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Senior Back-end Engineer

Remuneration:cost-to-company 
Location:Cape Town
Job level:Senior
Type:Permanent
Company:THE SKILLS MINE (PTY) LTD


Requirements
  • Over five years of experience in back-end web development.
  • In-depth expertise in PostgreSQL and RDBMS in general.
  • Experience working with message brokers and queuing systems.
  • Experience working in SaaS startups.
  • Experience integrating or working with CRM and telephony (dialer) systems.
  • Leadership experience, particularly in mentoring junior developers.
  • Experience with Kafka and stream processing systems.
  • Strong experience in building and scaling web applications.
  • Proven track record of architecting scalable systems.
  • Ability to architect, build, and maintain integrations.
Tech stack
  • Python
  • Django / DRF
  • Celery
  • Redis
  • PostgreSQL
  • Docker
  • AWS
Responsibilities
  • Architect, build, and test scalable systems and integrations with telephony and CRM platforms.
  • Develop, maintain, and monitor integrations, including product metrics, data deletion, and retention.
  • Manage technical debt and ensure systems scale efficiently.
  • Collaborate with other teams to deliver high-quality features aligned with customer needs.
  • Provide mentorship and guidance to junior developers, fostering growth within the team.
  • Maintain PostgreSQL databases, including schema and index optimisation and performance tuning.
  • Utilise AWS services to achieve business goals.


Posted on 13 Sep 15:50, Closing date 13 Oct