Senior Cloud Backend Engineer — Remote, Microservices Lead

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

Job summary

WhatJobs Direct seeks a Senior Backend Engineer with extensive cloud-native experience to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs. This remote role in South Africa requires leadership to mentor engineers and influence architectural decisions.

You will work across distributed systems and various cloud platforms, delivering robust backend infrastructure and services with a focus on performance and security.

Qualifications

• Senior Backend Engineer with cloud-native experience.
• Proficient in designing scalable backend systems and APIs.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to architecture decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor other engineers.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and drive tech direction.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Cloud technologies

Microservices

Technical leadership

Tools

Containerization

Job description

WhatJobs Direct seeks a Senior Backend Engineer with extensive cloud-native experience to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs. This remote role in South Africa requires leadership to mentor engineers and influence architectural decisions.

You will work across distributed systems and various cloud platforms, delivering robust backend infrastructure and services with a focus on performance and security.