Senior Go Backend Engineer – PKI & Cloud Native

DigiCert; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Generous paid time off

Health and wellness benefits

Education assistance

LinkedIn Learning access

Retirement planning options

Mentorship program

Job summary

DigiCert in South Africa is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our agile, cross-functional team to advance PKI and security management on the DigiCert ONE platform. You will design and build RESTful, cloud-native services in Go, collaborate across disciplines, and ensure code quality, security, and reliability.

Strong Go, Docker, Kubernetes, and SQL skills are required, with a minimum of 5 years backend experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of backend development experience.
• Extensive experience with Go (Golang).
• Experience building RESTful cloud-native services.
• Docker and Kubernetes experience required.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases and SQL.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Build RESTful, scalable cloud-native web services using Go.
• Collaborate across teams to design, test, and deploy code.
• Improve security, performance, and reliability of PKI-related products.
• Troubleshoot defects and provide timely customer solutions.
• Understand DigiCert ONE platform architecture.

Skills

Go (Golang)

REST APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

SQL (relational DBs)

CI/CD

Software design patterns

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Git

GitHub

Job description

DigiCert in South Africa is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our agile, cross-functional team to advance PKI and security management on the DigiCert ONE platform. You will design and build RESTful, cloud-native services in Go, collaborate across disciplines, and ensure code quality, security, and reliability.

Strong Go, Docker, Kubernetes, and SQL skills are required, with a minimum of 5 years backend experience.