Senior AI-Driven Backend Engineer (Remote)

Clickatell; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Aid contribution

Pension fund contribution

Quarterly performance incentive bonus

Risk benefit company contributions

Home office setup

Job summary

Clickatell is seeking a backend engineer who embraces AI-enabled development. You will own backend services end-to-end, design scalable, reliable systems, and leverage AI tools to accelerate delivery.

The role focuses on building robust architectures while maintaining high standards for quality and performance. You will work with Java/Spring Boot and Python, ensure low-latency operations, and integrate AI capabilities into backend workflows.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Java (Spring Boot) and Python backends.
• Experience building high-scale, low-latency distributed systems.
• Solid understanding of APIs, databases, caching and event-driven systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and own backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and Python for scale and reliability.

Skills

Java (Spring Boot)

Python backend

Distributed systems

APIs & databases

Cloud AWS

Containerization

LLM integrations

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Job description

Clickatell is seeking a backend engineer who embraces AI-enabled development. You will own backend services end-to-end, design scalable, reliable systems, and leverage AI tools to accelerate delivery.

The role focuses on building robust architectures while maintaining high standards for quality and performance. You will work with Java/Spring Boot and Python, ensure low-latency operations, and integrate AI capabilities into backend workflows.