Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable Microservices (Remote)

Placements24; Queenstown; Hybrid; NZD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Remote work stipend

Unlimited vacation

Career growth

Professional development budget

Team-building activities

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

Placements24 is assisting a fast-growing SaaS company in finding a Senior Backend Engineer for their fully remote engineering team. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable microservices, working across Go, Python, Java, or Node.js to shape the platform's architecture in a distributed environment.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, implement RESTful APIs and gRPC, manage databases (SQL/NoSQL), and own CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of backend development for scalable systems.
• Proficient in one or more backend languages (Go, Python, Java, Node.js).
• Strong knowledge of microservices, databases, and cloud/containerization.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable microservices.
• Architect and implement RESTful APIs and gRPC services.
• Work with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment.
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and security of backend systems.
• Collaborate with frontend, product, and stakeholders.
• Mentor junior engineers and participate in code reviews.
• Troubleshoot production issues and optimize performance.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and technology choices.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Node.js

REST API design

gRPC

Distributed systems

Git

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

Placements24 is assisting a fast-growing SaaS company in finding a Senior Backend Engineer for their fully remote engineering team. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable microservices, working across Go, Python, Java, or Node.js to shape the platform's architecture in a distributed environment.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, implement RESTful APIs and gRPC, manage databases (SQL/NoSQL), and own CI/CD pipelines.