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Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
$ 4000 - 5500
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Role: Programmer
Priority Location: LATAM or South Africa
Working Hours: Depending on stack and time zone overlap requirements
Type of contract: Full-Time
Type of job: Remote
Base Salary Range: $4000 to $5500 per month
The final offer is at the clients discretion and will depend on the candidates interview result skills and experience.
About the Company: A market intelligence firm that helps science-driven consumer brands make faster smarter decisions. The team supports clients by turning complex market signals into clear actionable insight combining strong research workflows with technical capability and a high-touch client experience. It operates as a fast-paced remote-first business that values ownership flexibility and clear communication as it scales.
About the Role: We are seeking an experienced backend Programmer to own scoped technical work with minimal oversight. This is not a junior train-up role. We need a specialist-level engineer who can take a defined problem deliver clean solutions and communicate progress clearly. You will work on backend development integrations performance improvements and system reliability. You should be comfortable making decisions writing production-ready code and collaborating with stakeholders without needing heavy hand-holding.
Key Responsibilities
- Backend Development: Build maintain and improve backend services APIs and core logic.
- Scoped Ownership: Take ownership of defined technical workstreams from estimation through delivery including edge cases and testing.
- Code Quality: Write clean maintainable code with strong attention to reliability readability and security.
- Integrations: Implement and maintain integrations with third-party services internal systems or data sources.
- Debugging and Performance: Diagnose issues optimize performance and improve system stability.
- Documentation: Produce clear technical documentation handover notes and implementation details for internal visibility.
- Collaboration: Partner with product CX or operations teams to translate requirements into workable technical solutions.
Qualifications & Skills
Hard Skills:
- Backend Expertise: Several years of professional backend engineering experience.
- API Design: Strong experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs (and/or GraphQL if relevant).
- Databases: Strong understanding of database design and performance (SQL and/or NoSQL depending on environment).
- Testing and Deployment: Experience with testing practices CI/CD and production releases.
- Security Awareness: Familiar with secure coding practices data handling and common backend vulnerabilities.
- Version Control: Strong Git workflows and collaboration practices.
Soft Skills:
- Independent Execution: Comfortable working with minimal oversight while keeping stakeholders updated.
- Clear Communication: Can explain technical decisions in plain language and provide realistic timelines.
- Problem Solving: Strong debugging mindset and ability to handle messy real-world systems.
- Ownership: Reliable follow-through proactive risk flagging and pride in delivering solid work.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS GCP or Azure)
- Experience with observability tools (logging monitoring alerting)
- Experience working in a distributed remote team environment
- Experience supporting customer-facing systems or high-availability services
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Mainframe Development
- Cobol
- SQL
- .NET
- C/C++
- Coordinate Measuring Machine
- Relational Databases
- Microsoft SQL Server
- C#
- Visual Studio
- Visual Basic
- Db2
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