Senior Backend Software Engineer Technical Lead
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Job Location:
Johannesburg - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Reference: JHB001132-HLG-3
A truly FANTSTIC opportunity for a Senior Backend Software Engineer / Technical Lead who thrives in fast-moving collaborative environments solving real-world problems!
Location: Remote (must be based in South Africa open to South African citizens / residents only)
Type: Full-time Industry: SaaS Level: Senior/Lead
A leading Digital Communications SaaS company that started from humble beginnings 20 years ago has grown into a trusted messaging and marketing powerhouse platform with teams across South Africa and growing its global footprint. They have received many prestigious accolades to their name over the years and offer a supportive empowering rewarding and innovation culture built on flexibility openness and trust.
My client is looking for a Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead to drive the evolution of their backend platforms shape architectural decisions and lead innovation.
A truly FANTSTIC opportunity for a Senior Backend Software Engineer / Technical Lead who thrives in fast-moving collaborative environments solving real-world problems!
Location: Remote (must be based in South Africa open to South African citizens / residents only)
Type: Full-time Industry: SaaS Level: Senior/Lead
A leading Digital Communications SaaS company that started from humble beginnings 20 years ago has grown into a trusted messaging and marketing powerhouse platform with teams across South Africa and growing its global footprint. They have received many prestigious accolades to their name over the years and offer a supportive empowering rewarding and innovation culture built on flexibility openness and trust.
My client is looking for a Senior Software Engineer / Technical Lead to drive the evolution of their backend platforms shape architectural decisions and lead innovation.
Duties & Responsibilities
Responsible for:
- Own and evolve the backend platform architecture (microservices APIs event-driven systems)
- Lead engineering design principles architecture reviews and platform scalability initiatives
- Integrate cutting-edge AI tooling into development processes
- Mentor and grow a talented engineering team
- Drive backend performance reliability and security best practices
- 7 years in backend development (PHP Go Python preferred)
- Deep experience with microservices cloud infrastructure (AWS GCP Azure) and message queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ)
- Strong leadership in software architecture OOP principles and system design
- Passion for innovation automation and building resilient systems
- Experience with AI dev tools a big plus!
- South African citizen.
- Fully remote (with a strong team presence in Joburg and Cape Town)
- People-first culture: collaborative fun and supportive
- Solve real problems at scale with autonomy and purpose
- Flexible work setup and meaningful impact
Package & Remuneration
R 70 000 - R 95 000 - Monthly plus fully remote includes medical aid and pension fund
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- VMware
- Cloud Infrastructure
- React
- Redux
- AJAX
- Data Structures
- Maya
- Java
- backbone.js
- Operating Systems
- Oracle
- Distributed Systems
