Backend Developer Jobs in Johannesburg

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EY

ey.com
ey.com · HQ: London, United Kingdom · Management Consulting · Financial Advisory, Valuation & Restructuring · Tax Advisory & Preparation · Audit & Assurance Firms · 5000+ employees · Est. 1989 · Hiring 6255, 489 new
HQ: London, United Kingdom · Management Consulting · Financial Advisory, Valuation & Restructuring · Tax Advisory & Preparation · Audit & Assurance Firms · 5000+ employees · Est. 1989 · Hiring 6255, 489 new
Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, EY (Ernst & Young) is a multinational professional services network and one of the "Big Four" accounting firms. The organization provides financial assurance and auditing, tax advisory, management and technology consulting, and strategy and transactions advisory through its EY-Parthenon arm. Operating across more than 150 countries, it delivers risk management, digital transformation, data analytics, and regulatory compliance solutions to multinational corporations, financial institutions, and government entities worldwide.
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Junior Software Developer

≈ $19k – $47k per year (Estimated) · Junior · 1+ year exp · In office (Johannesburg, South Africa) · Bachelor's Degree · Junior
Ruby
C#
C++
JavaScript
Python
C#
.NET
Databases
Azure SQL Database
AI/ML
Machine Learning
Frontend
JQuery
DevOps
Git
Azure
Analytics
Power BI
Microsoft Excel
Management
Power Automate
SharePoint
Agile
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Klipboard

klipboard.com
klipboard.com · HQ: Hungerford, United Kingdom · ERP & Business Management Software · 51-200 employees · Est. 1976 · Trust B · Hiring 43
HQ: Hungerford, United Kingdom · ERP & Business Management Software · 51-200 employees · Est. 1976 · Trust B · Hiring 43
Klipboard is a business management and ERP software company with its UK head office in Hungerford, Berkshire, supplying industry-specific systems for wholesale distribution, automotive aftermarket, rental, field service, retail, transport and manufacturing businesses. Supporting customers since 1976, it reports more than 55,000 customers in over 70 countries and has offices in the UK, South Africa, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, North America and Australia. It hires project managers, implementation consultants, account and enterprise sales executives, business development staff, software and applied AI engineers, product managers and finance staff.
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Senior Software Engineer

≈ $45k – $82k per year (Estimated) · Senior · Hybrid (Johannesburg, South Africa) · Senior
C#
SQL
TypeScript
JavaScript
C#
ASP.NET Core
Blazor
WPF
AI/ML
Semantic Kernel
LLM Guardrails
Agentic Workflows
Cursor
LangChain
OpenAI
Copilot
RAG
AI Agents
Embeddings
LLM
Frontend
Angular
React.js
Mobile
MVVM
Xamarin
DevOps
SOAP
Azure DevOps
Windows
Rest API
Azure
CI/CD
Bicep
Azure AKS
Terraform
Kubernetes
Cybersecurity
OWASP
Management
Jira
Agile
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Scrums.com

scrums.com
scrums.com · HQ: Johannesburg, South Africa · Digital Design · Cybersecurity · Design & Creative · Custom Software Development · IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams · 51-200 employees · Est. 2013 · IT services · Trust A · Hiring 34
HQ: Johannesburg, South Africa · Digital Design · Cybersecurity · Design & Creative · Custom Software Development · IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams · 51-200 employees · Est. 2013 · IT services · Trust A · Hiring 34
Scrums.com is a South African software development company that supplies dedicated engineering teams to clients on a subscription basis rather than through fixed-price projects. Customers subscribe to a level of development capacity and receive squads covering web and mobile development, quality assurance, design and DevOps, managed by the company and scaled up or down as the client's roadmap changes. Based in Johannesburg and working largely with clients in South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States, the company positions the model as a cheaper and more flexible alternative to hiring in-house.
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Senior PHP Software Engineer

≈ $44k – $80k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 6+ years exp · Hybrid (Johannesburg, South Africa) · Contractor · Senior
PHP
Databases
MySQL
DevOps
Rest API
AWS
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Senior Fullstack .NET Engineer

≈ $37k – $67k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · Johannesburg · Remote (United Kingdom, South Africa, US time zones hours) · Relocation · Full-Time · Senior
C#
JavaScript
SQL
TypeScript
C#
ASP.NET Core
Entity Framework Core
Blazor
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
Angular
React.js
DevOps
GitHub Actions
Azure DevOps
Azure
CI/CD
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Senior Java Engineer

≈ $37k – $67k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · Johannesburg · Remote (United Kingdom, South Africa, US time zones hours) · Relocation · Full-Time · Senior
Java
Kotlin
Java
Spring Boot
Kotlin
Mockito
Databases
Oracle
RabbitMQ
MySQL
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
Mobile
JUnit
DevOps
Platform Engineering
Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD
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Nedbank

nedbank.co.za
nedbank.co.za · HQ: Johannesburg, South Africa · Investment Banking & M&A Advisory · Commercial & Retail Banks · Mortgage Lending & Brokers · Wealth Management & Financial Advisors · Est. 1888 · Trust A · Hiring 17, 6 new
HQ: Johannesburg, South Africa · Investment Banking & M&A Advisory · Commercial & Retail Banks · Mortgage Lending & Brokers · Wealth Management & Financial Advisors · Est. 1888 · Trust A · Hiring 17, 6 new
Nedbank is a South African bank headquartered in Johannesburg, offering personal, private, business and corporate banking, credit cards, home and vehicle loans, savings and investments, insurance, asset management and corporate and investment banking. One of the country's largest banking groups and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, it traces its roots to 1888 and operates subsidiaries in Namibia, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. It hires software developers, cloud and platform engineers, data analysts, quantitative analysts, credit and risk specialists, client advisors, finance managers and capital markets bankers.
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Verified live · 10 hours ago 2 months ago Long shot · 9%

ACE Software Developer

≈ $28k – $57k per year (Estimated) · Middle · 3+ years exp · In office (Johannesburg, South Africa) · Middle
Java
DevOps
SOAP
Rest API
Management
Agile
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Multi - Discipline Specialist - JAVA

≈ $47k – $85k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 10+ years exp · In office (Johannesburg, South Africa) · Staff
Java
Chips/EDA
JMP
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Java Software Developer

≈ $44k – $80k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (Johannesburg, South Africa) · Senior
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OLX

olx.com
olx.com · Warsaw · Barcelona · Lisbon · Bucharest · Kyiv · Marketplaces · 51-200 employees · Trust B · Hiring 48, 1 new
Warsaw · Barcelona · Lisbon · Bucharest · Kyiv · Marketplaces · 51-200 employees · Trust B · Hiring 48, 1 new
OLX is part of OLX Group, a network of leading marketplaces present in 30+ countries with 20+ brands.
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Software Engineer

≈ $22k – $46k per year (Estimated) · Middle · 3+ years exp · Johannesburg · Remote (South Africa) · Full-Time · Middle
C#
Java
JavaScript
C#
ASP.NET Core
Databases
MS SQL
Frontend
Bootstrap
Mobile
MVC
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ICON

iconplc.com
iconplc.com · HQ: Dublin, Ireland · Clinical Trial Services (CRO) · 5000+ employees · Est. 1990 · Trust B · Hiring 708, 115 new
HQ: Dublin, Ireland · Clinical Trial Services (CRO) · 5000+ employees · Est. 1990 · Trust B · Hiring 708, 115 new
ICON is an Irish clinical research organisation that provides outsourced clinical development and commercialisation services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies, from early-phase trials to late-stage studies, laboratory services and real-world evidence. Founded in 1990 and listed on Nasdaq, it operates worldwide with tens of thousands of employees. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
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Clinical Python Developer

≈ $46k – $106k per year (Estimated) · Middle · 4+ years exp · Dublin · Rome · Tel Aviv · Lund · Budapest · Remote (Ireland) · Full-Time · Middle
Python
Python
pySpark
Databases
Databricks
AI/ML
Pandas
Spark
Analytics
Tableau
Power BI
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Share

share.inc
share.inc · HQ: Vancouver, United States · Telecom Infrastructure · 51-200 employees · Est. 1979 · Hiring 2
HQ: Vancouver, United States · Telecom Infrastructure · 51-200 employees · Est. 1979 · Hiring 2
From subsea cables to last-mile networks, Share coordinates fragmented infrastructure into a single ecosystem.
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Founding Engineer

≈ $125k – $205k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Staff+ · 10+ years exp · London · Johannesburg · Nairobi · Cape Town · Remote (Germany, France, United Kingdom, Kenya, Netherlands) · Full-Time · Staff
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Node JS
Nest.JS
Databases
RabbitMQ
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Cursor
Claude
Copilot
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TransLution Software

translutionsoftware.com
translutionsoftware.com · Johannesburg · Manufacturing & Industrial Software · Supply Chain & Logistics Software · Est. 1986 · Hiring 1
Johannesburg · Manufacturing & Industrial Software · Supply Chain & Logistics Software · Est. 1986 · Hiring 1
Improve operational efficiency with TransLution Software's fully integrated Production & Warehouse Management System.
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Open 266 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago 9 months ago Long shot · 4%

Software Engineer

≈ $30k – $76k per year (Estimated) · In office (Johannesburg, South Africa) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time
SQL
Python
C#
C#
.NET
Databases
MS SQL
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Jem

jemhr.com
jemhr.com · HQ: Johannesburg, South Africa · Human Resources · HR & Payroll Software · 51-200 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 6
HQ: Johannesburg, South Africa · Human Resources · HR & Payroll Software · 51-200 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 6
Jem is the workforce management platform for deskless teams, built on WhatsApp. Connect, manage and reward the people who keep your business running.
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Open 301 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 10 months ago Long shot · 8%

Senior Product Engineer *

≈ $48k – $87k per year (Estimated) · Senior · In office (Johannesburg, South Africa) · Full-Time · Senior
TypeScript
Python
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Multi-Agent Systems
Prompt Engineering
Model Context Protocol
LLM
AI Agents
DevOps
Platform Engineering
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Platform45

platform45.com
platform45.com · HQ: Johannesburg, South Africa · Web Development Services · Mobile App Development Services · Custom Software Development · 11-50 employees · Est. 2009 · Trust B · Hiring 9
HQ: Johannesburg, South Africa · Web Development Services · Mobile App Development Services · Custom Software Development · 11-50 employees · Est. 2009 · Trust B · Hiring 9
Platform45 is a South African software development company founded in 2009 that builds web and mobile products. Its teams work with startups and enterprises on product design, engineering and dedicated squads. The company delivers for clients in South Africa, the United States and Europe.
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Open 358 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 12 months ago Long shot · 6%

Intermediate Backend Developer (Ruby on Rails)

≈ $29k – $61k per year (Estimated) · Middle · 3+ years exp · In office (Johannesburg, South Africa) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Middle
Ruby
SQL
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Hotwire
Stimulus
ViewComponent
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
DevOps
CircleCI
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
GitHub
Git
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Management
Scrum
Agile
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Blue Bean Software

bluebeansoftware.com
bluebeansoftware.com · HQ: Johannesburg, South Africa · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · Custom Software Development · 11-50 employees · Hiring 1
HQ: Johannesburg, South Africa · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · Custom Software Development · 11-50 employees · Hiring 1
Blue Bean Software is a South African software company whose engineers build and run technology solutions for clients. It is hiring solution architects, full stack, front end, cloud and DevOps engineers and business analysts for its talent pool at its office in Fourways. The company is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Junior Software Engineer

≈ $14k – $34k per year (Estimated) · Junior · 2+ years exp · Johannesburg · Remote (South Africa) · Full-Time · Junior
PHP
PHP
Laravel
Databases
MySQL
Redis
DevOps
Git
AWS
AWS Fargate
Amazon ECS
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon S3
DNS
CI/CD
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Preferental

preferental.com
preferental.com · Johannesburg · Hiring 2
Johannesburg · Hiring 2
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Open 869 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 2 years ago Long shot · 6%

Senior Software Developer

≈ $45k – $82k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (Johannesburg, South Africa) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Senior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Node JS
Express
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
GCP
CI/CD
AWS
Management
ClickUp
Agile
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Senior Technical Lead / Software Developer

≈ $25k – $74k per year (Estimated) · Lead · 10+ years exp · Johannesburg · Remote (South Africa) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Staff
Node JS
TypeScript
SQL
JavaScript
Node JS
Nest.JS
Express
Frontend
React.js
Next.js
DevOps
GCP
CI/CD
AWS
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Backend Developer Jobs in Johannesburg
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