Job Description

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Job Overview

Application Deadline:

16 February 2026

Job Location:

Somerset West, Western Cape

Job Title:

Senior Java Engineer (Remote)

Education Level:

Bachelors Degree

Job Level:

Senior

Minimum Experience:

5- 7 Years

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Senior Java Engineer (Remote) required in Somerset West.

A well establish international software development company is looking for a Senior Java Engineer to join their team on full time permanent basis.



This is a remote / hybrid role, with a requirement to be in either the Somerset West, Pretoria, or Johannesburg offices once a week.



Excellent salary on offer plus internal career advancement opportunities.

Tech Stack / Environment:

Our backend systems are built using a modern, robust Java stack. We follow strong architectural and testing principles, with full deployment on AWS infrastructure.

Requirements:

Minimum 6 years of experience in a similar position Languages & Frameworks: + Java 21
+ Spring Boot 3
+ OpenAPI Specification 3
Testing & Code Quality: + JUnit 5 (unit + integration tests)
+ Testcontainers
+ ArchUnit
+ Lombok
Infrastructure & Observability: + Deployed on Kubernetes clusters running in AWS
+ Micrometer + Prometheus + Grafana (metrics and dashboards)
+ Slf4j logging with aggregation and visualisation via Kibana
+ While the lift-and-shift migration to AWS is complete, further optimisation and refactoring of our observability stack is planned to leverage native AWS services were beneficial
Messaging & Data: + Apache Kafka for asynchronous communication between services
+ MySQL, PostgreSQL and Cassandra as our main database technologies

Applying for this position:

* If you are interested in this great career opportunity and qualify, please send your CV.