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Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Polokwane, Capricorn💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-21

Core

Designing, developing, and maintaining robust, scalable, and efficient backend systems that power critical applications.

Role type

Senior IC backend software engineer

Builds

Scalable backend services and APIs

Domain

General technology / Cloud infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Backend architecture design, Database management (relational and non-relational), ORMs, Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, Modern backend languages (Java, Python, Go, Node.js)

Preferred skills

Mentoring junior engineers, Technical roadmap planning

Technologies

Java, Python, Go, Node.js, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes

Responsibilities

Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs, Optimize application performance and database queries, Write clean, documented, and tested code, Troubleshoot complex technical issues in production environments, Contribute to architectural decisions and technical roadmap planning

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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