Senior Backend Architect for Scalable Verification

Betterhome Group Ltd; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A technology firm is looking for a Senior Engineer to take full ownership of their backend. This role requires an individual who can architect and maintain scalable services while working closely with product and design teams. Ideal candidates will have over 8 years of experience with frameworks like Express and NestJS, as well as cloud infrastructure familiarity. This position offers a hybrid work model based in Pretoria.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with Express, NestJS or similar frameworks.
• Ability to make trade‑offs between speed, reliability, and maintainability.
• Experience designing APIs, authentication flows, and databases.

Responsibilities

• Re-platform BetterID to a backend that you’ll design and own.
• Architect, deploy, and maintain a reliable, scalable service.
• Make the big technical calls: frameworks, tooling, infra, pipelines.

Skills

Experience with Express, NestJS

Software architecture

Designing APIs

Cloud infrastructure (Azure / AWS / GCP)

Interest in identity verification

Job description

A technology firm is looking for a Senior Engineer to take full ownership of their backend. This role requires an individual who can architect and maintain scalable services while working closely with product and design teams. Ideal candidates will have over 8 years of experience with frameworks like Express and NestJS, as well as cloud infrastructure familiarity. This position offers a hybrid work model based in Pretoria.