Backend Software Engineer

6 days ago


Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa RightCom Full time
About Us

RightCom has been revolutionizing customer experience in Africa for over a decade. Our mission is to empower businesses in approximately 20 markets to thrive in the experience economy.

We believe in living by our core values of Creativity, Trust, and Customer Success, ensuring we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do.

We are embarking on an innovation agenda as an organization-wide transformation of people and technology capabilities, enabling digital-first delivery for every product and service.

This transformation will allow us to establish digital and data points that enable us to: attract, retain, and develop customers; secure existing revenue streams; and innovate where we identify a competitive advantage.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer to lead our SaaS product development team, drive innovation, and ensure the quality and stability of our existing SaaS product within established systems.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software engineering principles, experience with serverless frameworks, and the ability to lead technical initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

  • Designing and implementing scalable and maintainable SaaS products using modern software engineering principles.
  • Leading technical initiatives and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality SaaS products.
  • Mentoring and guiding junior engineers to foster their professional development.
  • Ensuring transparent communication on progress with remote team members.


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