Remote Senior Java & Spring Boot Backend Engineer

Placements24; Paarl; Ibrido; ZAR 900.000 - 1.200.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Remote work

Home office stipend

Learning & conferences

Retirement plan

Descrizione del lavoro

Placements24 is hiring a Senior Software Engineer with strong Java and Spring Boot experience for a fully remote role serving the South Africa market. You will design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to architectural decisions in a fast-growing FinTech environment.

The position emphasizes scalable, reliable systems, cloud familiarity, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.

Competenze

• minimum of 6 years of professional software development experience.
• extensive experience with Java and the Spring Boot framework.
• strong understanding of microservices architecture and RESTful API design.
• proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and ORM frameworks (Hibernate).
• experience with messaging queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• proficiency in version control systems, particularly Git.

Mansioni

• Design, develop, test, and deploy robust backend services and APIs using Java and the Spring Boot framework.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, frontend developers, and QA engineers to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Write clean, efficient, well-documented, and maintainable code following best practices.
• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers and ensuring code quality.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve software defects and performance issues.
• Contribute to architectural design discussions and help shape the technical roadmap.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed, scalability, and reliability.
• Ensure the security and integrity of data handled by the applications.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge within the team.

Conoscenze

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST API design

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Hibernate

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Git

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

CI/CD

Testing

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Strumenti

JUnit

Docker

Descrizione del lavoro

Placements24 is hiring a Senior Software Engineer with strong Java and Spring Boot experience for a fully remote role serving the South Africa market. You will design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to architectural decisions in a fast-growing FinTech environment.

The position emphasizes scalable, reliable systems, cloud familiarity, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.