Backend Engineer ID37418 ($3,000 signing bonus)

AgileEngine; Greater Kokstad Local Municipality; Remote; ZAR 1,457,000 - 2,428,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional growth opportunities

Competitive compensation

Flextime for work-life balance

Flextime - work from home or office

Job summary

A leading software company in KwaZulu-Natal seeks a Mid-Senior Software Engineer to architect and implement solutions. This role requires deep experience with Java and Kotlin as well as leadership in software development. The ideal candidate is self-motivated and enjoys working in a fully remote environment, with opportunities for professional growth and competitive USD-based compensation.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering solutions.
• 2+ years of experience in leading software development.
• Experience in real-time messaging developments.
• Experience with distributed messaging brokers and event streaming (RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.).
• Experience with Git version control and CI/CD tooling.
• Comfortable working with a fully remote team and self-motivated.
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement software solutions from requirements.
• Create and execute technical work plans.
• Maintain existing backend services.

Skills

Architecting software solutions

Implementing software solutions

Leadership in software development

Java

Kotlin

Distributed messaging systems

Version control with Git

English communication

Education

B.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Microservices

Git

Jenkins

GitLab

TravisCI

Job description

Overview

AgileEngine is an Inc. 5000 company that creates award-winning software for Fortune 500 brands and trailblazing startups across 17+ industries. We rank among the leaders in areas like application development and AI/ML, and our people-first culture has earned us multiple Best Place to Work awards.

If you're looking for a place to grow, make an impact, and work with people who care, we'd love to meet you!

What you will do

• Be hands-on in architecting and implementing software solutions from a given set of requirements either as an individual contributor or as a technical lead;
• Create technical work plans and execute on those plans to meet individual business objectives;
• Assist in maintaining existing backend services.

MUST HAVES

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in architecting, implementing, and delivering software engineering solutions from set product requirements;
• 2+ years of experience in leading software development work in some capacity;
• Deep experience with Java;
• Experience with Kotlin;
• Experience with distributed messaging brokers and/or event streaming platforms such as RabbitMQ, ZeroMQ, or Kafka;
• Experience in real-time messaging developments;
• Experience using the Git version control system;
• Comfortable working with a fully remote team;
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision;
• Upper-Intermediate English level.

NICE TO HAVES

• Experience with dependency injection frameworks such as Micronaut, Spring Boot, etc.;
• JavaScript and WebSocket experience is highly valued;
• Familiarity with microservice architectures;
• Experience with distributed NoSQL databases such as Mongo, Cassandra, etc.;
• Experience with distributed caches such as Redis, Velkey, etc.;
• Experience in setting up CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins, GitLab, TravisCI, etc.;
• Manipulating real-time audio streams;
• Developing Node.js applications;
• B.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent from an accredited institution.

PERKS AND BENEFITS

• Professional growth: Accelerate your professional journey with mentorship, TechTalks, and personalized growth roadmaps.
• Competitive compensation: We match your ever-growing skills, talent, and contributions with competitive USD-based compensation and budgets for education, fitness, and team activities.
• A selection of exciting projects: Join projects with modern solutions development and top-tier clients that include Fortune 500 enterprises and leading product brands.
• Flextime: Tailor your schedule for an optimal work-life balance, by having the options of working from home and going to the office – whatever makes you the happiest and most productive.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting