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Remote Senior Backend Engineer (Python/Django)
Senior Backend Engineer designing, building, and scaling Python/Django backend services and RESTful APIs for a SaaS client's platform, fully remote from anywhere in South Africa. Day to day: database management (PostgreSQL/MySQL), testing, code reviews, troubleshooting, and mentoring junior engineers.
Senior Backend Engineer - Remote Python/Django
Placements24 is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems using Python and Django, focused on RESTful APIs, robust databases, and secure data practices in a remote-first setup. Strong Python/Django, SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL), plus cloud and containerization familiarity are expected.
AI Data Engineer - Big Data Pipelines
AI Data Engineer building and maintaining scalable big data pipelines (ETL/ELT, data warehouses and lakes on cloud) that feed AI/ML initiatives, ensuring data quality and performance end to end. Core stack: SQL, Python/Scala/Java, Spark/Hadoop/Flink, Airflow, AWS/Azure/GCP data services.
Remote Senior Backend Engineer (Python)
Fully remote Senior Backend Engineer for a fintech startup (recruited via Placements24): designing scalable Python backend services and REST APIs with Django/Flask, PostgreSQL and Redis on cloud platforms, plus architecture decisions, code reviews, and mentoring, with an operational base in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
AI Data Engineer: Scalable Big Data Pipelines in the Cloud
AI Data Engineer at Placements24 in Polokwane who designs and maintains scalable cloud data pipelines for AI projects — building data warehouses/lakes and ETL/ELT processes so data scientists and ML engineers get reliable, quality data. Core stack: SQL, Spark/Hadoop/Flink, Python, Scala.
Senior Data Engineer
PBT Group is hiring a Senior Data Engineer in Johannesburg (hybrid, 12-month contract) to design, build and optimise cloud-native data platforms and near-real-time pipelines on Google Cloud Platform, working with BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Composer and dbt, using advanced Python and SQL.
Senior Data Engineer (Big Data & ETL)
Senior Data Engineer at a data analytics firm in Sandton (hybrid work). Day to day: designing, building, and maintaining scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and cloud data infrastructure using big data tools (Spark, Hadoop), SQL, Python/Scala, and cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP to support BI, ML, and reporting.
Senior Data Engineer - GCP & Real-Time Pipelines (Hybrid)
PBT Group seeks a Senior Data Engineer in Johannesburg (hybrid) on a 12-month contract to design, build and optimise cloud-native data platforms and near-real-time pipelines on GCP, working with BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, dbt, Python and SQL alongside cross-functional teams.
Senior Data Engineer (Big Data & Analytics)
Senior Data Engineer designing, building, and maintaining big-data pipelines, warehouses, and data lakes for a telecommunications company, turning massive datasets into analytics-ready insights. Core stack: Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, SQL, Python/Scala/Java, and cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). Remote-first within South Africa.
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer in Johannesburg (hybrid) building scalable data pipelines, ETL processes and real-time API-based integrations using Python and SQL on cloud platforms. Focuses on production reliability, DataOps (CI/CD, containerisation, infrastructure-as-code) and mentoring junior engineers for a global technology client.
Senior Data Engineer – Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Senior Data Engineer on a 12-month contract (Johannesburg, hybrid) at consultancy PBT Group, designing and building scalable cloud-native data platforms and near-real-time pipelines on GCP. Core stack: BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, dbt, Python and SQL, with workloads on Cloud Run and GKE.
Graduate Software Engineer - Full Stack Development
Graduate full-stack software engineer joining client WhatJobs Direct in Stellenbosch, South Africa: designing, building, testing, and deploying scalable web applications alongside senior engineers in a hybrid in-office/remote setup. Tech spans front-end frameworks (React/Angular/Vue), back-end (Node.js/Django/Spring), SQL/NoSQL databases, APIs, and cloud.
Full Stack Developer: Node.js and React | Contract
12-month contract Full Stack Developer role at IQbusiness in Welgemoed, Cape Town (hybrid: 3 days on-site, 2 WFH), building scalable web applications for an international client. Core stack is React and Node.js, with TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, third-party API integration, Docker/CI-CD, and SQL Server/Postgres.
Full Stack Developer (Expert) 1508
Senior AI software engineer/architect on a 3-year hybrid contract in Pretoria, owning the full lifecycle of AI-native data products and cloud platform services. Core stack: Java/Spring Boot and Python, with LLMs, RAG and AI agents, data pipelines (ETL), and AWS/Kubernetes/Terraform.
Senior Full Stack Developer (C# And Angular)
Senior full stack developer based in Pretoria, building quality software for an engineering and industrial technology company, working across the stack in C#, Angular, SQL, and DevOps. Permanent role paying a cost-to-company salary of up to R800K per annum.
Remote Lead Backend Engineer
Fully remote Lead Backend Engineer for a fast-growing fintech startup: leads design and architecture of scalable backend services and APIs, mentors a team of engineers, and sets technical standards. Stack spans Python/Go/Java/Node.js, microservices, SQL/NoSQL, cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), Docker/Kubernetes, REST, and CI/CD.
Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)
Remote contractor role for a senior full-stack engineer at a tech firm in Port Elizabeth, South Africa: building and scaling web applications end to end — front-end with React/Angular/Vue, back-end with Node.js/Django/Spring Boot, SQL/NoSQL databases, cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) and Docker/Kubernetes — plus mentoring juniors and shaping architecture.
Senior Backend Software Engineer - API Development
Senior backend engineer designing, building, and maintaining scalable RESTful APIs and microservices for a SaaS client's platform, working fully remotely. Core stack: Python, Java, Go, or Node.js with SQL/NoSQL databases, Docker, and CI/CD.
Graduate Software Engineer
Entry-level graduate software engineer role in Durban doing full-stack development across the entire SDLC — design, coding, testing, deployment, and production support — for a fast-growing tech startup, working with modern programming languages, Git, and cloud platforms alongside senior engineers.
AI Software Engineer - Scalable Systems
AI Software Engineer at a client's Soweto, Gauteng office, designing, developing, and deploying scalable AI applications, model-serving APIs, and data pipelines. Core stack includes Python (plus Java/C++), TensorFlow/PyTorch, cloud platforms, Docker/Kubernetes, and SQL/NoSQL databases. On-site role; requires South African work eligibility or relocation to Soweto.