Remote Senior .NET Backend Engineer — Healthtech

projecty; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 1,116,000 - 1,283,000; Full time

Job summary

projecty is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer (Healthtech) to own backend services in a cross-functional team. You will design secure, scalable APIs, handle healthcare data, and contribute to long-term technical direction using Domain-Driven Design and SOLID principles.

The role requires 8+ years of backend experience with C#/.NET Core, ASP.NET, EF Core, and PostgreSQL. Collaboration with Product, UX/UI, QA, and DevOps is essential in a remote South Africa setup.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Expert-level proficiency in C# and .NET Core.
• Strong experience with ASP.NET and Entity Framework Core.
• Relational databases experience (PostgreSQL preferred).
• Git experience in collaborative environments.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building APIs for frontend applications and external integrations.
• Managing complex, structured, and sensitive healthcare data.
• Contributing to architectural decisions grounded in Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and SOLID principles.
• Collaborating daily with Product Owners, UX/UI Designers, QA, and DevOps.
• Refining requirements, planning user stories, and estimating delivery.
• Conducting code reviews and mentoring team members.
• Continuously improving code quality, architecture, and engineering processes.

Skills

Backend engineering

C# / .NET Core

ASP.NET

Entity Framework Core

PostgreSQL

Git

GitLab

Docker

English communication

Tools

Git

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

Job description

projecty is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer (Healthtech) to own backend services in a cross-functional team. You will design secure, scalable APIs, handle healthcare data, and contribute to long-term technical direction using Domain-Driven Design and SOLID principles.

The role requires 8+ years of backend experience with C#/.NET Core, ASP.NET, EF Core, and PostgreSQL. Collaboration with Product, UX/UI, QA, and DevOps is essential in a remote South Africa setup.