backend engineer nodejs jobs in Cape Town

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  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Acuity Consultants Full-time

    This is a fantastic opportunity for an Intermediate Backend Engineer with NodeJS & AWS Serverless architecture experience to join this award-winning local FinTech on a 1 fixed term contract basis.This Intermediate Backend Engineer contract is Cape Town-based (remote) with a CTC of R1,2 million per annum.There is a very high chance this contract will be...


  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Carlysle Talent Search - Centurion Full-time

    Senior Software EngineerReference: DBN000771-AD-2Want to work from home?! Our client develops software solutions that support best-in-class visualization, data-driven communication, and platform independence, building upon an API-driven integration into any open BI software. With KPI-CHAT, they take real-time data collaboration to the next level.We are...


  • cape town, western cape, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the Role Our client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join their dynamic team in Cape Town . This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining the server-side logic, databases, and APIs that power our innovative applications. The ideal candidate possesses a deep...


  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa KingMakers Full-time

    At KingMakers, we're not here to follow the industry, we're here to define it.We are a proudly homegrown African company, building the future of sports and iGaming entertainment across the continent. Since our launch in 2018, we've created platforms that connect millions of fans to the excitement they love through our leading brands, BetKing and...


  • cape town, western cape, South Africa KingMakers Full-time

    At KingMakers, we’re not here to follow the industry, we’re here to define it. We are a proudly homegrown African company, building the future of sports and iGaming entertainment across the continent. Since our launch in 2018, we’ve created platforms that connect millions of fans to the excitement they love through our leading brands, BetKing and...


  • cape town, western cape, South Africa Boardroom Appointments Full-time

    You'll be responsible for building the backend of our new product. You'll work with a team to build the back end in Python using Django and AngularJS. You should have experience developing software that uses Django or similar frameworks, as well as some HTML5/CSS3 skills, especially related to responsive web design (mobile first). Duties and...


  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Placements24 Remote Full-time R 1 - R 2 Contract

    About the RoleOur client is looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer with expertise in Node.js to join their high-performing, fully remote engineering team. You will be instrumental in designing, developing, and deploying scalable and robust server-side applications and APIs that power their core products. This role demands a deep understanding of...


  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa primer.io Full-time

    An Introduction to PrimerPrimer is the unified infrastructure for global payments. We give finance and payments teams the visibility and control to reduce complexity, improve performance, and capture more revenue - all from a single platform.Backed by Sofina, Peak XV Partners, ICONIQ, Tencent, Accel, and Balderton, we're building the payments layer the...

  • Blockchain Engineer

    2 days ago


    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the RoleOur client, a leader in the rapidly expanding Crypto & Blockchain sector, is looking for a talented Blockchain Engineer with a strong backend focus to join their fully remote engineering team. You will be instrumental in building and maintaining the core infrastructure that powers our client’s innovative blockchain products and services. This...


  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Lumenalta Full-time

    3 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. At Lumenalta, we partner with global enterprises to build and scale high-impact digital products. Our engineering teams work on complex, production-grade systems that power real-world experiences for millions of users. What You’ll Do Design, build,...

  • Software Engineer

    5 hours ago


    cape town, western cape, South Africa Sanlam Full-time

    Who are we? Sanlam Life and Savings (SLS) is focused on serving our retail and corporate clients in South Africa and further developing our strategic advantages in the South African market. Sanlam Life and Savings consists of the following business units Retail Mass, Corporate, Risk and Savings, Glacier and various business enabling functions. The Sanlam...


  • cape town, western cape, South Africa M-KOPA Ltd Full-time

    Join our expanding engineering team! We're hiring a permanent Senior Backend Engineer to join our Asset Sales group as we scale one of the most important parts of M-KOPA's FinTech platform. Build distributed, event-driven microservices and help shape what AI-native engineering looks like at M-KOPA. The Impact Your code will directly power the systems that...

  • Lead Backend Engineer

    5 hours ago


    cape town, western cape, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the Role Our client, a dynamic and innovative financial technology company based in the vibrant city of Cape Town , is seeking an experienced and visionary Lead Backend Engineer . This critical role will involve leading a talented team of developers in designing, building, and maintaining robust, scalable, and secure backend systems that power our...


  • cape town, western cape, South Africa Travelstart Full-time

    Travelstart is seeking an experienced Python Developer to join our Technology team in Cape Town. This hands-on role focuses on backend development, APIs, integrations and automation within a cross-functional group. We’re open to mid or senior level, with opportunities to influence architecture and raise engineering standards. As a Mid or Senior Python...


  • cape town, western cape, South Africa Epcon Full-time

    Epcon seeks a skilled Software Engineer with strong backend expertise to redesign and modernize our Epi-control platform. You will join an in-house team, collaborating with leadership to deliver scalable, secure software in the healthcare sector. Requirements include 3+ years backend experience, Python/Django and/or Java, plus knowledge of Traefik and...


  • cape town, western cape, South Africa St Andrews Africa Summit Full-time

    About FIXR Here at FIXR we’re on a mission to be the number one ticketing and event intelligence platform globally. Ticket sales and event management can be a clunky, manual process, but our platform makes it easier than ever for event organisers to create seamless, user-friendly experiences for their customers. At the heart of the FIXR platform is our...


  • cape town, western cape, South Africa BVNK Full-time

    About us BVNK is the stablecoin-powered financial stack for enterprises. We're now part of Mastercard, and together we're building a network for every form of money – one that delivers more reach, more capability and more choice. About us BVNK is the stablecoin-powered financial stack for enterprises. We're now part of Mastercard, and together we're...

  • Senior Node.js

    5 hours ago


    cape town, western cape, South Africa Boardroom Appointments Full-time

    5+ years of industry experience as a software engineer (specifically as a backend) NodeJS and Typescript Test frameworks for TDD and BDD Understanding software design patterns and best practices Experience in agile software development (XP, Scrum, Kanban etc) Understanding about SDLC optimisation and automation (Git, Jenkins, SonarQube etc) SQL (SQL Server,...


  • cape town, western cape, South Africa FIXR Full-time

    Here at FIXR we’re on a mission to be the number one ticketing and event intelligence platform globally. Ticket sales and event management can be a clunky, manual process, but our platform makes it easier than ever for event organisers to create seamless, user-friendly experiences for their customers. At the heart of the FIXR platform is our suite of data...


  • cape town, western cape, South Africa Lesaka Technologies Inc. Full-time

    Location: Cape Town, South Africa (Hybrid or On‑site) Role Overview We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to design and build high‑performance switching systems that route, process, and manage real‑time transactions or communications at scale. This role is deeply technical and backend‑focused, requiring strong experience in low‑latency...