Frontend Developer

Whether you are a seasoned Frontend Developer or stepping into the role for the first time, there is space for you in Durban. The team hires on merit and across communities in KwaZulu-Natal.

About the Opportunity

The Frontend Developer position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across KwaZulu-Natal. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Durban 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.

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 Durban teams, and the new Frontend Developer will feel that from the first week.

Why This Role

You will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Durban colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the it jobs side of the business properly, day in and day out.

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 Durban 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 KwaZulu-Natal.

Working in Durban

Working in Durban means a place close to the Durban Harbour logistics hub, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the KwaZulu-Natal region, and the Durban office benefits from those long-standing connections.

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

Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Durban.

Key Outputs

• Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams and runbooks
• Collaborate with product and design teams during sprint planning
• Optimise database queries and back-end performance hot-spots
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable, repeatable releases
• Implement security best practices in line with POPIA obligations
• Manage user access, identity and endpoint security across the estate
• Write clean, testable code that follows the team’s coding standards
• Investigate and resolve user-reported support tickets at L2 and L3

Minimum Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Java, C#, Python, JavaScript or TypeScript
• 2-5 years’ commercial software development experience
• Reliable home internet for hybrid work where applicable
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
• Experience with Git, branching strategies and pull-request workflows
• Comfortable working in agile delivery teams
• Good written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences

Candidates who meet most of these criteria are welcome to be considered for the role.