Work-Force
Bring your skills as a Backend Developer to Pretoria and join a team that moves fast. This Gauteng role is one to watch.
What This Role Involves
The organisation is investing in its Pretoria operation, and this Backend Developer position reflects that commitment. The successful candidate will work across the it jobs function and contribute to the wider Gauteng business.
Beyond that, the organisation keeps reporting lines clean and expectations realistic. Performance is measured against a small, agreed set of metrics, and there are no surprise yardsticks for the Backend Developer taking on this position.
Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Pretoria teams, and the new Backend Developer will feel that from the first week.
Why Join Us
Equally, the hiring organisation may provide onboarding or skills development for this it jobs role in Pretoria; the available support will be confirmed in the final vacancy details for Gauteng.
Career development may be available depending on the role, business needs and the hiring organisation’s policies.
Importantly, the role’s development opportunities, training and benefits, if offered, will be set out in the final vacancy details.
What Your Day Looks Like
Your day tends to start with a quick standup, where the team shares progress and surfaces blockers. From there, you settle into focused build time, breaking tickets into manageable chunks and pairing with colleagues when something gets thorny. Afternoons mix code reviews, planning discussions and the occasional production incident — everyone pulls together, fixes the issue and feeds the lessons back into the next sprint. By the time you sign off, you’ve shipped value, learned something new, and left clean code behind you.
Equally, the Pretoria office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Pretoria.
Our Commitment to Transformation
In addition, the organisation supports a respectful workplace. Applications are welcome from suitably qualified candidates across Gauteng, and recruitment is intended to be fair and transparent.
B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Pretoria.
Core Functions
- Diagnose and resolve production incidents within agreed SLAs
- Manage user access, identity and endpoint security across the estate
- Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams and runbooks
- Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades with minimal downtime
- Mentor junior engineers through pairing and structured feedback
- Design, develop and maintain features across the application stack
Candidate Profile
- Understanding of secure development principles aligned with POPIA
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex systems
- Good written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience with Git, branching strategies and pull-request workflows
- Comfortable working in agile delivery teams
- Relevant IT qualification (degree, diploma or recognised certifications)
Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.