108 Senior Backend Engineer jobs in South Africa
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At Scrums.com (formerly SovTech), we believe the future of software lies in the talent, innovation, and creativity found on the African continent. For over a decade, we have been pioneering world-class software development for a global audience. We are the leading custom software development company from Africa that, like any great tech company, was founded in a garage. Scrums.com has now grown to more than 350 of the best AI-powered software engineering experts, building world-class platforms for growing businesses across four cities on three continents.
Looking ahead, we remain committed to growing Africa's tech ecosystems. Africa is home to the world's youngest population, with over 50% of Africans under the age of 25. Recent estimates indicate there are over 700,000 professional software developers across Africa today. That number is projected to double by 2025. We believe in the future of African tech talent and the impact it will have on scaling global companies.
Accelerating business growth with expert tech talent
Trusted by 400+ companies, Scrums.com helps businesses scale with our cloud-based engineering subscription platform, offering consistent, cost-effective AI-powered experts, teams, and reliable developer analytics.
Our Culture
Our culture is underpinned by 8 core values.
Earth’s leading software company from Africa- that's where we're going.
Why Join Us?
Be part of a dynamic, people-first team that’s showcasing and advancing Africa’s tech landscape on the global scale. At Scrums.com, we celebrate your individuality, empower your decision-making, and create meaningful experiences. Together, we’re driving innovation and building exceptional teams Take a look at some of the highlights:
Embrace Our African Talent Footprint, Flexibility, and Autonomy
At Scrums.com, we champion an empowered workplace where you shape the culture, influence decisions on tech stacks, and take charge of user testing—all while working from wherever you thrive best across our interconnected Guilds.
Our distributed teams span South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and other parts of the continent, showcasing the diversity and brilliance of African talent.
The Scrums.com Vibes
Annual Foos-Fest ️ : Showcase your skills at our legendary Foosball Festival and take home quirky, sought-after awards.
AI-Powered Hackathons : Collaborate with your team to create innovative, market-ready products in just 24 hours—all while enjoying live music and family-friendly fun.
Year-End Celebrations ️ : Reflect and connect at our unforgettable year-end events, a decade-old tradition we continue to cherish.
Popcorn Fridays, Dev Chats, and Braais : Bond with colleagues over insightful discussions and sizzling good vibes.
Fluid Clubs : Join like-minded peers in activities like hiking, running, and more to foster shared interests beyond work.
Weekly All-Hands : Stay inspired and in the loop with our weekly All-Hands sessions that bring us together as one team.
Explore Week : Our annual tradition encourages you to work from anywhere around the globe for one exciting week—freedom meets inspiration!
Stacos (our company currency) : Reward and recognise your peers with Stacos and exchange them for cool vouchers to celebrate accomplishments big and small.
Commission Incentives : Unlock attractive rewards for successful business development leads and employee referrals.
Continued Career Growth & Support
Internal AI Platforms : We empower our teams with access to both closed and open source LLM’s that make work easier and empower your professional growth. We love AI!
High-Performance Culture : Stay aligned and on track with OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and structured annual reviews.
Personalized Mentorship : Receive dedicated guidance from leadership and the Talent SuccessTeam through one-on-one sessions and quarterly check-ins tailored to your career aspirations.
Our teams are powered by AI— Transforming How We Work
Our teams embrace cutting-edge AI platforms, agents and tools, creating smarter workflows and accelerating career development with AI.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Llama - we use them all so choose what suits you best!
You don’t need your own licenses - we cover the costs and have our own internal AI platforms that gives you access to them all in a secure environment.
Outstanding Employee Benefits*
Discovery Medical Aid : Prioritizing your health with the best care.
Half-Day Birthday Leave : Celebrate your special day with an afternoon off!
Family responsibility & Parental Benefits : Providing full support for a meaningful work-life balance.
*Please note: Benefits may vary depending on employment type
Join us and be part of a dynamic, supportive team that’s making waves across Africa.
Job requirementsExperience
Fluent in one or more statically typed languages: TypeScript, C#, Java, or similar
API design and implementation: REST, GraphQL, authentication flows CI/CD: CircleCI, GitHub Actions, (Jenkins optional)
Databases: Postgres, MongoDB, other SQL/NoSQL systems Cloud deployments via GCP or AWS
Service communication: Pub/Sub, Kafka, SQS, or other event-driven and messaging systems Observability: monitoring and alerting with tools like Datadog, Prometheus, etc.
Logging: structured JSON logs, context-aware logging Strong in optimization: code complexity, performance, and cost Tooling: Docker, Git
Proven experience designing and building robust, scalable APIs
Hands-on deployment of services in cloud environments like (GCP, AWS)
Solid background working with SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., Postgres, MongoDB)
Familiarity with both synchronous and asynchronous backend service communication
Delivered production-ready backend systems with CI/CD pipelines and observability tooling
Attributes
Problem-solver mindset — independently investigates and resolves technical issues
Works well autonomously but collaborates effectively across teams
Practical and proactive — takes initiative when something’s broken or inefficient
Detail-oriented and committed to writing clean, maintainable code
Curious and adaptable — open to learning new technologies and workflows
Real World Impact
Built and shipped secure APIs used in production systems
Improved system reliability through monitoring, alerting, and logging strategies
Reduced infrastructure or query costs by optimizing backend services
Designed scalable database schemas and contributed to overall system architecture
Contributed to successful deployments via CI/CD automation and cloud provisioning
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We're looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Golang Engineer with skills in AWS to join one of our teams, and be part of building high impact innovative products and experiences. We value curiosity, and a passion for learning, and growing together.
Core Skills & Competencies
- Strong proficiency in the latest Golang technologies
- Thorough understanding of AWS and its core principles
- Experience with implementing cloud native architectures
- Familiarity with newer specifications of AWS
- Experience with DynamoDB is a plus
- Experience with Cloud Functions
- Strong experience with RESTful APIs & GraphQL
- Knowledge of authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
- Familiarity with modern build pipelines and tools, and experience with continuous integration
- Experience with automated testing
- A practical understanding of the SOLID principles
- Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
- A knack for benchmarking and optimization
- Strong working knowledge of git and Github, including github actions.
- Experience with node, Typescript and NextJS would be a plus
Responsibilities
- Developing APIs that integrate with legacy and new systems
- Developing with the latest AWS technologies
- Building robust cloud functions
- Translating specifications into high quality code
- Optimizing components for maximum performance
Stack / Tools
- Golang
- AWS platform (lambda, AppSync, Amplify, EC2, API Gateway, Route53, DynamoDB, CloudFormation)
- GraphQL (AppSync)
- Github
- JIRA
- Slack
Requirements for Application
- Code or a portfolio worth sharing, that will help us validate your skills and experience
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience
- At least 1 of the following: Github profile or similar, StackOverflow profile, HackerRank etc.
Bonus Points for
- Being a polyglot
- Contributing to open source
- Sharing your side project
- Sharing your blog, or other developer community involvement
Who You Are
- Unafraid to make decisions and take the initiative
- Willing to learn and try new things
- Keen communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Have a keen understanding of user experience and how every layer of a system contributes to it.
- Have the self-discipline and organizational skills to work effectively as part of a remote team
Who We Are :
We're a small distributed Product development team of teams, looking to grow steadily and intentionally. We're engineers and designers first, we put our heart into our work, and make no apologies for it. We're driven to win, to innovate, to "raise the bar" and have one hell of a time doing it.
If you're interested in joining a dynamic, creative and fast-evolving team, want to explore new technologies, and build high impact products, we would love to hear from you.
Notes on our Hiring Process
- We don't want to waste your time or ours, please read the above carefully.
- We follow a four-step process, after completing the pre-screening, we'll have an initial brief phone or video call, a review of your work or evidence of your technical capabilities, and lastly a team interview before going into contract negotiation.
- If you cannot satisfy the minimum requirements for application above, please prepare a motivation as to why we should consider your application.
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About MoonPay
Hi, we’re MoonPay. We’re here to onboard the world to Web3.
Why? Because we think Web3 is a unique and democratising technology. It gives people back control of their money, digital identity, data, and property like nothing else before it.
What We Do
We’re the leading infrastructure company in Web3. This means we offer our partners everything from payment solutions (we call them 'Ramps') to minting software for digital collectibles, like NFTs. And over 3 0 million people around the world now trust our products — just take a look on Trustpilot.
We’re also big on collaborations. And we've worked on stunts, drops, and partnerships with some of the world's most prestigious and forward-thinking brands.
But that’s not all. We have also built our own consumer app because we wanted to see if we could build a better Web3 account. It’s taken off in a big way, and we're working hard to continually improve it and to strive for perfection.
So whatever your background, we’re sure there’s something for you here. Come help us build the future of Web3 and digital ownership.
Location Supported
This role can be performed remotely from the United Kingdom, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, or Romania.
Unfortunately we do not offer business to business contracting arrangements.
About the Opportunity
Our engineering discipline builds the technology that enables MoonPay to learn quickly and scale easily. We organize in small cross-functional squads of 4-6 engineers and an embedded Product Manager and Product Data Analyst. We currently have squads across Crypto / NFT / Payments / KYC / Core Product and others. We’re pragmatic and believe in having fluid structure, this means people can move between teams or specialise.
What you will do
- Develop new and existing products and features
- Collaborate with other product teams to deliver and improve customer facing features
- Contribute to the estimations, planning and execution of projects, features, and integrations
- Integrate and work closely with external service providers to ensure smooth operation
- Maintain and improve our existing codebase
- Write fully tested, high quality and performant code
- Typescript
- React and NextJS
- Node.js
- TypeORM, TypeDI, TypeGraphQL and routing-controllers
- Google Cloud Platform
- Postgres
- Redis
- Bull
- DataDog
- GitHub
- Jest
- Experienced in Software Engineering at leading startups or fast growing tech companies
- Confident in developing, releasing and maintaining server applications in a fast paced, iterative environment
- Experienced with some of our tech stack, or are confident you can cross train and up skill quickly
- Understand database structures, theories, principles, and best practices
- Experienced with Cloud Native application such as Google Cloud or similar e.g AWS, Azure is beneficial but not essential
- Bonus points if you make open-source contributions, have experience in web3 or proven experience in the fintech or payments industry
B - Be Hungry
L - Level Up
O - Own It
C - Crypto Curious
K - Kaizen
MoonPay Perks
Equity package
Unlimited holidays
Paid parental leave
Annual training budget
Home office setup allowance ?
Monthly budget to spend on our products
Working in a disruptive and fast-growing industry where the possibilities are endless
Freedom, autonomy and responsibility
Research has shown that women are less likely than men to apply for this role if they do not have experience in 100% of these areas. Please know that this list is indicative, and that we would still love to hear from you even if you feel that you are only a 75% match. Skills can be learnt, diversity cannot.
Please let us know if you require any accommodations for the interview process, and we’ll do our best to provide assistance.
Commitment To Diversity
At MoonPay we believe that every voice matters. We strive to create a mindful and respectful environment where everyone can bring their authentic self to work, and experience a culture that is free of harassment, racism, and discrimination. That’s why we are committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and are a proud equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including, but not limited to, hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, and leave of absence.
MoonPay is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our job application procedures for qualified individuals with disabilities. Please inform our Talent Team if you need any assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.
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- Employment type Full-time
- Job function Engineering and Information Technology
- Industries Hospitality, Food and Beverage Services, and Retail
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Join a team working at the cutting edge of AI and big data to supercharge how companies sell to SMBs.
We at boam.ai, a US-based, VC-backed tech startup are working with the leading names in AI research (including professors at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) and Venture Capital.
The roleAs a Backend Engineer , you will play a pivotal role in how we’re bringing our vision to life. From building and releasing new features, to choosing our tech-stack and improving our processes, your expertise will directly impact the future of boam.ai, helping us to evaluate and advocate for solutions to a wide array of challenging problems.
Each day you’ll work alongside a stellar team of senior software developers, and collaborate with our engineering and product teams to make magic happen in real time. You’ll be able to quickly see the impact of your work in the market.
This role reports directly to our Head of Engineering.
What you’ll do- Contribute to architectural and design discussions of the team
- Implement new features and maintain existing software
- Work with the product team to identify and resolve user issues
- Lead smaller project workstreams and ensure timely delivery
Strong alignment with our values
Significant experience with at least two of the following:
- Building scalable systems
- Scala
- Typescript
- Python
- DevOps
- Large scale databases / SQL / PostgreSQL
- ML
- AWS
- Networking, security
- Wants to help build a transformative global venture alongside an exceptional team
- Thrives with individual ownership and increasing responsibilities
- Is smart, driven and collaborative; and for whom ego is never an obstacle
- Wants to scale their impact as part of a rapidly growing product & team
- Enjoys contributing to the success of the team
- Being part of an early-stage, rapidly growing US-based startup
- The latest tools & technologies
- Meaningful equity
- Free access to gym in building
- Ability to work remotely
- Work for 2 weeks from another boam office (Miami, Cape Town) every year
Ready to join a great team and take on the next challenge of your career?
To apply, email your CV and a few lines about why you are interested in joining us to We’re already excited to hear from you!
#J-18808-LjbffrBackend Engineer
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The Landbanking Group (TLG) has been initiated as a moonshot project to revolutionise the way land is being valued and used by land stewards at a moment where ecosystem services are critical prerequisites for equitable, resilient and climate compatible prosperity and peace.
TLG is committed to the SDGs, the Paris Climate Agreement and the biodiversity targets of the High Ambition Coalition. It is a private, social-benefit company that brings together leading scientists, company builders, technology experts and investors.
Ourmission is to completely transform the way we use land in these unprecedented times of accelerating climate change, mass extinction and social divide.
TLG will integrate various geospatial data sources and make use of the latest machine learning models for satellite imaging, carbon footprint and biodiversity analysis. Furthermore, metagenomics, open supply chain, and other relevant data enables us to develop digital twins of land plots, assess ecosystem quality, verify proof of impact and tokenize the claims so that they can be traded or bundled into tradable assets.
TLG is now looking for a passionate Software Engineer to join our ambitious, cross-functional teams and help build a global-level technology platform. As a Software Engineer, together with your team, you will be responsible for implementing and connecting the APIs, algorithms and tools necessary for our goals.
Your tasksDesign and build functionality for our Global-level technology platform
Contribute to agile planning practices by defining work breakdown, estimating task complexity and duration and setting milestones
Take decisions on non-functional requirements (availability, scale, speed, horizontal scalability) and Tech stack
Work with and implement systems for geospatial data
Conduct analysis and troubleshooting of incidents across the whole stack
Proactively collaborate with different internal and external teams for integrations and knowledge sharing
5+ years of practical experience as a Software Engineer, shipping large scale software or web applications
Advanced knowledge of Python, Django and Django REST Framework, as well as common engineering tools like Git, Jira, and Confluence
Experience with concepts such as CI/CD, containers (Docker) and related tools
Experience in agile methodologies like Scrum or Kanban
You take ownership of your work, have a deep sense of responsibility, and keep yourself and your team accountable for the expected results
Good communication skills in English -German proficiency is not mandatory
Our culture strongly focuses on enabling and empowering team members so they can develop and grow in a positive environment.
We offer more than a job : Fast growth and the possibility to shape the future of The Landbanking Group
Peer recognition.
Clear career growth and Market based compensation.
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TLG welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all employees and applicants without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.
If you feel this does perfectly describe you or at least to some relevant extent, we would be delighted to receive your application along with a cover letter.
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Join a team working at the cutting edge of AI and big data to supercharge how companies sell to SMBs.
We at boam.ai, a US-based, VC-backed tech startup are working with the leading names in AI research (including professors at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) and Venture Capital.
The roleAs a Backend Engineer , you will play a pivotal role in how we’re bringing our vision to life. From building and releasing new features, to choosing our tech-stack and improving our processes, your expertise will directly impact the future of boam.ai, helping us to evaluate and advocate for solutions to a wide array of challenging problems.
Each day you’ll work alongside a stellar team of senior software developers, and collaborate with our engineering and product teams to make magic happen in real time. You’ll be able to quickly see the impact of your work in the market.
This role reports directly to our Head of Engineering.
What you’ll do- Contribute to architectural and design discussions of the team
- Implement new features and maintain existing software
- Work with the product team to identify and resolve user issues
- Lead smaller project workstreams and ensure timely delivery
Strong alignment with our values
Significant experience with at least two of the following:
- Building scalable systems
- Scala
- Typescript
- Python
- DevOps
- Large scale databases / SQL / PostgreSQL
- ML
- AWS
- Networking, security
- Wants to help build a transformative global venture alongside an exceptional team
- Thrives with individual ownership and increasing responsibilities
- Is smart, driven and collaborative; and for whom ego is never an obstacle
- Wants to scale their impact as part of a rapidly growing product & team
- Enjoys contributing to the success of the team
- Being part of an early-stage, rapidly growing US-based startup
- The latest tools & technologies
- Meaningful equity
- Free access to gym in building
- Ability to work remotely
- Work for 2 weeks from another boam office (Miami, Cape Town) every year
Ready to join a great team and take on the next challenge of your career?
To apply, email your CV and a few lines about why you are interested in joining us to We’re already excited to hear from you!
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