Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js/Go) - Remote

Placements24; Mossel Bay; Ibrido; ZAR 900.000 - 1.500.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Performance bonuses

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Remote work stipend

Unlimited PTO

Professional development and certs

Access to cutting-edge tech and global

Retirement savings plan

Virtual team events

Descrizione del lavoro

Placements24 seeks a seasoned Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems for a remote-first team. You will drive architecture, performance, security and reliability across distributed services using Node.js or Go.

Ideal candidates have deep microservices expertise, strong database skills (SQL/NoSQL), cloud familiarity, and experience with containers (Docker/Kubernetes). This remote role supports South Africa-based work.

Competenze

• Minimum 7 years of professional backend development experience.
• Expert in Node.js or Go with large-scale app experience.
• Strong microservices and distributed systems understanding.
• Relational and/or NoSQL DB experience (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra).
• RESTful API design and cloud platform familiarity (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes; Git proficiency.

Mansioni

• Design, build, and maintain backend code in Node.js or Go.
• Develop and manage scalable microservices and APIs.
• Architect robust data storage solutions (SQL/NoSQL).
• Ensure performance, quality, and reliability of applications.
• Collaborate with frontend, PMs, and stakeholders to implement features.
• Implement security and data protection measures.
• Write unit and integration tests.
• Optimize for speed, scalability, and efficiency.
• Participate in code reviews and share knowledge.
• Troubleshoot backend issues in production.

Conoscenze

Node.js

Go

Microservices

Distributed systems

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Cassandra

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Remote work

Formazione

Bachelor's degree

Strumenti

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Cassandra

Descrizione del lavoro

Placements24 seeks a seasoned Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems for a remote-first team. You will drive architecture, performance, security and reliability across distributed services using Node.js or Go.

Ideal candidates have deep microservices expertise, strong database skills (SQL/NoSQL), cloud familiarity, and experience with containers (Docker/Kubernetes). This remote role supports South Africa-based work.