Backend Developer

Listing live now. Role: Backend Developer. Location: Bethal, Mpumalanga. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.

What This Role Involves

The Backend Developer position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Mpumalanga. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Bethal and across the it jobs space.

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

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

Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Backend Developer is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Mpumalanga is consistently high and consistently fair.

About the Team

Crucially, the team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the Bethal office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when Mpumalanga operations get busy.

Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.

Importantly, the team mix in Bethal 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.

Why This Role

Beyond that, the company invests in the people who join it. From structured onboarding to ongoing skills development, you will find clear paths to grow your career in it jobs from your base in Bethal. Many colleagues across Mpumalanga have moved into senior roles after starting in positions just like this one.

Importantly, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Bethal keep progressing.

Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in Mpumalanga.

Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Bethal teams.

Growing With Us

This role can grow with you. Strong performers in the it jobs team in Bethal 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 Bethal have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Mpumalanga.

Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.

Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Bethal team member.

Your Workplace

Beyond that, the environment is hybrid-friendly where the role allows, with collaborative tooling, modern source-control workflows and a strong emphasis on shared ownership of code and incidents.

Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Bethal site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

A respectful, professional environment is the standard in Mpumalanga. Bullying, harassment and unfair conduct have no place here, and managers are trained to act decisively when concerns are raised.

Crucially, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams and runbooks
• Collaborate with product and design teams during sprint planning
• Investigate and resolve user-reported support tickets at L2 and L3
• Optimise database queries and back-end performance hot-spots
• Diagnose and resolve production incidents within agreed SLAs
• Design, develop and maintain features across the application stack

Essential Criteria

• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Experience with Git, branching strategies and pull-request workflows
• Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Good written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences
• Comfortable working in agile delivery teams
• 2-5 years’ commercial software development experience
• Ability to mentor junior team members on best practices

If your CV speaks to the points above, this role is worth a closer look.