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Senior DevOps Engineer – AWS & Kubernetes (Remote)
Placements24 is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer for a remote-first role designing, automating, and scaling cloud infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes. Day to day involves building CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitLab CI/GitHub Actions), IaC with Terraform or Ansible, and observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
Remote Cloud Automation DevOps Engineer
Placements24 is hiring a remote-first DevOps Engineer based in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, to design and maintain cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks across major cloud platforms, with emphasis on IaC, containerization, monitoring, and security while collaborating with dev and QA teams.
Remote Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure
Fully remote senior DevOps engineer (recruited by Placements24 for an unnamed client): designing, automating, and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS/Azure/GCP, with CI/CD pipelines, Terraform-based IaC, Docker/Kubernetes, monitoring, and on-call support. Requires 7+ years in DevOps/SRE and mentoring of junior engineers.
Hybrid Software & Data Engineer – AWS, ETL & SQL
Software & Data Engineer working in a Corporate & Investment Banking environment: build data pipelines, reusable software components, and cloud-based processing solutions on AWS using Python and SQL, applying ETL/ELT, automated testing, CI/CD, and monitoring practices.
Python Data Engineer — Backend for Next-Gen Data Platform
Backend data engineer on Confluence's data team in Cape Town, working on the data API of a multi-tenant platform: migrating logic to Python, building scalable ETL for large datasets, and ensuring data quality and performance, with deployment via Azure DevOps and Docker.
Remote Senior Backend Engineer: Blockchain API & Systems
Senior Backend Engineer at Placements24 designing, building, and maintaining backend systems that power core applications and blockchain integrations. Day to day involves implementing APIs, managing SQL/NoSQL data, and optimizing performance of scalable, secure services on cloud platforms.
Data Engineering & Analytics Lead: Build Scalable Pipelines
Lead role overseeing data strategy, engineering, and reporting at Datonomy Solutions in South Africa. Day to day: designing and maintaining reliable, scalable, cost-effective data pipelines, driving standardized reporting metrics, and providing technical leadership to a data team aligned with executive objectives and governance.
Banking Data Engineer (CIB) - AWS & ETL Pipelines
Data Engineer for BluePearl Consulting working within a Corporate and Investment Banking environment, designing and maintaining scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines and cloud data platforms on AWS using SQL and Python.
Data Engineering & Analytics Lead at Datonomy Solutions
Leads the organisation's data strategy, engineering function, and reporting capability: building and maintaining data pipelines and BI reporting, defining data architecture, managing cloud costs, and mentoring the data team. Core stack includes SQL, Microsoft Fabric, Azure, and SQL Server.
Hybrid Senior Data Engineer: Cloud Pipelines for AI
Placements24 is hiring a Senior Data Engineer (hybrid, based in Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa) to build and maintain scalable cloud data pipelines and warehouses supporting AI/ML workloads, spanning AWS, Azure, and GCP with Spark, Hadoop, and SQL.
Data Engineer: Scalable Pipelines & Insights (Cape Town)
Data Engineer on the IT team of a South African food processing company in Cape Town, designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines and cloud-based data solutions to power BI, analytics and automation, while ensuring data quality, governance and performance.
Senior Backend Engineer - Mobility
Senior backend engineer on M-KOPA's Mobility business, building event-driven .NET microservices and core backend systems for riders and entrepreneurs across Africa. Work spans architecture to production monitoring, using messaging (Kafka/Service Bus/RabbitMQ), Kubernetes/Docker, observability tools, and AI coding tools.
Senior Digital & Integration DevOps Leader
Telkom South Africa is hiring a Senior Manager for Digital & Integration DevOps to lead multiple software development teams spanning digital front-end, middleware, and backend applications. The role focuses on shaping architecture, ensuring DevOps alignment, driving agile delivery, and mentoring team leads in a large enterprise environment.
Senior DevOps & Digital Integration Leader
Senior manager at Telkom SA leading multiple software delivery teams across digital front-end, middleware, and backend systems, applying software architecture knowledge and agile principles to ensure high-quality code and delivery aligned with enterprise goals.
Senior Backend Engineer (Remote) - Scale APIs & Systems
Placements24 is hiring a senior backend engineer to design, build, and maintain core services and APIs for a scalable e-commerce platform. It's a remote-first role working with Java, Python, and Go, designing robust RESTful interfaces, optimizing databases, and collaborating across distributed teams.
Remote Senior Backend Engineer - Node.js & Microservices
Fully remote senior backend engineer who designs, builds, and deploys scalable Node.js microservices and robust APIs on cloud infrastructure. Requires 6+ years of backend experience with strong JavaScript/Express.js skills and SQL/NoSQL database experience.
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.
Senior Aws Cloud & Devops Consultant
Senior hands-on consultant at DVT working on a lottery client's FTTF programme: designing Salesforce–AWS integrations (APIs, EventBridge, S3), migrating GitLab CI/CD to trunk-based deployment, and setting up observability with CloudWatch, plus basic GCP setup for data teams. Client-facing AWS architecture and technical leadership role based in Gauteng.
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.