Senior Software Engineer – Streaming & AWS

Technology

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.

Salt is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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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