Application Developer

Overview

DLK Group | Contract — Application Developer — Pretoria, South Africa

• Date Opened: 13/03/2026
• Job Type: Contract
• Industry: Technology
• Work Experience:
  
  5-7 years
• Salary:
  Market Related
• City:
  Pretoria
• Province:
  Gauteng
• Country:
  South Africa
• Postal Code: 0004

The Application / Web Developer will provide professional software development services to support the organisation’s application development team on a need basis. The role involves designing, developing, testing, and maintaining both new and existing software solutions. The successful candidate will work closely with business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure software applications meet business, security, and performance requirements.

• Visual Studio
• Languages & Frameworks: C#, .NET Core, JavaScript, Angular, React, Python, T-SQL
• Azure Dev Ops
• Microsoft Power Platform:
  Power BI, SharePoint Online
• Databases:
  Azure SQL, On-Premises SQL Server
• Data Platforms:
  Azure Data Lake, Synapse, Databricks, Notebooks

• Engage with business stakeholders to gather, document and review business requirements.
• Assess packaged software solutions and development tools and provide input to feasibility studies.
• Develop and maintain web-based software solutions and API integrations.
• Develop application prototypes to validate business requirements.
• Develop and maintain test code and perform unit testing.
• Participate in quality management reviews and code reviews.
• Develop technical specifications, deployment guides and user documentation.
• Enhance and optimise existing systems through performance tuning, code optimisation and bug fixing.
• Conduct handover processes and review existing software solutions.

• Minimum 5 years experience developing front-end and back-end web applications
• Minimum 5 years experience using .NET Core
• Minimum 5 years experience using C#
• Minimum 5 years experience using Share Point
• Minimum 5 years experience using Angular
• Minimum 5 years experience using React
• Minimum 5 years experience using Java Script
• Minimum 5 years experience using Power Platform
• Minimum 5 years experience in API or integration development
• Minimum 5 years experience in Software Quality Assurance

• BSc or BTech in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
• Microsoft Certified:
  Developer Associate (Mandatory)

• Source code and related artefacts including test code
• Technical documentation including design specifications and deployment guides
• Quality assurance and code review reports
• Performance review reports
• Feasibility reports
• User guides and training documentation