Senior Backend Engineer
Boardroom AppointmentsCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Posted January 5, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Boardroom Appointments, founded in 1989, is a global talent solutions provider delivering recruitment, contract staffing, project staffing, temporary employment, training, HR consultancy, and expatriate mobility services across Africa, EMEA, the Americas, and Europe. Leveraging a deep industry focus that spans FMCG, finance, manufacturing, oil & gas, healthcare, logistics, IT, renewable energy, retail, agriculture, government, and call‑center services, the firm custom‑builds solutions that match each client’s unique talent needs. With a worldwide candidate database and a team of seasoned recruitment and HR professionals, Boardroom Appointments offers end‑to‑end services—from executive search and people analytics to payroll outsourcing and workforce management—ensuring seamless, high‑quality placements that let clients concentrate on their core business. Their distinctive value lies in a partnership model that blends industry expertise, data‑driven insights, and a culture of passion and professionalism to deliver flawless, long‑lasting results.
Job Description
Work closely with the engineering team to release features on the product roadmap, take full ownership of your feature releases, testing and reliability, and lead a team in this senior backend engineer role.
Requirements
- Work closely with the engineering team to release features on the product roadmap
- Take full ownership of your feature releases, testing and reliability
- Gain a holistic understanding of the company stack, infrastructure, internal development requirements, resources as well as customer facing features
- Lead a team of engineers
- 5+ years of experience in the industry
- Experience with JavaScript (Node.js) and testing frameworks, as well as Python
- Experience with AWS (or GCP / Azure)
- Ideal experience with Rust or WebRTC
- Ideal devops knowledge - Nomad (or Kubernetes) and Docker, as well as knowledge of standard Linux networking and shell scripting