Remote Lead Backend Engineer - Fintech APIs & Microservices

Placements24; Upington; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Health benefits

Retirement fund

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Lead Backend Engineer to join a fully remote team based in South Africa. You will design, build, and scale backend services using Node.js and Express.js, architect APIs and microservices, and mentor a team of engineers.

Your leadership will shape the product roadmap and engineering standards while collaborating with product managers and frontend teams. The role emphasizes technical excellence, CI/CD, scalable data models, and cloud-native patterns in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years in backend development with at least 3 years in leadership or senior role.
• Extensive Node.js and Express.js experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of scalable backend services using Node.js and Express.js.
• Architect robust APIs and microservices with security, reliability, and maintainability.
• Mentor backend engineers and drive technical excellence.

Skills

Node.js

Express.js

RESTful APIs

Microservices

SQL/NoSQL

Cloud platforms

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Architecture

Leadership

Remote teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

Placements24 is seeking an experienced Lead Backend Engineer to join a fully remote team based in South Africa. You will design, build, and scale backend services using Node.js and Express.js, architect APIs and microservices, and mentor a team of engineers.

Your leadership will shape the product roadmap and engineering standards while collaborating with product managers and frontend teams. The role emphasizes technical excellence, CI/CD, scalable data models, and cloud-native patterns in a