Mid-Level Software Engineer (SaaS & Cloud)

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Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZAF
In-Office
Mid level
Information Technology • Pet • Professional Services
The Role
Design, build, and scale backend SaaS systems on AWS. Implement CI/CD and DevOps automation, manage cloud infrastructure, monitor and optimize platform performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready software.
Summary Generated by Built In

We are seeking a highly skilled and driven Software Engineer with deep technical capabilities, strong backend skills, and robust DevOps/AWS expertise to join our team at Blue Pearl. In this role, you will be instrumental in architecting, building, and scaling our SaaS products. You will not only write clean, efficient backend code but also take ownership of the deployment lifecycle, ensuring smart software management and seamless execution from development to production.



Requirements

Key Responsibilities

  • SaaS & Backend Development: Leverage deep technical capabilities to design, build, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend architectures and enterprise SaaS solutions.
  • Cloud Infrastructure: Architect and manage robust cloud environments on AWS, ensuring high availability, security, and cost-efficiency.
  • DevOps & Automation: Design and implement CI/CD pipelines, automate deployment workflows, and streamline continuous integration processes.
  • Smart Software Execution: Apply modern software management practices to optimize the software lifecycle, ensuring predictable, high-quality delivery.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, technical leads, and stakeholders to translate product requirements into deployable technical solutions.
  • System Maintenance: Monitor system performance, troubleshoot complex issues, and proactively optimize architecture to handle platform growth.

Minimum Requirements

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
  • Experience: 3–5 years of proven experience in Software Engineering, with a track record of delivering production-ready applications.
  • Technical Expertise: Deep technical capabilities with a strong focus on backend development (e.g., Java, Python, Node.js, Go, or C#).
  • Cloud Computing: Deep hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS).
  • DevOps Proficiency: Strong working knowledge of DevOps tools and practices (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions).
  • SaaS Architecture: Demonstrated ability to build and scale multi-tenant SaaS products.
  • Methodology: Strong understanding of Agile development methodologies and sprint-based execution.

Advantageous / Preferred Qualifications

  • Certifications: Active AWS Certification (e.g., AWS Certified Developer, Solutions Architect, or DevOps Engineer) is highly advantageous.
  • Emerging Tech: Hands-on experience integrating AI capabilities into product workflows.
  • Data & Analytics: Experience building or integrating automated reporting and data visualization tools into SaaS platforms.
  • Version Control & CI/CD: Expert use of Git and collaborative repository management.


Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field
  • 3-5 years proven experience in Software Engineering delivering production-ready applications
  • Backend development experience (Java, Python, Node.js, Go, or C#)
  • Deep hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS)
  • DevOps proficiency with tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions
  • Experience designing and scaling multi-tenant SaaS architectures
  • Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
  • Strong understanding of Agile development methodologies
  • Active AWS Certification (e.g., Developer, Solutions Architect, or DevOps Engineer)
  • Hands-on experience integrating AI capabilities into product workflows
  • Experience building or integrating automated reporting and data visualization into SaaS platforms
  • Expert use of Git and collaborative repository management
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The Company
22 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

Blue Pearl is a market-leading CLOUD Solutions developer with extensive knowledge and insight into the latest technologies, standardised processes, advanced technical capabilities and consulting processes available, ensuring wholistic success for our clientele. We offer professional consulting to compliment your business strategy and overall management and make it our priority to add value to any business by listening, analysing and creating a conducive solution that will empower our client. We implement a Data Analysis Process that includes inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modelling data with the end-goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and relevant information to support your decision-making. Your business cannot afford not to engage with us, allowing our data analysis to play a role in making your business decisions more scientific and helping your business achieve effective operation. Blue Pearl’s team of experts include BI strategists, BI analysts, Data Warehouse Architects, Data Scientists, Implementation and Development experts. With the use of BI, Analytics and Big Data, we effectively partner with our customers on their mission to achieve a competitive business advantage and real ROI from the structured information we collect.

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