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Backend Engineer Jobs in South Africa.

South Africa is the most industrialized economy in Africa, with strong finance, mining, technology, and services sectors across Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban. Browse jobs across South Africa from companies hiring nationwide.

Back-end engineers build the APIs, databases and services that power applications behind the scenes. Explore back-end engineer jobs from companies hiring worldwide.

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Backend Engineer salary range in South Africa

$102.6k 25th
$102.6k Median
$102.7k 75th
$102.6k
$140.6k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $125.4k – $178.5k · outliers off-axis
Based on 6 disclosed live listings
Updated Jul 23, 2026 from live listings
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KingMakers
Principal Backend Software Engineer (Customer)
KingMakers
⚡ Apply early Cape Town, Western Cape, South... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 11h ago
BV
Senior Software Engineer (Backend): Layer 1 Digital Asset
BVNK
⚡ Apply early South Africa, Bulgaria, Poland... Onsite €70,000–€110,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Clickatell
Senior Backend Developer (AI)
Clickatell
⚡ Apply early Cape Town, Western Cape, South... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Remofirst
Staff Backend Engineer
Remofirst
⚡ Apply early Serbia Remote
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
BV
Senior Software Engineer (Backend): Ledger - Wallets
BVNK
⚡ Apply early Bulgaria Onsite €70,000–€110,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
BV
Senior Software Engineer (Backend): Ledger - Reporting
BVNK
⚡ Apply early South Africa, Bulgaria, Poland... Onsite €70,000–€110,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
BV
Senior Software Engineer (Backend): Cards
BVNK
⚡ Apply early South Africa, Bulgaria, Poland... Onsite €70,000–€110,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
BV
Senior Software Engineer (Backend): FinCrime
BVNK
⚡ Apply early South Africa, Bulgaria, Poland... Onsite €70,000–€110,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
DuckDuckGo
Senior Backend Engineer
DuckDuckGo
⚡ Apply early USA (Remote) · location restricted $178,500–$178,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4w ago
VirtuHire
Backend Developer
VirtuHire
⚡ Apply early South Africa
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago

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