Lead Backend Architect – Microservices, Cloud & DevOps

Placements24; Paarl; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance bonuses

Medical aid

Stock options

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 in Paarl, Western Cape, seeks a Lead Software Engineer to spearhead backend systems, mentor engineers, and drive architectural excellence in a microservices-driven stack. You will design scalable services, oversee the full SDLC, implement CI/CD, and collaborate with product and frontend teams to deliver high-impact telecommunications software.

Candidates should show 8+ years in software development with 3+ years in a lead role, strong back-end language expertise, and cloud/container

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of professional software development experience, with at least 3 years in lead or senior role.
• Proven experience designing and building scalable microservices architectures.
• Expertise in at least one major backend language (Java, Go, Python, C#).
• Strong experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra).
• Knowledge of API design (RESTful, gRPC) and messaging queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Experience with Agile, TDD/BDD practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of backend engineers.
• Architect and design scalable microservices.
• Oversee SDLC from design to deployment.

Skills

Backend architecture

Mentorship

Distributed systems

Java/Spring Boot

Go

Python/Django

Cloud platforms

Docker & Kubernetes

REST/gRPC

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

Placements24 in Paarl, Western Cape, seeks a Lead Software Engineer to spearhead backend systems, mentor engineers, and drive architectural excellence in a microservices-driven stack. You will design scalable services, oversee the full SDLC, implement CI/CD, and collaborate with product and frontend teams to deliver high-impact telecommunications software.

Candidates should show 8+ years in software development with 3+ years in a lead role, strong back-end language expertise, and cloud/container