Senior Backend Engineer — Remote, Scale APIs & Systems

Placements24; Mossel Bay; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Professional development budget

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable server-side logic and robust APIs while working remotely from Mossel Bay. The role collaborates with product managers, frontend engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality software in a fast-paced, ownership-driven culture.

Strong problem-solving and independent work are essential. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of backend experience and proficiency in Python, Java, or Go, with experience

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional backend experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services.

Skills

Backend development

Python

Java

Go

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Caching

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Docker / containers

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable server-side logic and robust APIs while working remotely from Mossel Bay. The role collaborates with product managers, frontend engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality software in a fast-paced, ownership-driven culture.

Strong problem-solving and independent work are essential. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of backend experience and proficiency in Python, Java, or Go, with experience