# Senior Backend Software Engineer

Reference: NCM003600-Glad-1 Are you a strong backend engineer who enjoys building secure, scalable applications and APIs for enterprise environments? Duties & Responsibilities We are expanding our software engineering talent network and are looking to connect with Senior Backend Software Engineers specialising in Java and/or Python. We are interested in professionals who can design and develop high-performance services, build integrations and APIs, and contribute to modern cloud-native application environments. If you bring strong engineering fundamentals and experience delivering enterprise-grade software, we would like to hear from you. Key Responsibilities: Design, develop, test and maintain scalable backend services and applications. Build RESTful APIs, microservices and integrations with enterprise systems. Contribute to code reviews, technical design and engineering best practices. Troubleshoot performance and production issues and improve application quality. Job Experience & Skills Required / Ideal Candidate Profile: Education Bachelor's degree or diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field. Relevant Java, Python, cloud or software develop

- **Id**: 4087304
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/network-contracting-senior-backend-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Centurion, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T13:44:31Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T13:44:31Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2491
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Recruiting & Staffing

## Company

- **Id**: 2681888
- **Name**: Network Contracting
- **Domain**: networkcontracting.co.za
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/network-contracting-2>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: staffing
- **Is intermediary**: no

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 10
- **Ghost share**: 0.3
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0.4
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 7
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 30000
- **Max**: 65000
- **Currency**: ZAR
- **Period**: month
- **Gross**: yes
- **Usd annual**: 47004

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Django** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **FastAPI** — Optional: no
- **Flask** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **Spring Boot** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **South Africa** — Iso: ZA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T19:02:50Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 7
- **Reasons**: seen:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T00:04:27Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 47004
- **Is top pay**: no

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