Senior Backend & Platform Engineer – AI, Azure & Full-Stack

HC Recruit; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

HC Recruit seeks a Backend/Platform Engineer (Senior or strong mid-level) in Rosebank to drive the live, revenue-generating platform with a production roadmap.

The role demands 5+ years in a similar capacity, deep C#/.NET skills, and strong Azure experience, plus frontend knowledge with React/TypeScript. You will work autonomously on complex systems and contribute to AI tool integration and data analytics.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in a comparable Backend/Platform role.
• Strong C#/.NET development with large codebases.
• Experience with SQL Server and relational data modelling.
• Proficient in Python or TypeScript for data tasks.
• Experience with RBAC and Row-Level Security at API layer.
• Azure production environments, CI/CD, and Key Vault.
• Frontend work with React/TypeScript and PWAs is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end platform development from API to frontend.
• Collaborate across teams to align with product strategy.
• Integrate AI tools and ML/LLM APIs where appropriate.
• Develop and maintain observability and testing practices.
• Lead data analytics using ClickHouse or similar DBs.

Skills

C# / .NET

SQL Server

EF Core migrations

Python

TypeScript

RBAC & RLS

Azure

Azure Service Bus

React

React & TS

CI/CD (Azure Pipelines)

Tools

Azure App Services

Azure Key Vault

EF Core

ClickHouse

BigQuery

Snowflake

Redshift

Job description

HC Recruit seeks a Backend/Platform Engineer (Senior or strong mid-level) in Rosebank to drive the live, revenue-generating platform with a production roadmap.

The role demands 5+ years in a similar capacity, deep C#/.NET skills, and strong Azure experience, plus frontend knowledge with React/TypeScript. You will work autonomously on complex systems and contribute to AI tool integration and data analytics.