Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable API & Microservices

Placements24; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical insurance

Paid time off

Professional development

Conferences

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer in Pretoria to design and develop scalable RESTful APIs and microservices. You will help build secure, high-performance systems and influence architectural decisions within a collaborative engineering team.

The role requires 5+ years in backend development and expertise across Java, Python, Node.js, or C#, with strong cloud and CI/CD experience. Join us to tackle complex challenges in a dynamic environment in Pretoria.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of professional backend software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Python, Node.js, or C#.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and working with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS or Azure).
• Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Optimize application performance, database interactions, and system architecture.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code; participate in code reviews.
• Collaborate with frontend developers, product managers, and QA engineers to deliver features.
• Ensure the security and integrity of backend systems and data.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues to maintain stability.

Skills

Backend development

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Java

Python

Node.js

C#

AWS

Azure

Databases

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS tooling

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer in Pretoria to design and develop scalable RESTful APIs and microservices. You will help build secure, high-performance systems and influence architectural decisions within a collaborative engineering team.

The role requires 5+ years in backend development and expertise across Java, Python, Node.js, or C#, with strong cloud and CI/CD experience. Join us to tackle complex challenges in a dynamic environment in Pretoria.