Senior Backend Engineer - Cloud-Native, Secure APIs

Dis-Chem Life; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Dis-Chem Life is seeking a talented Software Engineer to design, build, and operate backend platforms and APIs that power a suite of products protecting lives and accelerating digital transformation. You will lead domain-driven design, define service boundaries, and deliver high-quality APIs and data pipelines with strong reliability.

The role emphasizes secure, scalable systems, observability, and collaboration with product teams to translate business requirements into resilient software

Qualifications

• 6+ years building and operating backend systems in production.
• Experience designing and operating cloud-native architectures.
• Proven track record delivering secure, scalable backends.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure backend services and APIs.
• Lead domain-driven design and clean architecture adoption; define service boundaries.
• Implement robust data models and persistence strategies with strong consistency.
• Build event-driven workflows using messaging/streaming platforms.
• Establish API standards, versioning, and documentation practices.
• Partner with SRE/DevOps for secure, automated deployments and operational excellence.

Skills

Backend languages

REST APIs design

Distributed systems

Cloud (AWS)

Education

Bachelor's in CS or related

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Redis

Job description

Dis-Chem Life is seeking a talented Software Engineer to design, build, and operate backend platforms and APIs that power a suite of products protecting lives and accelerating digital transformation. You will lead domain-driven design, define service boundaries, and deliver high-quality APIs and data pipelines with strong reliability.

The role emphasizes secure, scalable systems, observability, and collaboration with product teams to translate business requirements into resilient software