Senior Backend Developer, AI

Clickatell

Back-end engineer building scalable services for AI-driven chat commerce platform at Clickatell. Leveraging AI tools and technologies to enhance development processes and product delivery.

Posted 7/20/2026full-timeCape Town • 🇿🇦 South AfricaSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and owning backend services using Java and Python, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and integration of AI capabilities. Proficient in designing APIs, managing distributed systems, and ensuring performance while leveraging AI tools for development efficiency.

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Java (Spring Boot) Backend DevelopmentPython Backend DevelopmentHigh-Scale Distributed SystemsCloud Environments (AWS)AI Tool Integration (Amazon Q, Cursor, Copilot, Claude, GPT)

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Hard Skills

JavaSpring BootPythonAPIsDatabasesCachingEvent-Driven SystemsKafkaTestingDebugging

Soft Skills

Problem-SolvingAttention to DetailOwnership

Tools & Technologies

AWSContainerized DeploymentsAI Tools

Industry Keywords

Low-Latency SystemsReal-Time SystemsAI CapabilitiesLLM APIsToken Usage

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsJavaKafkaPythonSpringSpring BootSpringBoot

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and own backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and Python—designed for scale, reliability, and real-time use.
Use AI tools (Amazon Q, Cursor, Copilot, Claude, GPT) to accelerate development, refactoring, and problem-solving.
Turn product ideas into production-ready systems quickly, without compromising quality.
Integrate AI capabilities (LLMs, RAG, vector search) into backend workflows where they add real value.
Act as the final filter for AI-generated code—identify flaws, inefficiencies, and incorrect assumptions before they ship.
Design clean APIs, handle distributed system challenges, and ensure performance at scale.
Write and validate tests to keep fast-moving systems stable.
Debug production issues and take full ownership of reliability and performance.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong experience with Java (Spring Boot) and Python backend systems.
Experience building high-scale, low-latency distributed systems.
Solid understanding of APIs, databases, caching, and event-driven systems (e.g., Kafka).
Experience with cloud environments (AWS) and containerized deployments.
Familiarity with LLM APIs, token usage, latency, and response handling.
You are already using AI tools (Amazon Q, Cursor, Copilot, Claude, GPT) as part of your daily workflow.
You know how to manage context, structure prompts, and get reliable outputs from AI systems.
You don’t trust AI blindly, you verify, refine, and take responsibility for every line shipped.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical Aid contribution
Pension fund contribution
Quarterly performance incentive bonus
Risk benefit company contributions
Reimbursable communications allowance for internet and mobile phone bills
Half-day off on your birthday
5 personal days leave a year, over and above your annual leave + ½ day off on your birthday
Flexible working conditions (remote & in person) with access to office hubs as required **current policy *
Home office set-up with laptop, monitor and other related items.