Backend Developer

Listing live now. We believe great workplaces are built on great people. We are looking for a Backend Developer in Lichtenburg, and we encourage applicants from across North West to consider this opportunity.

The Role

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

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 Lichtenburg.

Meet the Team

You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the it jobs side of the business inside out. The Lichtenburg group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.

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.

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

About Lichtenburg

Practically speaking, the role is based in Lichtenburg, within the Klerksdorp gold and farming belt. Public transport links and parking are within easy reach, making the daily commute manageable for candidates living across Lichtenburg and the broader North West region.

Many candidates already living within reach of Lichtenburg cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local North West economy.

If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Lichtenburg, North West.

Core Functions

• Write clean, testable code that follows the team’s coding standards
• Investigate and resolve user-reported support tickets at L2 and L3
• Monitor system health using observability tools and respond to alerts
• Automate repetitive operational tasks using scripts and tooling
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable, repeatable releases
• Diagnose and resolve production incidents within agreed SLAs
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical design discussions
• Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades with minimal downtime

Essential Criteria

• Good written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences
• Exposure to monitoring and observability tooling
• 2-5 years’ commercial software development experience
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code

Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.