Senior Backend Developer

SUMMARY:
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Backend Developer with a minimum of 5 years of experience in software development to join our team in a hybrid role based in Pretoria. The ideal candidate should have expertise in API design and integration, RESTful services, databases (SQL, schema design, indexing, and performance optimization), and programming with a focus on Golang, CI/CD, and Docker.
Strong knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS or Azure (Lambda, ECS, S3, EC2), networking fundamentals, and debugging across interconnected systems is essential. Familiarity with tools like Postman, distributed tracing, and testing frameworks (unit, integration, and performance testing) is required. Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and NoSQL databases is advantageous.

POSITION INFO:
Minimum education (desirable):
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering (or similar)

Minimum applicable experience (years):
5 years working experience

Required nature of experience:
Software development

Skills and Knowledge (essential):

• API's

• HTTP
• Microservices
• CORS
• Authentication
• Logging
• RESTful

• Databases

• Analyzing query performance
• Writing queries
• Designing db schemas
• Creating indexes
• SQL

• Development

• Multiprocessing (threading/synchronization/locks)
• Git
• Programming
• CI/CD
• Docker
• Golang
• Queues

• Debugging

• Debug across multiple interconnected systems
• Distributed tracing
• Debug using application logs
• Web browser console
• Postman

• Testing

• Performance Testing
• Mocking
• Integration Testing
• Unit testing

• Cloud

• Lambda
• CloudFront
• ECS
• Backups
• EC2
• S3
• AWS/ Azure

• Networking

• DNS
• Networking - IPs, ports, subnets

• Other

• Experience with JavaScript / TypeScript
• HTML

• Databases

• NoSQL