews and operating forums 

Execution & Launch Readiness  

• Coordinate launch readiness across Product, Engineering, Commercial, Risk, Compliance, and Operations 
• Ensure launches are well‑prepared, documented, and aligned with risk, regulatory, and operational requirements 
• Improve dependency tracking, escalation pathways, and cross‑team communication 

Systems & Standard Governance  

• Improve consistency and quality of product artifacts including PRDs, strategy docs, review packs, and launch briefs 
• Define, maintain, and evolve product workflows across tools such as Jira, Linear, Notion, Confluence, or equivalent 
• Maintain KPI definitions, reporting views, and decision logs used by Product and leadership 
• Improve meeting hygiene, documentation standards, and operating discipline across the product organisation 

Tool Utilisation & Change Management  

• Design and implement lightweight systems, templates, and processes that improve clarity without adding bureaucracy 
• Identify recurring points of friction in how Product operates and solve them through better tooling, workflows, or cadence 
• Support change adoption by aligning teams around new operating standards and practices 

In this role, success means: 

• Product has a clearer and more trusted operating rhythm 
• Portfolio visibility is stronger across teams and domains 
• Product reviews are more structured and decision-useful 
• Cross-team dependencies and risks are easier to see and manage 
• Launch coordination is more disciplined and less ad hoc 
• Product Managers spend less time stitching together status and more time on product work 
• The wider business experiences Product as clearer, better aligned, and easier to work with 

You are an ideal candidate if you have 

• Experience in Product Operations, Product Management, Business Operations, Program Management, or a similar operating role 
• Exposure to fintech, payments, SaaS, platforms, marketplaces, or other complex product environments 
• Experience supporting planning cycles, launch readiness, or portfolio visibility across multiple teams 
• Experience working in regulated, operationally sensitive, or high‑reliability environments 
• Appreciation for risk, compliance, readiness, and delivery discipline in payments or financial services 
• Familiarity with product and workflow tools such as Jira, Linear, Notion, Confluence, Airtable, or similar