Work-Force
A vacancy has been confirmed for a Backend Developer based in Upington, Northern Cape. The successful candidate will join an established team within the it jobs function.
About the Opportunity
This Backend Developer role has been briefed against a clear set of outcomes for Upington. The successful candidate will work alongside an established team and will be expected to contribute meaningfully to the it jobs pipeline across Northern Cape.
Expect a structured first ninety days, with onboarding milestones, regular check-ins, and an early focus on getting comfortable with the systems and processes that underpin the Upington team.
Stakeholders for this position include line managers, peers across the it jobs team and trusted external partners. Building those relationships early makes the next twelve months in Upington much easier.
Why Join Us
Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in Upington contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the it jobs space in Northern Cape.
Career development may be available depending on the role, business needs and the hiring organisation’s policies.
The role’s development opportunities, training and benefits, if offered, will be set out in the final vacancy details.
The Environment
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.
Equally, the role is intended to operate under the hiring organisation’s workplace conduct, health and safety policies in Northern Cape.
On top of that, 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.
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.
Crucially, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Northern 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 Upington.
Key Responsibilities
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical design discussions
- Mentor junior engineers through pairing and structured feedback
- Write clean, testable code that follows the team’s coding standards
- Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams and runbooks
- Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades with minimal downtime
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable, repeatable releases
- Automate repetitive operational tasks using scripts and tooling
Minimum Requirements
- Good written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences
- Reliable home internet for hybrid work where applicable
- Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
- Relevant IT qualification (degree, diploma or recognised certifications)
- 2-5 years’ commercial software development experience
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.