Remote Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable APIs & Cloud

Placements24; Klerksdorp; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible schedule

Career growth

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a seasoned Senior Backend Engineer to join their fully remote engineering team, shaping server-side logic, databases, and scalable microservices used by millions.

You will design, develop, and maintain robust APIs using Python/Node/Java/Go; optimize performance; collaborate with product and frontend teams in a distributed setting; implement CI/CD and automated testing; handle production issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases, caching, and distributed systems.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs.
• Experience with cloud platforms and containerization.
• Excellent communication for remote work.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
• Optimize performance and architecture for speed.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in a remote setting.
• Implement automated tests and CI/CD pipelines.
• Troubleshoot production issues.

Skills

Backend development

RESTful APIs

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

SQL & NoSQL

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a seasoned Senior Backend Engineer to join their fully remote engineering team, shaping server-side logic, databases, and scalable microservices used by millions.

You will design, develop, and maintain robust APIs using Python/Node/Java/Go; optimize performance; collaborate with product and frontend teams in a distributed setting; implement CI/CD and automated testing; handle production issues.