Lead Backend Engineer - FinTech, Cape Town (On-site)

Placements24; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus structure

Medical benefits

Retirement benefits

Stock options

Career growth

Job summary

Placements24 in Cape Town is seeking an experienced Lead Backend Engineer to lead a team in building scalable, secure backend systems for FinTech solutions. You will guide architecture decisions, drive best practices, and mentor developers in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

The role is on-site in Cape Town, requiring strong leadership and hands-on backend expertise across languages and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend software development experience.
• Proven experience in architecting and building scalable backend systems, preferably FinTech.
• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Expertise in one or more backend languages such as Python, Java, Go, or Node.js.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of backend engineers, providing technical guidance and fostering collaboration.
• Architect, design, and develop scalable, high-performance, secure backend services and APIs.
• Oversee the SDLC from requirements to deployment and maintenance.
• Make key technical decisions about languages, frameworks, databases, and architecture.
• Ensure code quality, performance, and security through reviews and testing.
• Collaborate with frontend, product, and stakeholders to deliver features.
• Drive best practices in development, Agile, and DevOps.

Skills

Leadership

Backend architecture

Python/Java/Go/Node.js

Cloud platforms

Docker/Kubernetes

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Job description

Placements24 in Cape Town is seeking an experienced Lead Backend Engineer to lead a team in building scalable, secure backend systems for FinTech solutions. You will guide architecture decisions, drive best practices, and mentor developers in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

The role is on-site in Cape Town, requiring strong leadership and hands-on backend expertise across languages and cloud platforms.