backend engineer nodejs jobs in Johannesburg

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  • Johannesburg, Gauteng, 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...


  • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Hire Resolve Full-time

    Hire Resolve's client isseeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior C#/Node.js Engineer to join their dynamic team. As a Senior Engineer, you will be a technical leader, responsible for driving the design, development, and optimization of our critical systems. You will leverage your deep expertise in both C# and Node.js to build high-performance,...


  • Johannesburg, Gauteng, 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...


  • johannesburg, gauteng, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the Role Our client, a rapidly growing technology firm based in Johannesburg , is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join their dynamic team. This role is crucial in developing and maintaining the robust backend infrastructure that powers our client's innovative software solutions. You will be instrumental in designing...


  • johannesburg, gauteng, South Africa Xcede Group Full-time

    Senior Backend Engineer Our client, who has created an intelligent delivery platform, is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer. You will be joining a team that encourages expanding your individual talents and realizing your full potential. This dynamic team is working on a platform that is unique to the market. They are looking for a Senior Engineer with...


  • Johannesburg, Gauteng, 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...


  • Johannesburg, Gauteng, 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...


  • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Canonical Remote Full-time

    Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers,...


  • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa ATS Client Full-time

    Fragomen Global Development Lab in Johannesburg seeks a Backend Software Developer to design and maintain backend services for our web applications, with a .NET REST API and strong emphasis on cloud-native evolution with AWS.You will collaborate with a global team of developers, designers and business owners, refactoring solutions toward a cloud native...

  • Senior.NET API

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    Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Penta Consulting Ltd Full-time

    Penta Consulting Ltd in Johannesburg seeks a Senior .NET Developer for a 6-month contract, on-site 4 days a week. You will design, build and maintain backend systems and APIs using .NET Core, focusing on Web API and Worker Services.You will optimize SQL Server databases, implement distributed caching, and work with frontend teams to ensure seamless...


  • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Jobgether Full-time

    This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Engineer, Backend - Orchestration based in South Africa. Join a globally distributed engineering team building the infrastructure that enables businesses to manage payments more efficiently across international markets. As...


  • johannesburg, gauteng, South Africa Acuity Consultants Full-time

    Johannesburg | R950PH – R1150PH | 12-Month Contract An opportunity for a Senior Backend Engineer build a company-wide compliance platform, supporting policy and claims management across the business. You will play a key role in establishing the platform foundations, including CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and event-driven backend systems. THE...


  • Johannesburg, Gauteng, 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...


  • johannesburg, gauteng, 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...


  • johannesburg, gauteng, South Africa Sabenza IT & Recruitment Full-time

    Johannesburg, South Africa | Posted on 26/10/2026 We are looking for an Intermediate Backend Engineer with strong Python and Django experience to develop, maintain and enhance backend applications and services. The ideal candidate will have solid software engineering fundamentals, hands-on production experience and a practical approach to solving technical...


  • johannesburg, gauteng, South Africa Bbdsoftware Full-time

    BBD is an international software solutions company helping businesses solve complex challenges through smart, scalable technology. With over 40 years of experience across industries, we combine deep technical expertise with a practical understanding of business to deliver solutions that create long-term value. Our services span digital enablement, software...


  • johannesburg, gauteng, South Africa FreshTalent Full-time

    Appsierra Group is seeking a Mid-Level Laravel Engineer in Johannesburg to build reliable backend systems and ship scalable features. You will work across the development lifecycle on PHP/Laravel-based applications, APIs, and data-driven solutions while collaborating with product, design, QA, and DevOps teams. You will contribute to code quality, participate...


  • johannesburg, gauteng, South Africa ATS Client Full-time

    Fragomen Global Development Lab in Johannesburg seeks a Backend Software Developer to design and maintain backend services for our web applications, with a .NET REST API and strong emphasis on cloud-native evolution with AWS. You will collaborate with a global team of developers, designers and business owners, refactoring solutions toward a cloud native...

  • Hybrid Python

    6 hours ago


    johannesburg, gauteng, South Africa Bbdsoftware Full-time

    BBD is an international software solutions company helping businesses solve complex challenges through smart, scalable technology. We are seeking a backend software engineer with 4+ years of professional experience in Python and Django to build and maintain production‑grade applications. You will design RESTful APIs, work with relational databases, and...


  • johannesburg, gauteng, South Africa ATS Client Full-time

    ATS Client is seeking an experienced Senior Backend Software Engineer in Johannesburg. You will leverage Python (Fast API) and AWS to build scalable, cloud-native systems within a high‑performing engineering team. The ideal candidate has 6+ years in backend development, strong microservices experience, and hands-on Terraform, CI/CD, and containerization...