Senior Cloud Platforms Engineer - Remote | Stock Options

Placements24; Randburg; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Health, dental, vision insurance

Generous PTO

Flexible working hours

Remote-first culture

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a fully remote engineering team, designing and deploying scalable cloud-native applications and infrastructure. You will help shape architecture and implement robust services for high availability on cloud platforms.

You will collaborate with product managers and architects, write clean, tested code, and mentor junior engineers while contributing to a culture of technical excellence in a remote-first environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 6 years of professional software development experience with cloud platforms.
• Proficiency in at least one major programming language (Python, Java, Go, Node.js).
• Experience with microservices, containers, and infrastructure as code.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Develop and implement robust CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and engineers to define requirements and designs.
• Write clean, well-tested code and participate in code reviews.
• Optimize performance and ensure system stability and availability.
• Mentor junior engineers and foster technical excellence.

Skills

Cloud platforms experience

Programming languages knowledge

Distributed systems

Remote work capability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Master's degree is a plus

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a fully remote engineering team, designing and deploying scalable cloud-native applications and infrastructure. You will help shape architecture and implement robust services for high availability on cloud platforms.

You will collaborate with product managers and architects, write clean, tested code, and mentor junior engineers while contributing to a culture of technical excellence in a remote-first environment.