Remote Lead Backend Engineer - Fintech APIs & Microservices
Summary
Fully remote (South Africa) Lead Backend Engineer role: design, build, and scale Node.js/Express.js APIs and microservices, mentor engineers, and set engineering standards with CI/CD and cloud-native practices while collaborating with product and frontend teams.
Placements24 is seeking an experienced Lead Backend Engineer to join a fully remote team based in South Africa. You will design, build, and scale backend services using Node.js and Express.js, architect APIs and microservices, and mentor a team of engineers.
Your leadership will shape the product roadmap and engineering standards while collaborating with product managers and frontend teams. The role emphasizes technical excellence, CI/CD, scalable data models, and cloud-native patterns in a