Senior Backend Lead (Java) - Microservices | Hybrid

Placements24; Vereeniging; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Health insurance

Career growth

Office in Vereeniging

Job summary

Placements24 in Vereeniging, Gauteng, seeks an experienced Lead Software Engineer (Backend) with a strong Java focus to design, build, and deploy scalable backend systems for fintech applications. You will guide a team of engineers, set coding standards, and shape the technical roadmap in a hybrid work environment.

The role requires leading backend services, mentoring engineers, and driving architectural decisions while collaborating with product and frontend teams to deliver robust financial

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years backend software development experience.
• Extensive Java and Spring Boot experience.
• Proven leadership and mentoring of engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of microservices, RESTful APIs, and design patterns.
• Relational and NoSQL database experience; SQL proficiency.
• Cloud platforms and containerization experience (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with CI/CD and agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and maintenance of backend services using Java/Spring Boot.
• Mentor engineers and drive technical excellence across the team.
• Guide architectural decisions for scalable, reliable systems.
• Write clean, tested code and promote best practices.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, and stakeholders to define requirements.
• Implement and optimize SQL/NoSQL databases and data integrity.
• Champion CI/CD, automated testing, and deployment pipelines.
• Resolve production issues and improve development processes.

Skills

Java

Leadership

Mentoring

Microservices

REST APIs

CI/CD

Agile/Scrum

Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Master’s degree (nice to have)

Tools

Spring Boot

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure/GCP

PostgreSQL/MySQL

Job description

Placements24 in Vereeniging, Gauteng, seeks an experienced Lead Software Engineer (Backend) with a strong Java focus to design, build, and deploy scalable backend systems for fintech applications. You will guide a team of engineers, set coding standards, and shape the technical roadmap in a hybrid work environment.

The role requires leading backend services, mentoring engineers, and driving architectural decisions while collaborating with product and frontend teams to deliver robust financial