Senior Distributed Systems Engineer - Remote

Placements24; LegKraal Gate; Hybride; ZAR 1 100 000 - 1 650 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary

Performance bonuses

Medical aid

Retirement contributions

Remote work

Training allowances

Conference access

Résumé du poste

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in distributed systems for a fully remote role in South Africa. You will design, build, and scale highly available, fault-tolerant systems powering our next-generation platform, with emphasis on performance and reliability in a remote-first culture.

You will mentor juniors, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and stay ahead of cloud and data consistency challenges, using Go, Java, or Python.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in software development with distributed systems focus.
• Strong knowledge of CAP theorem, consensus algorithms, and microservices.

Responsabilités

• Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable distributed systems.
• Architect solutions for concurrency, fault tolerance, and data consistency.
• Write clean, well-tested code in Go, Java, or Python.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define system requirements and architecture.
• Optimize system performance, scalability, and resource utilization.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging for distributed systems.
• Participate in code reviews and provide feedback.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues.
• Stay updated on distributed systems technologies and best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team growth.

Connaissances

Distributed systems

Go

Java

Python

Cloud platforms

Docker & Kubernetes

Messaging queues

System design

Troubleshooting

Formation

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related

Outils

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

RabbitMQ

AWS

Azure

GCP

Description du poste

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in distributed systems for a fully remote role in South Africa. You will design, build, and scale highly available, fault-tolerant systems powering our next-generation platform, with emphasis on performance and reliability in a remote-first culture.

You will mentor juniors, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and stay ahead of cloud and data consistency challenges, using Go, Java, or Python.