Senior Developer (Platform) – MEAN Stack
Cape Town - South Africa
Job Summary
THE OPPORTUNITY THAT AWAITS YOU
Join a growing technology business building enterprise-scale communication and engagement platforms used by thousands of users daily.
Were looking for a hands-on Senior Developer (Platform) who enjoys solving complex problems and more importantly owns products and features end-to-end. This role will suit someone who has taken solutions from requirements and architecture through development deployment support and continuous improvement.
Youll work closely with a collaborative engineering team to build scalable applications integrations cloud-based services and AI-enabled solutions.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Build and maintain scalable applications across the MEAN stack
- Develop high-quality backend services using
- Build modern front-end experiences using Angular
- Design and develop APIs and integrations
- Collaborate with Product Engineering and business stakeholders
- Contribute to architecture technical standards and best practices
- Own features from concept through to production
- Improve platform performance scalability and reliability
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools where appropriate
OUR REQUIRED EXPERTISE
- 7 years of commercial software development experience
- Strong and Angular experience
- Solid JavaScript and/or TypeScript skills
- Experience with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases
- Experience building APIs and enterprise applications
- Cloud experience (Azure AWS or GCP)
- Exposure to Docker CI/CD and modern DevOps practices
- A track record of delivering production-grade software
- Clear examples of owning products platforms or major features end-to-end
- Python
- Bun
- Databricks
- SaaS or enterprise platform experience
- ERP integrations
- Cloud-native development
- AI LLM RAG automation or machine learning exposure
- Cursor GitHub Copilot Claude Code or similar tools
The Ideal Person:
- You take ownership and are accountable for outcomes
- You enjoy solving real business problems
- You can influence technical decisions and contribute to architecture
- Youre collaborative pragmatic and delivery-focused
- Youre passionate about modern engineering practices and continuous learning
YOUR REWARD
- Hybrid working model (3 days in office)
- R85000 - R110000 per month (including medical aid subsidy)
- A whopping 30 days annual leave
- Flexible working hours
- Exposure to AI-assisted development and modern engineering practices
- Opportunity to influence a growing platform and engineering team
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