Backend Developer Salary in Cape Town

Backend Developer jobs in Cape Town hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $84,000/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Takealot

takealot.com
takealot.com • HQ: Cape Town, South Africa • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2011 • Trust B • Hiring 84, 9 new
HQ: Cape Town, South Africa • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2011 • Trust B • Hiring 84, 9 new
Takealot Group is a South African e-commerce company based in Cape Town that runs Takealot, the country's largest online retail store and marketplace, alongside the Mr D food and grocery delivery service. Founded in 2011 and owned by Naspers, the group operates its own warehouses and delivery network through Takealot Fulfilment Solutions, which handles over 30 million orders a year, and its third-party marketplace accounts for over a fifth of units sold. It hires software, data and machine learning engineers, product managers, marketplace account and merchandising staff, supply chain and loss prevention specialists, Mr D sales and partner teams, and interns in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 9 hours ago 3 months ago Long shot · 11%

Principal Software Engineer

≈ $24k – $69k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 10+ years exp • Hybrid (Cape Town, South Africa) • Bachelor's Degree • Principal
Go
Python
Kotlin
Scala
Databases
Redis
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Machine Learning
DevOps
Linux
GCP
Kubernetes
Management
Slack
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Open 404 daysVerified live · 9 hours ago 1 year ago Long shot · 6%

Senior Software Engineer (Java)

≈ $28k – $66k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Hybrid (Cape Town, South Africa) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Java
SQL
Python
JavaScript
Kotlin
TypeScript
C#
Scala
Java
Spring Framework
Flyway
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Machine Learning
Frontend
Angular
DevOps
Rest API
GCP
Grafana
Prometheus
Git
Kubernetes
Linux
Management
Slack
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Open 449 daysVerified live · 9 hours ago 1 year ago Long shot · 6%

Software Engineer (Python) - Supply Chain

≈ $28k – $66k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Cape Town, South Africa) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Python
SQL
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
RabbitMQ
MS SQL
Memcached
Apache Kafka
DevOps
GCP
Azure
Jenkins
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Travis CI
GitHub
Linux
Management
Agile
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Red Badger

red-badger.com
red-badger.com • Cape Town • Leeds • London • Auckland • Design & Creative • Commerce • Digital Goods • Trust B • Hiring 23, 2 new
Cape Town • Leeds • London • Auckland • Design & Creative • Commerce • Digital Goods • Trust B • Hiring 23, 2 new
We craft seamless, engaging digital experiences customers want and that separates you from the competition. Build a product in 100 days with Red Badger.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 126 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago 4 months ago Long shot · 4%

Software Engineer

Hybrid (Cape Town, South Africa)
Go
JavaScript
Rust
TypeScript
Node JS
Lua
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Google BigQuery
BigQuery
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
DevOps
GCP
GitHub Actions
CircleCI
Azure
CI/CD
Jenkins
Git
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Management
Agile
Scrum
Kanban
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Open 133 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago 4 months ago Long shot · 6%

Contract Senior Software Engineer

≈ $29k – $67k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Hybrid (Cape Town, South Africa) • Contractor • Senior
Go
JavaScript
Rust
Kotlin
TypeScript
C#
Node JS
Lua
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
ElasticSearch
Frontend
Vue.js
GraphQL
React.js
DevOps
Terraform
GitHub Actions
CircleCI
Pulumi
CI/CD
Jenkins
Git
Docker
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Management
Agile
Scrum
Kanban
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Open 196 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago 6 months ago Long shot · 4%

Senior Software Engineer

≈ $29k – $67k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Hybrid (Cape Town, South Africa) • Senior
Go
JavaScript
Rust
TypeScript
C#
Node JS
Lua
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
ElasticSearch
Frontend
Vue.js
GraphQL
React.js
DevOps
Terraform
GitHub Actions
CircleCI
Pulumi
CI/CD
Jenkins
Git
Docker
Kubernetes
Management
Agile
Scrum
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Vista

vista.co
vista.co • HQ: London, United Kingdom • HQ: Wellesley, United States • Film Distribution • Design & Creative • Media & Entertainment • Cinema • Ticketing • 51-200 employees • Trust A • Hiring 25, 2 new
HQ: London, United Kingdom • HQ: Wellesley, United States • Film Distribution • Design & Creative • Media & Entertainment • Cinema • Ticketing • 51-200 employees • Trust A • Hiring 25, 2 new
Vista Group is a leader in delivering tech solutions to the film industry, helping to streamline operations and power exceptional moviegoer experiences.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 5 hours ago 4 months ago Long shot · 11%

Software Engineer - Software Integrations

Hybrid (Cape Town, South Africa) • Full-Time
SQL
C#
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Open 255 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago 8 months ago Long shot · 9%

Senior Full Stack Developer

≈ $28k – $65k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Hybrid (Cape Town, South Africa) • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
TypeScript
C#
C#
.NET
Frontend
Tailwind CSS
React.js
Sass
DevOps
Rest API
CI/CD
Git
Docker
GitHub
GitLab
Management
Agile
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Share

share.inc
share.inc • HQ: Vancouver, United States • Commerce • Marketplaces • 51-200 employees • Est. 1979 • Trust B • Hiring 6
HQ: Vancouver, United States • Commerce • Marketplaces • 51-200 employees • Est. 1979 • Trust B • Hiring 6
From subsea cables to last-mile networks, Share coordinates fragmented infrastructure into a single ecosystem.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 148 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago 4 months ago Long shot · 19%

Founding Engineer

≈ $125k – $204k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • London • Johannesburg • Nairobi • Cape Town • Remote (Germany, France, United Kingdom, Kenya, Netherlands) • Full-Time • Staff
TypeScript
Node JS
JavaScript
Node JS
Nest.JS
Databases
PostgreSQL
RabbitMQ
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Copilot
Cursor
Claude
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Talent Safari

talentsafari.io
talentsafari.io • Lagos • Nairobi • Cape Town • Dar es Salaam • Lusaka • Travel & Tourism • Adventure Tourism • Likely startup • Trust A • Hiring 18, 1 new
Lagos • Nairobi • Cape Town • Dar es Salaam • Lusaka • Travel & Tourism • Adventure Tourism • Likely startup • Trust A • Hiring 18, 1 new
Talent Safari is the community for startup talent in Africa. We bring together mid-level operators and help to connect them with jobs at some of Africa.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 4 hours ago 5 months ago Long shot · 13%

Senior Full Stack Engineer

≈ $28k – $66k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Hybrid (Cape Town, South Africa) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
C#
C++
Node JS
Node JS
Nest.JS
Express
Databases
MySQL
Redis
Frontend
Vue.js
Angular
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
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LexisNexis

lexisnexis.com
lexisnexis.com • HQ: New York, United States • Cybersecurity • Legal AI • Legal Software • 5000+ employees • Est. 1973 • Trust B • Hiring 255, 12 new
HQ: New York, United States • Cybersecurity • Legal AI • Legal Software • 5000+ employees • Est. 1973 • Trust B • Hiring 255, 12 new
LexisNexis Legal and Professional is the legal information division of the RELX group, descended from the pioneering Lexis full-text legal search service launched in 1973. It sells case law and statutory research, practical guidance, drafting and analytics tools to law firms, corporate legal departments, courts and government bodies, and it has embedded generative assistants across those products under the Lexis+ AI name. Headquartered in New York with major operations in Ohio and North Carolina, it competes principally with Thomson Reuters and holds one of the two large English-language legal content archives.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 173 daysVerified live · 6 hours ago 5 months ago Long shot · 6%

Senior Software Engineer II

≈ $25k – $57k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Cape Town, Johannesburg, South Africa) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Python
JavaScript
DevOps
GCP
Azure
AWS
Management
Agile
Waterfall
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Sableinternational

sableinternational.com
sableinternational.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Legal Services • Currency Exchange & FX Payments • Wealth Management & Financial Advisors • 201-500 employees • Est. 1995 • Trust B • Hiring 3
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Legal Services • Currency Exchange & FX Payments • Wealth Management & Financial Advisors • 201-500 employees • Est. 1995 • Trust B • Hiring 3
We specialise in cross-border financial and immigration advice and solutions. We can help you move overseas, invest offshore or expand your business.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 211 daysVerified live · 8 hours ago 6 months ago Long shot · 10%

Senior Software Engineer

≈ $27k – $62k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 7+ years exp • In office (Cape Town, South Africa) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
C#
Node JS
C#
ASP.NET Core
Entity Framework Core
Databases
MS SQL
Frontend
Vue.js
DevOps
Azure
Windows Server
Git
AWS
GitHub
Management
ClickUp
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Theodo

theodo.com
theodo.com • HQ: Paris, France • AI Consulting & Integration • Cloud Consulting & Migration • Mobile App Development Services • Custom Software Development • 51-200 employees • Est. 2009 • IT services • Trust B • Hiring 109, 1 new
HQ: Paris, France • AI Consulting & Integration • Cloud Consulting & Migration • Mobile App Development Services • Custom Software Development • 51-200 employees • Est. 2009 • IT services • Trust B • Hiring 109, 1 new
Theodo is a French technology group founded in 2009 that builds digital products for large organisations and has grown into a federation of specialist agencies across web, mobile, cloud, data and artificial intelligence. Its structure is deliberately unusual: rather than scaling one large firm it spins out small autonomous companies, each with its own leadership and specialism, sharing engineering practice and back office. Headquartered in Paris with offices in London, New York and Casablanca, it is known in the French market for strong engineering craft and for publishing its methods openly.
Caroline Sauvegrain · Directeur Général · decision-maker
Noémie Parker · Président de SAS · decision-maker
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Verified live · 9 hours ago 7 months ago Fading · 34%

Full Stack Software Engineer - Cape Town

≈ $19k – $43k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • Hybrid (Cape Town, South Africa) • Middle • English
C#
JavaScript
C#
.NET
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Management
Slack
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Verified live · 9 hours ago 10 months ago Fading · 32%

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer - Cape Town

≈ $28k – $65k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • Hybrid (Cape Town, South Africa) • Senior • English
C#
JavaScript
C#
.NET
Databases
DynamoDB
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
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M3 Inc.

m3.com
m3.com • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Clinical Trial Services (CRO) • Health & Medical Media • Pharma Marketing & Medical Communications • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2000 • Trust B • Hiring 53, 7 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Clinical Trial Services (CRO) • Health & Medical Media • Pharma Marketing & Medical Communications • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2000 • Trust B • Hiring 53, 7 new
Founded in 2000 by Itaru Tanimura (originally established as So-net M3, Inc. with backing from Sony), M3 Inc. is a global healthcare technology and medical information enterprise headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and publicly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE: 2413). The company specializes in digital physician networks, pharmaceutical marketing platforms, clinical trial support, and healthcare IT solutions.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 235 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago 7 months ago Long shot · 11%

Senior Full Stack Developer

≈ $31k – $77k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Cape Town • Remote (South Africa) • Contractor • Senior • English
JavaScript
Node JS
PHP
C#
PHP
WordPress
C#
.NET
Databases
PostgreSQL
MS SQL
Frontend
Vue.js
React.js
Mobile
MVC
DevOps
Docker
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Kubernetes
AWS Lambda
Management
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ClearScore

clearscore.com
clearscore.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • 201-500 employees • Est. 2015 • Hiring 9
HQ: London, United Kingdom • 201-500 employees • Est. 2015 • Hiring 9
ClearScore is a London company founded in 2015 that gives consumers free access to their credit score and report. It monetises by matching users with credit cards and loans they are likely to be approved for, using its own eligibility models. The company has expanded to South Africa, Australia and Canada with tens of millions of users.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Verified live · 1 day ago 8 months ago Long shot · 10%

Fullstack Frontend Engineer

Hybrid (Cape Town, South Africa)
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
Node JS
Node JS
Express
Fastify
Databases
PostgreSQL
Apache Kafka
Frontend
Webpack
Next.js
React.js
Remix
DevOps
CircleCI
Jenkins
AWS
Docker
Management
Agile
Scrum
QA
Jest
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Impact Tech

impact.com
impact.com • HQ: Santa Barbara, United States • Influencers • Business Development • Media & Entertainment • Sales & Marketing • 51-200 employees • Est. 2008 • Trust B • Hiring 74, 1 new
HQ: Santa Barbara, United States • Influencers • Business Development • Media & Entertainment • Sales & Marketing • 51-200 employees • Est. 2008 • Trust B • Hiring 74, 1 new
impact.com (Impact Tech, Inc.) is an enterprise partnership management platform headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. Founded in 2008 (originally as Impact Radius) by Per Pettersen, Wade Crang, Roger Kjensrud, Lisa Riolo, Marc Diana, and Todd Crawford, the company provides a global SaaS platform designed to automate and scale the full partnership lifecycle. Its software streamlines partner discovery, contract management, tracking, fraud protection, and automated cross-border payments across diverse channel types - including affiliate marketing, influencer management, brand-to-brand partnerships, mobile app referrals, and publisher commerce content.
David Yovanno · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Per Pettersen · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Marco Ferrari · Director
Rob Perdue · Director
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Open 259 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 8 months ago Long shot · 10%

Software engineer

≈ $18k – $39k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Middle • 4+ years exp • Hybrid (Cape Town, South Africa) • Middle
JavaScript
Java
Databases
MySQL
Frontend
Vue.js
DevOps
CI/CD
Trunk-Based Development
Management
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Open 655 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 2 years ago Long shot · 4%

Senior Software Engineer

≈ $25k – $59k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • 8+ years exp • Hybrid (Cape Town, South Africa) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Java
SQL
Java
Maven
Hibernate
Spring MVC
Gradle
DevOps
Rest API
GCP
CI/CD
Jenkins
Bamboo
Unix
Management
Agile
Scrum
Kanban
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Boam

boam.ai
boam.ai • HQ: Miami, United States • Market Research • Information Security • AI Agents • B2B Company & Contact Data • 11-50 employees • Est. 2022 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 6
HQ: Miami, United States • Market Research • Information Security • AI Agents • B2B Company & Contact Data • 11-50 employees • Est. 2022 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 6
Managed data-agents driving enterprise growth. Experience verified, enriched, and always up-to-date data, tailored to fuel your company's momentum.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 288 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 9 months ago Long shot · 10%

Staff Backend Engineer

≈ $56k – $115k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • In office (Budapest, Hungary, Cape Town, South Africa) • Full-Time • Staff
Python
Scala
AI/ML
AI Agents
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Open 288 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 9 months ago Long shot · 6%

Senior Backend Engineer

≈ $48k – $88k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Budapest, Hungary, Cape Town, South Africa) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
Scala
AI/ML
AI Agents
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Open 288 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 9 months ago Long shot · 6%

Backend Engineer

Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Budapest, Hungary, Cape Town, South Africa) • Full-Time • Middle
Python
Scala
AI/ML
AI Agents
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Kerv

kerv.com
kerv.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Managed Network Services • Cloud Consulting & Migration • Managed IT Services (MSP) • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2020 • Likely startup • Trust B • Hiring 18, 4 new
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Managed Network Services • Cloud Consulting & Migration • Managed IT Services (MSP) • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2020 • Likely startup • Trust B • Hiring 18, 4 new
Kerv is a London technology services group founded in 2020 that provides cloud, collaboration, connectivity and security as managed services. It was assembled by combining specialist providers into practices that deliver across the full digital estate. The company works with enterprise and public sector clients in Britain and Europe.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 319 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago 10 months ago Long shot · 9%

Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack

≈ $29k – $67k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 4+ years exp • Hybrid (Cape Town, South Africa) • Senior • English (Optional)
TypeScript
Node JS
JavaScript
Node JS
Express
Fastify
TypeORM
Databases
PostgreSQL
MariaDB
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
GraphQL
DevOps
Terraform
Docker Compose
CI/CD
Git
AWS
Docker
Trunk-Based Development
Amazon EC2
Amazon S3
Amazon ECS
Management
Agile
Scrum
QA
Jest
Mocha
Supertest
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Livescore9

livescore9.com
livescore9.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • 501-1000 employees • Trust B • Hiring 8, 1 new
HQ: London, United Kingdom • 501-1000 employees • Trust B • Hiring 8, 1 new
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 421 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 1 year ago Long shot · 8%

Senior Software Engineer

≈ $28k – $65k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Hybrid (Cape Town, South Africa) • Senior
Java
SQL
JavaScript
TypeScript
Java
Spring Boot
Spring MVC
Spring Security
Spring Cloud
Spring Framework
Databases
MySQL
MongoDB
RabbitMQ
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Copilot
Frontend
Vue.js
Angular
DevOps
Git
GitHub
GCP
CI/CD
Docker
Management
Agile
QA
Cypress
Postman
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Virtu-Hire

virtu-hire.com
virtu-hire.com • HQ: Johannesburg, South Africa • Professional Services • Human Resources • 1001-5000 employees • Trust B • Hiring 83, 2 new
HQ: Johannesburg, South Africa • Professional Services • Human Resources • 1001-5000 employees • Trust B • Hiring 83, 2 new
No named decision-maker yet.
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Technical Lead

≈ $23k – $66k per year (Estimated) • Lead • In office (Cape Town, South Africa) • Staff
Java
Node JS
JavaScript
Databases
DynamoDB
Apache Kafka
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
Incident Management
API Gateway
Cybersecurity
PCI DSS
GDPR
Management
Stripe
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Backend Developer Salary in Cape Town
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What salary do Backend Developer jobs in Cape Town pay?
The average salary is around $84,000 per year based on the current listings.
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