Senior Go Backend Engineer — Cloud PKI & Security

DigiCert; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Generous paid time off

Family-friendly leave policies

Health and wellness support

Pension and life insurance

Learning & development opportunities

LinkedIn Learning access

Employee referral program

Travel insurance

Job summary

DigiCert is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the DigiCert ONE CA team to join an agile, cross-functional group building PKI and security management. You will contribute to scalable RESTful services in Go and work with leadership to implement best practices across design, testing, and deployment.

The role demands 5+ years' backend experience, strong Go proficiency, and DB/DevOps expertise. The position emphasizes collaboration across time zones and global teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional Backend development experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on Go (Golang) development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent.
• Experience designing and developing RESTful web service APIs.
• Strong knowledge of software engineering best practices, distributed systems, and SQL databases.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Willingness to collaborate across time zones and global teams.

Responsibilities

• Build RESTful, highly scalable cloud-native web services using Go.
• Collaborate on design, development, testing, and deployment of high-quality code.
• Engage with engineering leaders to implement industry best practices.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and debug product defects and provide timely solutions.
• Develop a deep understanding of PKI products, architecture, and systems.

Skills

Backend development

Go (Golang)

RESTful APIs

Distributed systems

CI/CD

SQL databases

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

GitHub

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

DigiCert is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the DigiCert ONE CA team to join an agile, cross-functional group building PKI and security management. You will contribute to scalable RESTful services in Go and work with leadership to implement best practices across design, testing, and deployment.

The role demands 5+ years' backend experience, strong Go proficiency, and DB/DevOps expertise. The position emphasizes collaboration across time zones and global teams.