Full Stack Software Developer

A growing company is looking forFull Stack Software Engineerat a mid-junior to intermediate level to join its growing development team based in Bellville. The engineering team is currently moving onto anew architectural foundation centred around a deliberately designed data layer and anevent-driven backend on Google Cloud.

The successful candidates will work alongside the Solution Architect and senior engineers to help build and scale this new platform. This is an excellent opportunity for developers who want to work withmodern cloud technologies real-time data event-driven systems and AI while developing their skills under experienced technical leadership

Responsibilities:

• Build features across thefull technology stack including NestJS backend services and React applications.
• Develop and maintain APIs and backend services using TypeScript and NestJS.
• Build responsive and reliable frontend functionality using React and TypeScript.
• Design and maintainPrisma schemas and database migrations.
• Work with PostgreSQL and write direct SQL where appropriate.
• Develop and maintainPub/Sub event consumers considering retries failures and duplicate messages.
• Implement typed contracts and Zod schemas across server and client applications.
• Contribute to product development usingGCP Cloud AI.
• Write clean maintainable and testable code.
• Participate in code reviews and learn from feedback.
• Review other developers code as experience develops.
• Work closely with senior engineers and solution architects to build the companys new technical architecture.
• Continuously improve technical knowledge development practices and understanding of data modelling.

Requirements:

• Approximately24 years professional software development experience or less with demonstrable technical depth.
• Strong working knowledge ofTypeScript and React.
• Comfortable working with backend code.
• Good understanding ofSQL and relational databases.
• Ability to write and understand SQL joins.
• Understanding of relational concepts such asforeign keys and data relationships.
• Experience building and maintaining web applications.
• Strong attention to correctness reliability and edge cases.
• Ability to think about scenarios such as duplicate requests API failures and retries.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

What theyre looking for:

• Askswhyrather than simply following instructions.
• Takes code review and constructive feedback positively.
• Thinks carefully about reliability edge cases and failure scenarios.
• Is interested in becoming strong atdata modelling and backend architecture.
• Can work independently while knowing when to ask for guidance.
• Enjoys learning new technologies and solving complex problems.
• Has genuine interest in both frontend and backend development