Full Stack Developer

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.

• 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 Dev Ops 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.

• React
  
  JS or similar Front end JavaScript framework experience
• NodeJS experience
• AWS (or similar cloud architecture) development experience in serverless solutions
• Developing and consuming API’s

• JS serverless libraries (Serverless
  
  JS or similar)
• HTM5, CSS3 and native JavaScript (jQuery/Jquery
  
  UI)
• Coding patterns (MVC, MVVM etc)
• Version control tools (e.g. Git)
• CI/CD (Jenkins or similar
• CMS/LMS experience

• Craft CMS (Or other)
• Version control tools (e.g. Git)
• Knowledge of TDD (Test driven development) & Agile Development process
• Jira
• Understanding about debugging and problem‑solving application issues
• PHP Development
• LTI development experience
• AWS Certification

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Medical allowance
• Commute allowance
• Flexible work for genuine career‑life fit
• A healthy and supportive company culture
• Generous annual leave
• Paid maternity and paternity benefits
• Study leave
• Professional development and mentoring
• Construct Culture Club events
• Company funded lunch and drinks every 8 weeks

Policy T&Cs apply for certain benefits