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Senior Software Engineer – Streaming & AWS

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Cape Town Contract / 6 Months

🚀 Senior Software Engineer – Streaming & AWS


Level: Senior

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer with strong expertise in real-time data streaming and AWS cloud architecture. This role will play a key part in building modern, scalable systems that handle complex data flows and support business-critical applications.

You’ll collaborate with a cross-functional team to design, develop, and maintain high-performance services and tools – all while pushing the boundaries of cloud-native development.


🔧 Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain real-time data streaming pipelines and services

  • Develop and optimize scalable backend services and APIs

  • Collaborate closely with software engineers, data engineers, and DevOps teams to build new tools and improve system architecture

  • Manage and enhance AWS infrastructure components, including security, scalability, and performance tuning

  • Build and maintain efficient CI/CD pipelines and participate in infrastructure as code (IaC) practices

  • Ensure systems are robust, observable, and aligned with performance and availability targets


✅ Required Skills & Experience

Languages & Frameworks:

  • Node.js, JavaScript, Java, React

  • HTML, SQL

Cloud & Infrastructure:

  • Strong AWS experience, especially with:

    • MSK (Kafka)

    • EC2, Lambda, Glue, Aurora RDS

    • Kubernetes (k8s) and Docker

DevOps & Infrastructure as Code:

  • CI/CD tools and practices

  • Terraform for infrastructure automation

  • GitOps workflows

Databases:

  • Complex schema design

  • Performance tuning and query optimization


🌟 Nice to Have

  • Experience working with high-throughput, low-latency systems

  • Familiarity with event-driven architectures

  • Exposure to data pipeline orchestration tools


💼 Why Join?

  • Work on cutting-edge, cloud-native systems in a fast-paced environment

  • Collaborate with top-tier engineers on meaningful, real-world data problems

  • Be part of a modern tech stack and drive innovation at scale


📩 Apply Now

If you’re passionate about real-time systems and cloud engineering, we’d love to hear from you.
Submit your CV and portfolio or reach out directly for more information.

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Job Information

Job Reference: JO-2506-354481
Salary:
Salary per: annum
Job Duration: 6 Months
Job Start Date: 01/08/2025
Job Industries: Technology
Job Locations: Cape Town
Job Types: Contract

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