Remote Lead Backend Engineer (Microservices)

Placements24; Sandton; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical aid

Provident fund

Performance-based bonuses

Training & certifications

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable backend services and microservices in a fully remote role within South Africa. You will mentor engineers, drive technical strategy, and ensure high-quality, resilient software in a distributed team.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in backend development, strong experience with Go, Python or Java, and a track record of leading engineering efforts.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software engineering with backend focus.
• Proven experience leading teams or projects.
• Experience designing scalable microservices architectures.
• Deep knowledge of databases (SQL/NoSQL) and data modeling.
• Cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of scalable backend services and microservices.
• Architect fault-tolerant, distributed systems.
• Mentor engineers and drive technical strategy.
• Set up CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Ensure security, reliability, and performance of production systems.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Distributed systems

Microservices

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable backend services and microservices in a fully remote role within South Africa. You will mentor engineers, drive technical strategy, and ensure high-quality, resilient software in a distributed team.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in backend development, strong experience with Go, Python or Java, and a track record of leading engineering efforts.