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  • Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa M-KOPA Full-time

    M-KOPA is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join the Asset Sales group. You will build distributed C# and .NET microservices on Azure, owning end-to-end delivery in an AI-native, remote-friendly engineering environment across UK, Europe, and Africa.You’ll work in a modern tech stack with event-driven architecture, focusing on scale, observability, and...


  • north west, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the Role Our client is seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Developer to lead the design and development of robust APIs in Mahikeng. This role is critical for building the foundational services that power their applications, ensuring they are scalable, performant, and secure. You will work with a talented team of engineers, taking ownership of...


  • vereeniging, gauteng, South Africa Placements24 Full-time R 900,000 Contract

    About the Role Our client is seeking a talented Backend Software Developer specializing in API integration to join their distributed engineering team. This role operates in a remote-first capacity, focusing on designing, developing, and maintaining robust APIs and backend services that connect various internal and external systems. You will play a key role...


  • Mmabatho Unit 4, North West, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    Placements24 in Mahikeng is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to design, develop, and maintain server-side logic and APIs powering core products. You will work with product managers, frontend developers, and other engineers to deliver robust software solutions.The role requires 5+ years in backend development, strong skills in Python, Java, Node.js or Go,...


  • Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa PBT Group Full-time

    PBT Group in Stellenbosch seeks an experienced Java Backend Developer to design, build, and maintain scalable back-end systems and secure APIs. The role focuses on developing robust, secure services and scalable architectures to support high-performing applications.You will work with microservices, containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, and...


  • Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    Placements24 is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer in Pretoria to design and develop scalable RESTful APIs and microservices. You will help build secure, high-performance systems and influence architectural decisions within a collaborative engineering team.The role requires 5+ years in backend development and expertise across Java, Python, Node.js, or C#,...


  • Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    Placements24 is seeking an experienced Backend Developer to join a fully remote engineering team. You will design, develop, and maintain scalable server-side applications and APIs powering our digital platforms.We are looking for expertise in backend languages such as Python, Java, Node.js, or C#, along with experience in databases (SQL/NoSQL), API design,...


  • LegKraal Gate, North West, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the RoleOur client is seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Developer with a focus on API development to join their distributed engineering team. This is a fully remote position where you will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining the server-side logic and robust APIs that power their innovative platform. You will work on complex...


  • eastern cape, za, Eastern Cape M-KOPA 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...


  • Mmabatho Unit 4, North West, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the RoleOur client is seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Developer with a focus on API development to join their distributed engineering team. This is a fully remote position where you will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining the server-side logic and robust APIs that power their innovative platform. You will work on complex...


  • Gauteng, South Africa Placements24 Full-time R 1 - R 2 Contract

    About the RoleOur client is actively seeking a visionary Lead Backend Developer to spearhead critical projects within their innovative Fintech division. This is a fully remote position, offering the flexibility to work from anywhere. You will take ownership of designing and building scalable, high-performance backend systems that power cutting-edge financial...


  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa A Bit About You Full-time

    We Are Innovators & Category Creators Clickatell, founded in Cape Town in 2000, was the first company to connect businesses with consumers via SMS using just four lines of code. Today, it powers AI-driven chat commerce for leading global brands across industries like banking, retail, telecoms, and healthcare—including Visa, ABSA, MTN, Toyota, and Pick n...


  • za Xcede Group Full-time

    Backend Engineer - RubyA web hosting company is looking for a Backend Engineer who specializes in Ruby.They have teams sitting in Cape Town (head office), and Johannesburg, as well as Canada and Ukraine.As a Backend Engineer, you will be tasked with providing a world-class API layer between the customer and their hosting services. In addition, you will be...


  • benoni, gauteng, South Africa Placements24 Full-time R 320,000 Contract

    About the Role Our client is seeking an enthusiastic Junior Software Developer with a focus on backend development to join their growing team in Benoni. This hybrid role is perfect for a recent graduate or early-career developer looking to build a strong foundation in software engineering. You will work alongside experienced developers, contributing to the...


  • legkraal gate, north west, South Africa Placements24 Full-time R 1 Contract

    About the Role Our client is seeking a seasoned Senior Backend Developer with expertise in Python and Django to join their growing engineering team in Mahikeng . You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust, scalable, and high-performance backend systems and APIs. This role involves collaborating closely with frontend developers,...


  • East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa ITGuru Remote Full-time

    GoTyme is seeking a hands-on Core Backend Engineer to build the ledger, posting, and reconciliation capabilities for our financial core. You will design and implement an event-sourced double-entry ledger, posting rules, and transaction processing, collaborating with finance, treasury, risk, compliance, and operations teams.You will ensure idempotency,...


  • South Africa ITGuru Remote Full-time

    GoTyme is seeking a hands-on Core Backend Engineer to build the ledger, posting, and reconciliation capabilities for our financial core. You will design and implement an event-sourced double-entry ledger, posting rules, and transaction processing, collaborating with finance, treasury, risk, compliance, and operations teams.You will ensure idempotency,...


  • Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa ITGuru Remote Full-time

    GoTyme is seeking a hands-on Core Backend Engineer to build the ledger, posting, and reconciliation capabilities for our financial core. You will design and implement an event-sourced double-entry ledger, posting rules, and transaction processing, collaborating with finance, treasury, risk, compliance, and operations teams.You will ensure idempotency,...


  • Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa ITGuru Remote Full-time

    GoTyme is seeking a hands-on Core Backend Engineer to build the ledger, posting, and reconciliation capabilities for our financial core. You will design and implement an event-sourced double-entry ledger, posting rules, and transaction processing, collaborating with finance, treasury, risk, compliance, and operations teams.You will ensure idempotency,...


  • Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa M-KOPA Full-time

    M-KOPA is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join the Asset Sales group. You will build distributed C# and .NET microservices on Azure, owning end-to-end delivery in an AI-native, remote-friendly engineering environment across UK, Europe, and Africa.You’ll work in a modern tech stack with event-driven architecture, focusing on scale, observability, and...