Senior Backend Developer

SENIOR BACKEND DEVELOPER

Role Overview

Our customer is seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Developer to design build and maintain scalable high-performance systems that support our travel platforms. The ideal candidate is a hands-on developer with strong integration experience a passion for clean maintainable code and a drive to deliver reliable production-ready solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design develop and maintain backend services and APIs.
• Build and support high-volume scalable systems used in travel booking and related platforms.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and system integrations with third-party providers (e.g. GDS
• payment gateways suppliers).
• Collaborate with front-end developers product teams and stakeholders to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Ensure high performance security and reliability of backend systems.
• Troubleshoot debug and optimise existing systems.
• Contribute to DevOps practices CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Maintain clear technical documentation and participate in code reviews.
• Strong communication skills needed for working with customer and supplier integration teams.

Experience & Qualifications

• 810 years experience in software development (backend-focused).
• Bachelors degree in computer science Information Technology Engineering or equivalent.
• Proven experience working on integration-heavy systems.
• Experience in the travel bookings or fintech domain is advantageous.
• Experience in ERP system integrations (SAP Oracle Sage) is advantageous.
• Experience migrating legacy systems to modern architecture.
• Technical Requirements (Essential)
• Strong proficiency in:
• C# / .NET ( Core preferred)
• REST API design and development
• MS SQL Server (database design performance tuning)
• LINQ
• Solid experience with:
• • o JSON XML
  • o Web Services Integration (SOAP & REST)
  • o Microservices architecture
• Experience with:
• • o Version control (Git)
  • o CI/CD pipelines (preferably Azure DevOps)
  • o Secure coding practices
  • o Azure Logic Apps
  • o Microsoft Azure (App Services Functions API Management)

Technical Skills (Advantageous)

• Messaging queues (e.g. Service Bus RabbitMQ)
• IIS configuration and optimisation
• Front-end basics (HTML JavaScript CSS Vue)
• Key Competencies
• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking
• High attention to detail and quality
• Ownership mindset and accountability
• Ability to work independently and within a team
• Strong communication skills (technical and non-technical)
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Nice-to-Have Experience

• Travel industry integrations (e.g. Amadeus Travelport Sabre )
  Payment gateway integration
• High availability / distributed systems
• Data security and compliance (e.g. POPIA GDPR PCI DSS)

Working Environment

• Hybrid or office-based (offices)
• Collaborative agile team environment
• Opportunity to work on innovative travel and expense technology solutions

Additional Notes

• Must have reliable transport (if office-based role).
• Background checks may be conducted in line with company policies.