backend engineer jobs in Pretoria

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  • Pretoria, Gauteng, 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,...


  • pretoria, gauteng, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the Role Our client is actively seeking a talented and experienced Lead Backend Engineer to join their fully remote engineering team. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the architectural direction of our client's core platform and lead a team of skilled backend developers. You will play a crucial role in designing, building, and scaling...


  • Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the Role Our client, a rapidly growing cybersecurity firm, is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their fully remote team. This role is pivotal in developing and scaling the core backend systems that power our cutting-edge security solutions. You will have the opportunity to work on complex challenges, design robust APIs, and contribute to the...


  • Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa M-KOPA Full-time

    Join our expanding Mobility engineering team! We’re actively recruiting a Senior Backend Engineer as M-KOPA Mobility, our fast-growing e-mobility business, which has a 3x year-on-year growth rate! Build the event-driven microservices that power clean, affordable transport for riders and entrepreneurs across Africa, with AI tools like Claude Code alongside...


  • Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the RoleOur client is seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer with a strong focus on Golang for a fully remote position. You will be instrumental in designing, developing, and deploying high-performance, scalable backend systems and APIs that power our client's core products. This role requires a deep understanding of backend architecture,...


  • pretoria, gauteng, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the Role Our client, a cutting-edge software development company specializing in cloud-native solutions, is seeking a highly experienced Senior Backend Engineer with a strong command of Python and Django. This is a fully remote, remote-first position, offering the flexibility to work from anywhere within South Africa. You will play a crucial role in...


  • pretoria, gauteng, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the Role Our client, a rapidly scaling blockchain infrastructure company, is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Backend Engineer to contribute to the development of their core platform. This role is fully remote, offering the flexibility to work from anywhere. You will be instrumental in designing, building, and maintaining the robust backend...


  • Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Placements24 Remote Full-time

    Placements24 is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs. This fully remote role offers the flexibility to work from anywhere in South Africa and requires leadership in code quality and mentoring junior developers.Ideal candidates have 6+ years of backend experience and proficiency in...


  • Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the RoleOur client is seeking a seasoned and results-oriented Senior Backend Engineer to contribute to their cutting-edge projects in a fully remote capacity. This role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, high-performance APIs and backend services that power their core applications. You will work with a talented, distributed...


  • Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    Placements24 seeks a Senior Backend Engineer with strong Python expertise to join a fully remote, distributed tech team. You will design, implement, and scale backend services and APIs, partnering with cross-functional teams in a remote-first environment.The role emphasizes autonomy, collaboration, and engineering excellence, focusing on server-side logic,...


  • Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Xcede Group Full-time

    Senior Backend DeveloperOur client is looking for an experienced Senior Backend Developer who has a deep understanding of the SDLC and has the ability to guide and mentor a high-performing development team.This role requires a motivated individual who is never afraid to get their hands dirty; no task should be too small, with a passion for scaling tech...

  • Backend Engineer

    2 days ago


    Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Hirexe Remote Full-time R 600,000 - R 900,000 Contract

    About the company A fast-growing startup is building tools that let people explore and furnish digital versions of their actual homes, bringing together residential data, 3D spaces, furniture catalogs, and interactive design. About the role Build backend systems that transform product and residential information into structured data and accurate 3D assets....


  • Pretoria, 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...


  • Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Jobgether Full-time

    Jobgether is assisting a fintech partner in finding a Senior .NET Developer to join a fully remote backend team in South Africa. You will build scalable microservices for payment processing, reconciliations, payouts, and fee calculations, leveraging Azure, containers, and AI-assisted tooling.You will own backend services, review AI-generated code, implement...


  • Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the Role Our client, a fast-paced fintech startup, is seeking a talented Senior Backend Engineer specializing in Python to join their entirely remote engineering team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a cutting-edge platform, contributing to the development of scalable and reliable financial services applications. As a remote-first company,...


  • pretoria, gauteng, South Africa MSP Staffing (PTY) LTD Full-time

    MSP Staffing (PTY) LTD client is seeking an experienced Senior Product Engineer to join the backend engineering team, responsible for building and maintaining the platform that powers AI agents across WhatsApp, voice, webchat, and email. The role emphasizes scalable backend design, APIs, and third‑party integrations in production. You will own features...


  • pretoria, gauteng, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    Placements24 is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for a fully remote role in the blockchain infrastructure space. Design, build, and maintain high-performance backend services and APIs, leveraging Go, Rust, Python, or Java to power decentralized applications. You will work on distributed systems, integrate with nodes, manage SQL/NoSQL data, and ensure...


  • pretoria, gauteng, South Africa Betway Group Full-time

    Betway Group in Pretoria, South Africa is seeking an experienced backend software engineer to drive scalable systems. You will work with .NET 8+ and C# 12+, own microservices design, and coach others in best practices. The role emphasizes performance tuning, SQL Server, Elasticsearch, event-driven patterns with RabbitMQ/Kafka, and modern CI/CD with Azure...


  • pretoria, gauteng, South Africa Betway Global Full-time

    Betway Global is seeking an accomplished Senior Backend Engineer to join our enterprise-scale platform. You will design, build, and optimize microservices using .NET 8+ and C# 12+, ensure robust data access with SQL Server, and guide architectural decisions across teams. You will lead incident response, post‑mortems, and production improvements while...


  • pretoria, gauteng, South Africa Ioco Full-time

    IOCO in Pretoria is seeking a Senior Back End Developer to design, build, and maintain secure back-end services for web and Windows applications. You will work with APIs, microservices, and DevSecOps practices to deliver scalable solutions. You will collaborate with front-end teams and architects to implement robust server-side functionality using C#,...