Mid-Level Java AI Backend Engineer | AWS & Full-Stack

E-Merge IT Recruitment; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 756,000 - 924,000; Full time

Job summary

E-Merge IT Recruitment is seeking an Intermediate Software Engineer in Pretoria. You will join an established technology team, building software that supports real business needs and enterprise environments.

The role requires collaboration with experienced engineers on challenging projects to deliver high-quality software end-to-end. The ideal candidate has 5–8 years of solid development experience with back-end and full-stack capabilities, and hands-on experience with RESTful APIs, Git, and

Qualifications

• 5 to 8 years of solid development experience
• Back-end and Full Stack Development
• Experience directing AI coding agents (e.g. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) as part of the development workflow
• Java certification - advantageous
• AWS certification - advantageous
• Solid understanding of RESTful API development
• Experience with version control using Git
• Knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL or MySQL)

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the engineering team to deliver high-quality software
• Work on challenging projects that meet real business needs in enterprise environments

Skills

Back-end & full stack development

RESTful API development

AI coding agents workflow

Git version control

Relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL

Education

Java certification

AWS certification

Tools

Java

Node.js

Typescript

Python

AWS

Job description

E-Merge IT Recruitment is seeking an Intermediate Software Engineer in Pretoria. You will join an established technology team, building software that supports real business needs and enterprise environments.

The role requires collaboration with experienced engineers on challenging projects to deliver high-quality software end-to-end. The ideal candidate has 5–8 years of solid development experience with back-end and full-stack capabilities, and hands-on experience with RESTful APIs, Git, and