8,647 Senior Backend jobs
Senior backend engineering roles owning server-side systems and APIs.
Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable APIs & Microservices
Senior Backend Developer at Placements24 in Stellenbosch, South Africa, leading the design and maintenance of server-side systems and APIs across microservices. Day to day involves architecting scalable solutions, mentoring junior engineers, implementing security and testing, and optimizing performance using cloud platforms and containerization.
Senior Backend Developer - API Integration
Senior Backend Developer joining a client's IT & Software team on-site in Stellenbosch, South Africa, to design, build, and maintain backend systems, RESTful APIs, and microservices with third-party integrations. Stack spans Python/Java/Node.js/Go, SQL/NoSQL databases, caching, and optionally cloud and container tooling.
Senior Backend Developer (Go)
Fully remote senior backend role at a software development house: designing, building, and deploying scalable Go-based backend services, APIs, and microservices, integrating databases and cloud infrastructure, writing tests, reviewing code, and mentoring junior developers. Stack includes PostgreSQL/MySQL or MongoDB/Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms.
Senior Java Backend Engineer - Hybrid FinTech Role
Senior Backend Software Engineer in Pretoria designing, developing, and maintaining scalable Java-based systems for fintech applications. Hybrid role: lead backend services, build RESTful APIs, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Senior Python Backend Engineer — Hybrid, Scalable APIs
Placements24 is hiring a Senior Python Backend Engineer in Bloemfontein to design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and RESTful APIs, optimizing performance and collaborating with frontend teams and product managers. The hybrid role requires 5+ years' experience, Django/Flask proficiency, and solid database knowledge.
Senior Java Backend Engineer (Spring) - Hybrid Stellenbosch
Senior backend engineer working in a hybrid setup in Stellenbosch, designing, developing, and maintaining scalable Java/Spring backend systems for fintech products, including RESTful APIs, relational databases, and microservices, while mentoring junior engineers.
Senior Backend Engineer - Hybrid, Scale & Impact
Senior Backend Engineer at Placements24 in Johannesburg who designs, builds, and scales robust backend services and APIs, collaborating with product, frontend, and QA in a hybrid Agile setting. Requires 5+ years of backend experience with strong database and cloud knowledge.
Senior Backend Engineer (Microservices & APIs)
Senior Backend Engineer in Bloemfontein, South Africa designing and maintaining scalable backend services, REST APIs, and microservices for client WhatJobs Direct (a job search platform). Day-to-day involves distributed systems work, database schema/query optimization, security, and collaborating with front-end developers and product managers.
Senior Backend Engineer (Python)
Senior Backend Engineer building and maintaining the Python backend of a fast-growing SaaS company in Bloemfontein: designing scalable services and RESTful APIs, optimizing PostgreSQL/MySQL databases, writing tests, improving CI/CD, and collaborating with front-end developers and product managers in a hybrid, office-based model.
Senior Java/Spring Backend Engineer — Build Scalable Systems
Senior backend engineer in Rustenburg leading Java/Spring development: designing scalable services, implementing RESTful APIs, and contributing to architectural decisions in a microservices-based, agile environment.
Senior Blockchain Backend Engineer - Equity & PTO
Senior engineer building and optimizing backend services for a fintech platform in Vereeniging, South Africa: developing Go, Python, or Node.js microservices and REST APIs, integrating with Ethereum, Polygon, and private blockchains, and managing SQL/NoSQL databases with a focus on scalability and security.
Senior Backend Engineer — Hybrid, Growth & Benefits
Placements24 is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (hybrid) to design, develop, and deploy scalable backend services for its client's flagship products. Day-to-day work spans Python/Java/Go/Node.js, relational and NoSQL databases, RESTful APIs, and CI/CD, plus mentoring junior engineers.
Senior Backend Engineer - Hybrid (Python/Django)
Senior Backend Engineer at Placements24 in Stellenbosch (hybrid) designing, building, and scaling Python/Django backend services for a SaaS platform — owning API design, database interactions, and system reliability while collaborating with product and frontend teams.
Senior Backend Engineer - FinTech Scale-Up in Stellenbosch
Senior backend engineer at a fintech scale-up in Stellenbosch, South Africa, designing, building, and scaling financial-grade backend services, databases, and APIs, with microservices on cloud platforms using Java, Python, Go, or C#.
Senior Java Backend Engineer (Spring) — Build Scalable APIs
Placements24 in Polokwane is hiring a Senior Backend Developer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems and RESTful APIs using Java and the Spring ecosystem. The role involves writing clean, tested code, contributing to architectural decisions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams on client projects.
Senior Backend Engineer — Scalable APIs in Soweto
Senior Backend Engineer at Placements24 in Soweto, South Africa, designing, building, and maintaining scalable services and APIs while collaborating with product teams on performance and security. Core stack: Python/Java/Go/Node.js, strong API design, SQL/NoSQL databases, microservices, and cloud deployment.
Senior Software Engineer Backend | Java | Integrações Hospitalares
Senior backend Java engineer on Dasa's in-house tech team (Brazil's largest integrated healthcare network), developing, maintaining and integrating hospital systems: Spring Boot APIs, REST/SOAP web services, JSF/VRaptor/React/Angular front ends, and Oracle/MySQL query work, plus incident investigation and technical documentation.
Senior Backend Engineer (AI Fluent) - Temporary
A 12-month temporary senior backend role at Payoneer (hybrid, Glilot/Herzliya): design, build, and own production backend services end-to-end for the cross-border payments platform, using C# or Java, SQL, MongoDB, message queues, and microservices, with daily use of AI development tools and helping the team adopt them responsibly.