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Senior Backend Engineer - Hybrid/Remote, Scalable APIs
Placements24 seeks a Senior Backend Developer in Midrand, South Africa (hybrid on-site/remote) to design, implement, and maintain scalable backend systems, working with frontend engineers, product managers, and QA. Requires 5+ years of backend experience with Python, Java, Node.js, or Go and strong database/API skills.
Remote Senior Backend Engineer & Mentor
Senior backend engineer who designs, develops, and maintains scalable backend services and APIs, while leading code quality and mentoring junior developers. Fully remote anywhere in South Africa, requiring 6+ years of backend experience with Java/Python/Node.js, RESTful APIs, databases, and cloud platforms.
Remote Senior Go Backend Engineer: Scalable Microservices
Senior Go engineer on a globally distributed, remote-first team designing, building, and scaling backend microservices. Day-to-day work centers on Go, distributed systems, RESTful APIs, and databases. Open to South Africa-based professionals working remotely.
Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, Impactful FinTech
Senior Backend Engineer at Placements24 designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems for financial platforms in a fully remote role based in South Africa. Core stack: Python/Java/Go/Node.js, REST/GraphQL APIs, and cloud-native tooling (Docker/Kubernetes, AWS/Azure/GCP).
Senior Software Engineer - Backend (Klerksdorp)
Senior backend engineer for a FinTech startup (sourced via Placements24), fully remote across South Africa. Designs, builds, and maintains backend systems, optimizes databases, contributes to architecture, and mentors juniors using Python/Java/Go/Node.js, SQL/NoSQL databases, and cloud/container tooling.
Senior Backend Engineer - Blockchain Infrastructure
Senior Backend Engineer designing, building, and scaling high-performance backend services for blockchain infrastructure on a fully remote team. Core stack includes Go, Rust, or Node.js, APIs/microservices, cloud platforms, Docker/Kubernetes, and IaC with Terraform or Ansible.
Senior AI Platform Backend Engineer (Hybrid)
Senior backend engineer joining a client's team in Polokwane, South Africa (hybrid) to design, build, and maintain scalable backend services for an AI platform. Work centers on Python, Go, Java, or C++, distributed systems, Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud platforms, in a security-conscious environment with mentoring of junior engineers.
Senior Backend Engineer — Cloud-Native Microservices Leader
Placements24 seeks a Senior Backend Engineer in Durban to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems for cloud services, architecting microservices, optimizing databases, and ensuring reliability. Core stack includes Python/Java/Go or Node.js, Docker/Kubernetes, SQL and NoSQL, and CI/CD with IaC.
Senior Node.js Backend Engineer – On-site Randburg
Placements24 is hiring a Senior Node.js Backend Engineer for its on-site Randburg team to design and maintain scalable backend services and APIs, contribute to architectural decisions, and collaborate with frontend teams. Core technologies: Node.js/JavaScript with relational and NoSQL databases.
Senior Backend Engineer - Blockchain Integration
Senior Backend Engineer building and maintaining backend systems that integrate core applications with blockchain protocols (Ethereum, Polygon, Solana) via APIs and microservices, for a company bridging traditional finance and blockchain. Fully remote role using Node.js, Python, or Go with SQL/NoSQL databases and cloud platforms.
Senior Go Backend Engineer — Cloud-Native PKI
Senior engineer on DigiCert's ONE CA team building the future of PKI and security management: developing scalable Go-based RESTful services in a cloud-native environment, optimizing deployments, and contributing to design decisions within a cross-functional agile team.
Senior Backend Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure
Senior backend engineer joining a cloud-solutions firm's team in Durban to design, build, and maintain scalable backend services, microservices, and secure cloud infrastructure. Core stack spans Python/Java/Go, SQL and NoSQL databases, Docker/Kubernetes, and AWS/Azure/GCP.
Senior Backend Developer - Node.js & Microservices
Senior backend developer for a rapidly scaling SaaS provider's fully remote team: designing and deploying scalable Node.js microservices and RESTful APIs, working with SQL/NoSQL databases, Docker, and cloud platforms to keep the core platform fast and reliable.
Senior .NET Backend Engineer – SaaS & IoT (Hybrid)
Backend engineer at a global tech scale-up building SaaS and IoT products that monitor critical infrastructure (water, rail, mining, industrial). Day to day: C# .NET/ASP.NET Core backend, APIs, cloud and CI/CD, plus some TypeScript frontend. Hybrid role in Cape Town, R800K–R1M/year.
Senior backend engineer (hybrid)
Senior backend engineer designing, building and operating Java/Spring Boot microservices for a mobility-sector client: REST APIs, Kafka event-driven integrations, Docker/Kubernetes and CI/CD on Azure. Hybrid in Porto (2 office days/week), €2800–3100/month, only for candidates already based in Portugal with fluent English.
Desenvolvedor back-end sênior
Senior backend developer at Evertec Brasil, a fintech/payments technology company, based in São Paulo. The role involves building financial transaction software with Java/Quarkus on OpenShift/Kubernetes, using Docker, microservices, Maven/Gradle, CI/CD, and AI coding copilots.