Senior Software EngineerMainboard - Creative Technology • WorkFromHome, Western Cape, South Africa
Senior Software Engineer
Mainboard - Creative Technology • WorkFromHome, Western Cape, South Africa
16 hours ago
Job description10+ years of practical, hands‑on software development experience. Deep, practical Microsoft SQL Server expertise : Query tuning & execution plan analysis, Indexing strategy & SARGability, Parameter sniffing & transaction design, Ability to write and optimize raw T‑SQL confidently. Strong backend engineering in + TypeScript . Solid experience building GraphQL and REST APIs. Experience with Prisma ORM for schema modeling and typed queries — and knowing when to bypass ORM for performance. Proven ability to design and implement integrations with external APIsfort working with AWS in production environments. Curious, self‑driven, and comfortable owning outcomes end‑to‑end. Familiarity with .NET Core for reading / understanding legacy code. Experience in event‑driven or distributed system patterns. Performance profiling or observability experience. A global platform with long‑term product stability and ongoing innovation. Work with a tight‑knit, highly skilled, senior team — no bureaucracy, no slowdowns. Hybrid flexibility : real collaboration + real focus time. Opportunities to shape the next generation of agency, talent, and creative‑industry tech : including AI and automation initiatives. 27+ years in the industry and still building forward. If solving real technical challenges and seeing your work directly impact a global product excites you, we'd love to meet you.
Join the team behindMainboard, the platform powering top model and talent agencies in28 countriesfor over27 years.
We're looking for aSenior Backend Engineerwho thrives on architecting scalable systems, tuning high-performance databases, and building clean, reliable APIs.This is ahybrid rolebased in Cape Town, balancing meaningful in-person collaboration with focused remote work.
What You’ll Do
- Architect, optimize, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server databases that run critical, real-time production workloads.
- Build and deploy GraphQL APIs end-to-end (schema design ? resolvers ? integration).
- Develop and maintain backend services in + TypeScript .
- Integrate third-party APIs and internal services cleanly and safely.
- Work with AWS to deploy and operate scalable systems.
- Collaborate closely with a small, senior team that values speed, clarity, and ownership.
- Read and interpret existing .NET Core code when required (no new feature development in .NET).
What We’re Looking For
Nice to Have (Not required, but helpful)
Why Join Mainboard
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