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Lead Application Developer

Sabenza IT & Recruitment

Job Location:

Cape Town - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Experience Required: 10years

Posted: 9 October 2026 (Yesterday)

Application Deadline: 6 January 2027

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Lead Application Developer (Full Stack )

Own the build. Lead the team. Ship software that people actually use.

We need a Lead Application Developer who can sit with a requirement turn it into a working is a hands-on lead role: you still design code test and deploy and you also guide the people doing the same work beside you.

What you will do:

Lead technical teams that turn user requirements into custom applications
Design build and deploy programmes from specification through to release
Code test debug and document classes and application logic
Build prototypes and agree the application plan with the team and the client
Work inside the clients SDLC and application lifecycle processes
Design and deploy eLearning solutions then support adoption through training

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications Required

Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science andor Software Engineering andor Information Systems andor Information Technology andor related technical certification in IT field.
Minimum of 10 years experience as an application developer working with:
Web Forms MVC 5&C#
JavaScript & JQuery
HTML and CSS
Microsoft SQL Server and stored procedures
Blazor
Angular
Minimum of 5 years experience managing a development team providing guidance and oversight to development teams
Proficient in Source Code Management applications