Placements24
Remote Lead Backend Engineer: Scalable Systems & Mentorship
Lead Backend Software Engineer at Placements24 on a fully remote, remote-first team: designs and deploys scalable backend services, owns architecture decisions, and mentors junior engineers in a distributed-systems environment. The posting names no specific languages or frameworks.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Lead
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Backend
- Posted
Must have
- Design, develop, and deploy scalable backend services
- Lead architecture decisions
- Mentor junior engineers and drive best practices
- Experience with distributed systems
- Collaborate with product managers in a remote-first organization
Full description
Placements24 is seeking a Lead Backend Software Engineer to join a fully remote engineering team. You will design, develop, and deploy scalable backend services, lead architecture decisions, and mentor junior engineers to drive best practices in a distributed system environment.
The role emphasizes ownership, high-performance systems, and collaboration with product managers across a remote-first organization.