Full Stack Developer
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Full Stack Developer at Online Education Services: Cape Town, Republika Południowej Afryki; Hybrydowo. This listing is part of JobGrid's Oferty pracy dla software engineerów z publicznych stron firm. JobGrid adds normalized role facts, source context, and a path to the employer application page so candidates can compare the listing before applying.
- Location and workplace: Cape Town, Republika Południowej Afryki, Hybrydowo
- Source freshness: checked by JobGrid on 2026-06-06.
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Location: Cape Town
Working Practices: Hybrid | Mondays and Thursday in office and remaining days remote
Contract Type: 12 month contract
Working Hours: 07H00 - 15H30 SAST
Reports to: Manager – Application Developer
Job Summary:
The Application Developer is responsible for supporting the evolution of the technology solution and processes that support the entire development and delivery of Online Education Services (OES) products and services.
The Application Developer will work closely with key internal stakeholders to drive the successful automation of unit development processes, including the setup and maintenance of key cloud technology systems to support this. They will
manage off the shelf systems as well as build fit for purpose solutions as required to the delivery of the OES technology vision for online learning.
This role will support the Head of Student Technology in providing thought leadership, and options and solutions formulation for the unit development and broader technology space.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams – Work closely with Developers, Testers, Product Owners, and Business Analysts to refine product requirements and drive feature development.
- Assist with architecture and design of scalable solutions – Assist in shaping low-level solution designs with the Solution Architect or Solution Lead, ensuring robust and maintainable implementations.
- Develop high-performance applications – Design, build, and enhance features for our custom-built platform using React (frontend), Node.js (backend), and AWS services.
- Optimize and scale – Continuously improve system performance, scalability, and reliability by refactoring code, improving API efficiency, and enhancing cloud infrastructure.
- Build and integrate APIs – Develop and maintain APIs to enable seamless integrations between our custom platform, Salesforce, data warehouses, and other critical systems.
- Prototype and validate ideas – Create proof-of-concepts (PoCs) to evaluate potential feature implementations and new technologies.
- Ensure cloud-native best practices – Leverage AWS services for serverless computing, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code to drive efficient deployments.
- Support business expansion – Assist in setting up and operating new partner systems both domestically and internationally.
- Enhance DevOps and automation – Work with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring tools, and automated testing to streamline deployment and operations.
- Champion technical excellence – Conduct regular reviews to simplify and streamline the platform, implementing improvements based on best practices.
- Mentor and guide – Support junior developers, conduct code reviews, and contribute to a strong engineering culture.
- Drive innovation – Stay ahead of industry trends, advocate for modern technologies, and help evolve our technology stack.