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Java System Design Specialist – REMOTE – R1.6m Per annum

e-Merge IT Recruitment
Posted 7 hours ago
🇿🇦South Africa🏠Remote📁Engineering & Development
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Java System Design Specialist – REMOTE – R1.6m Per annum


YOU DON’T JUST WRITE CODE. YOU DESIGN WHAT COMES NEXT.

Are you a senior engineer who enjoys solving the big technical problems?

The ones where you need to think about architecture, scalability, performance, reliability and how everything fits together?

We’re looking for a Java System Design Specialist to join a fast-growing technology environment where you’ll have the opportunity to influence technical direction while still being hands-on with development.


If Java, System Design and scalable architecture are where you do your best work, this could be your next move.


THIS IS MORE THAN A JAVA ROLE


We’re looking for an engineer who can see beyond the individual application and understand the bigger picture.


You’ll be working with complex systems where decisions around architecture, integration, data and infrastructure really matter.


You should be comfortable thinking about:


Scalability.

Performance.

Availability.

Security.

Resilience.

Maintainability.


WHAT YOU’LL BRING


  • 9+ years’ professional software development experience
  • Strong commercial Java experience
  • Strong Spring Boot / Spring Framework
  • Proven experience building backend services and APIs
  • Strong System Design and Software Architecture experience
  • Experience designing scalable, highly available distributed systems
  • Strong understanding of microservices and/or service-oriented architecture
  • Experience with event-driven systems, messaging and asynchronous processing
  • Strong database design and data modelling experience
  • Cloud experience across AWS, Azure or GCP
  • Experience with React, TypeScript and/or JavaScript
  • Understanding of API security and authentication
  • Experience working in Agile engineering environments
  • Comfortable operating independently on complex technical challenges


YOUR ENVIRONMENT


You’ll ideally have experience with:


PostgreSQL / MySQL | Redis | NoSQL

Docker | Kubernetes

Cloud platforms | CI/CD

Monitoring | Logging | Observability

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING


This is where your experience in system design and engineering comes into play.

You’ll:


  • Design and develop high-performance applications and services
  • Contribute to architecture and technical design decisions
  • Build robust backend solutions and integrations
  • Design for scalability, availability and resilience
  • Work across distributed and microservice-based environments
  • Develop and optimise data solutions
  • Contribute to cloud and deployment strategies
  • Help maintain strong engineering, security and development practices
  • Collaborate with developers, stakeholders and other technical teams
  • Solve complex problems with a high degree of autonomy


THE ENGINEER WE WANT


You’re a senior developer who thinks beyond the code.

You understand that good architecture isn't simply about choosing the right technology — it's about understanding trade-offs, scalability, reliability, performance and business requirements.

You’ve actually designed and built systems, not just worked from someone else's architecture.

If you enjoy technical challenges, have strong engineering fundamentals and like being involved in how systems are designed as well as how they are built, we want to hear from you.


THE DETAILS


Reference: GZ61510

Location: REMOTE

Type: Permanent

Salary: R1.6m per annum, negotiable based on experience and ability

Contact Garth:

garthz@e-merge.co.za

011 463 3633


We’re a specialist niche IT recruitment agency connecting exceptional technology professionals with exciting opportunities across the market.


KNOW SOMEONE WHO FITS?


Know a brilliant Java Developer, Full Stack Developer, Software Architect or System Design Specialist who should see this?


Send them our way — WE PAY CASH FOR SUCCESSFUL REFERRALS!


#Java #SystemDesign #SoftwareArchitecture #JavaDeveloper #FullStackDeveloper #SpringBoot #Microservices #DistributedSystems #CloudComputing #SoftwareEngineering #RemoteJobs #TechJobs #SouthAfricaJobs #Hiring

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