JAVA Back End Software Engineer - Telecoms - Stellenbosch - R1.6m PA

Are you an experienced Back-End Engineer ready to take on complex, high-scale systems in a modern cloud-native telecommunications environment?

We're looking for a Java Software Engineer - Back-End to join a high-performing engineering team building and evolving mission-critical platforms in the Telco and digital services space.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys end-to-end ownership of production systems and thrives in complex, distributed architecture environments.

What You'll Need

• 9+ years' experience in back-end software development
• Proven experience delivering production-grade systems end-to-end
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology (or related field)
• Grade 12 / National Certificate (required)

• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• RESTful API design and integration
• Advanced programming concepts, algorithms, and data structures
• Design patterns and testing practices
• SQL database design and query optimisation
• Cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
• Microservices and event-driven architectures
• Containerisation and Kubernetes-based deployments

• Java
• Spring Boot
• AWS
• Kafka
• PostgreSQL

• Customer and partner management systems
• Product catalogues, offers, bundles, pricing & promotions
• Order capture, fulfilment & service provisioning
• Charging, billing, invoices, payments & balances
• Call Detail Records (CDRs) and usage data processing
• Assurance, support, and network event data
• OSS/BSS ecosystem integration