Senior Java/Spring Backend Engineer — On-Site Randburg

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement contributions

Training & conferences

Job summary

Placements24 in Randburg, Gauteng, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with extensive Java and Spring experience to design, develop, and maintain high-performance enterprise applications on-site. You will lead backend development, ensure code quality, and contribute to architectural decisions, collaborating with product managers, QA, and frontend engineers.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in Java/Spring, strong database and ORM knowledge, and a proactive, team-oriented mindset.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience with Java and the Spring ecosystem.
• Experience designing backend services and RESTful APIs.
• Strong knowledge of databases, ORM frameworks, and dependencies management.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and applications using Java and the Spring framework.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Write clean, well-documented, maintainable code following best practices.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs for integrations.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality.
• Troubleshoot issues and optimize performance of enterprise applications.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and technical roadmap planning.
• Mentor junior engineers and share expertise within the team.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

RESTful services

SQL

Hibernate/JPA

Build tools (Maven/Gradle)

JUnit/Mockito

OO principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Maven

Gradle

Hibernate

JPA

PostgreSQL

Job description

Placements24 in Randburg, Gauteng, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with extensive Java and Spring experience to design, develop, and maintain high-performance enterprise applications on-site. You will lead backend development, ensure code quality, and contribute to architectural decisions, collaborating with product managers, QA, and frontend engineers.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in Java/Spring, strong database and ORM knowledge, and a proactive, team-oriented mindset.