React Engineer

React Engineer – Camunda & Financial Services

Experience: 5+ Years

Employment Type: 6-Month Contract

Work Model: Remote

Location: South Africa

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced React Engineer to develop and modernize enterprise front-end applications supporting financial services, lending, collections, and payment processes.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in React, Camunda Workflow Orchestration, API integrations, event-driven architecture, rules engines, real-time processing, and Azure, along with solid knowledge of banking and financial services operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, test, and deploy scalable React-based front-end applications.
• Integrate Camunda for workflow.
• Build and consume REST APIs and implement API-led integrations across enterprise systems.
• Contribute to event-driven and real-time processing solutions.
• Integrate Rules/Decision Engines for automated business decisioning.
• Develop and integrate solutions for Debit Orders, DebiCheck, and Mandate Management.
• Work with Azure Platform Services for application deployment and management.
• Implement application monitoring, logging, reporting, and performance monitoring.
• Follow enterprise security, governance, and banking operational controls.
• Collaborate with product owners, business teams, architects, and engineering teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Contribute to automation and modernization initiatives to reduce manual operational processes.

Must-Have Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with React.js / React
• Experience with Camunda Workflow Orchestration
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript / TypeScript
• Experience with REST APIs and enterprise integrations
• Understanding of API-led integration
• Experience with event-driven architecture
• Knowledge of Rules Engines / Decision Engines
• Understanding of real-time processing
• Experience with Azure
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Strong understanding of software development and integration patterns

Financial Services Experience – Required :

Candidates should have experience working on large-scale financial services platforms, particularly in one or more of:

• Collections
• Lending Servicing
• Repayment Platforms
• Debt Management
• Payment Collections
• Debit Order Management
• DebiCheck
• Mandate Management
• Arrears Management

Strong understanding of banking operations, financial services regulatory requirements, security controls, and operational risk is highly desirable.