Senior Software Engineer

Role: Senior Software Engineer. Location: King William’s Town, Eastern Cape. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.

About the Opportunity

This Senior Software Engineer role has been briefed against a clear set of outcomes for King William’s Town. The successful candidate will work alongside an established team and will be expected to contribute meaningfully to the it jobs pipeline across Eastern Cape.

Communication runs both ways. Managers across the it jobs team in Eastern Cape make time for one-to-ones, and people are expected to speak up early when something needs attention.

The role has been written to be sustainable, not just busy. Strong output is expected, and managers in King William’s Town also pay attention to recovery, learning and the kind of breathing room that keeps people doing good work over time.

Working in King William’s Town

Working in King William’s Town means a place near the Mthatha regional service centre, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the Eastern Cape region, and the King William’s Town office benefits from those long-standing connections.

Candidates should review the listed location, schedule and travel requirements before applying for this role in King William’s Town, Eastern Cape.

Many candidates already living within reach of King William’s Town cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Eastern Cape economy.

A Typical Day

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.

In addition, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Eastern Cape operations throw up the unexpected.

No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in King William’s Town.

Our Commitment to Transformation

Beyond that, the organisation is committed to fair, merit-based recruitment and equal opportunity. Applications are assessed against the published role requirements in line with applicable employment law.

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 King William’s Town.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades with minimal downtime
• Automate repetitive operational tasks using scripts and tooling
• Design, develop and maintain features across the application stack
• Optimise database queries and back-end performance hot-spots
• Monitor system health using observability tools and respond to alerts
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical design discussions
• Investigate and resolve user-reported support tickets at L2 and L3
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable, repeatable releases

Minimum Requirements

• Reliable home internet for hybrid work where applicable
• Relevant IT qualification (degree, diploma or recognised certifications)
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Exposure to monitoring and observability tooling
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code

Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.