Senior Backend Engineer

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in Cape Town is seeking a qualified candidate to take ownership of feature releases and lead a team of engineers. Ideal candidates should have over 5 years of experience, with a background in AWS, Rust or WebRTC, and strong leadership skills. This role provides a significant opportunity for growth into a leadership position in the future, alongside working with the engineering team to deliver critical features on the product roadmap.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in the industry.
• Experience with leading a team of engineers.
• Knowledge of AWS (or GCP/Azure) is required.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the engineering team to release features on the product roadmap.
• Take full ownership of feature releases, testing, and reliability.
• Lead a team and step into a leadership role in the future.

Skills

Leadership

Team Management

AWS

Rust

WebRTC

DevOps

Linux Networking

Shell Scripting

Tools

Nomad

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the engineering team to release features on the product roadmap.
• Be able to take full ownership of your feature releases, testing and reliability.
• Gain a holistic understanding of the company stack, infrastructure, internal development requirements, resources as well as customer facing features.
• You will be leading a team in this role and you are capable, experienced, willing and excited to step into a leadership and executive role, in the near future.

Requirements

• A University degree is not needed, but would be ideal.
• 5+ years of experience in the industry
• Experience with leading a team of engineers e.g. team lead.
• Experience with AWS (or GCP / Azure)
• Ideally, experienced with Rust or WebRTC.
• Ideally a devops knowledge - Nomad (or Kubernetes) and Docker, as well as knowledge of standard Linux networking and shell scripting.