Work-Force
The organisation is recruiting a Senior Software Engineer for its Springbok operation. The role forms part of a wider it jobs portfolio across Northern Cape.
About This Position
This Senior Software Engineer role sits within the it jobs function in Springbok. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across Northern Cape.
Day-to-day, the role balances focused delivery with the kind of collaboration that keeps things moving. The successful candidate is trusted to make sensible decisions inside the agreed scope, with line-management support whenever a sounding board is useful.
Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the it jobs group in Springbok.
Meet the Team
You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the it jobs side of the business inside out. The Springbok group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.
Practically speaking, the team mix in Springbok reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.
Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.
Career Growth
Equally, this role can grow with you. Strong performers in the it jobs team in Springbok have moved into senior, supervisory and specialist positions, and that journey is supported through coaching, training and exposure to bigger projects.
Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Springbok have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Northern Cape.
Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Springbok team member.
Key Responsibilities
- Investigate and resolve user-reported support tickets at L2 and L3
- Implement security best practices in line with POPIA obligations
- Mentor junior engineers through pairing and structured feedback
- Manage user access, identity and endpoint security across the estate
- Collaborate with product and design teams during sprint planning
- Optimise database queries and back-end performance hot-spots
Essential Criteria
- Experience with Git, branching strategies and pull-request workflows
- Exposure to monitoring and observability tooling
- Reliable home internet for hybrid work where applicable
- Comfortable working in agile delivery teams
- 2-5 years’ commercial software development experience
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
- Ability to mentor junior team members on best practices
If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.