Salt South Africa ·Western Cape, south-africa·Full Time·Contract
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A high-growth fintech business is looking for a deeply technical Product Manager to take ownership of a mission-critical payments and integrations platform. This team powers millions of transactions and works at the heart of online and in-store payment experiences across South Africa.
This is not a "business-only" Product role. You'll be embedded with Engineering, owning API and integration strategy end-to-end while helping scale a modern payments ecosystem. If you enjoy solving complex technical problems, improving platform reliability, and working closely with developers on architecture and integrations, this is the kind of challenge that will keep you engaged.
What you'll be doing
Owning the roadmap for APIs, SDKs, webhooks, merchant plugins, and payment integrations
Driving API strategy, versioning, developer experience, and platform scalability
Partnering closely with Engineering on architecture decisions and system design
Defining technical requirements including API contracts, data models, and integration flows
Leading delivery across integrations, certifications, testing, and production rollouts
Improving platform reliability, transaction success rates, latency, and observability
Working with PSPs, gateways, and technical partners to improve integrations and capabilities
Supporting commercial teams with technical feasibility and integration assessments
What they're looking for
Strong experience as a Technical Product Manager working on APIs, platforms, or integrations
Solid payments or fintech exposure, ideally involving gateways, PSPs, or transaction flows
Deep understanding of REST APIs, webhooks, authentication, integrations, and distributed systems
Ability to write detailed technical specifications and work confidently with engineers
Exposure to tools like Postman, Datadog, Splunk, SQL, or similar platforms
Someone commercially aware who can connect technical decisions back to customer and business impact
A hands-on, detail-oriented mindset with a strong focus on reliability and scalability