Work-Force
Bring your skills as a Frontend Developer to East London and join a team that moves fast. This Eastern Cape role is one to watch.
Overview
This Frontend Developer role sits within the it jobs function in East London. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team 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 East London also pay attention to recovery, learning and the kind of breathing room that keeps people doing good work over time.
Growing With Us
Career progression here is real, not a slogan. The it jobs space in East London offers a clear runway from delivery into team leadership and beyond, and managers sit down with each team member regularly to map out the next step in Eastern Cape.
Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every East London team member.
Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.
Where You’ll Work
In addition, 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.
Importantly, 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.
Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the East London site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
Your Team
Practically speaking, the team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the East London office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when Eastern Cape operations get busy.
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.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams and runbooks
- Optimise database queries and back-end performance hot-spots
- Write clean, testable code that follows the team’s coding standards
- Mentor junior engineers through pairing and structured feedback
- Diagnose and resolve production incidents within agreed SLAs
- Manage user access, identity and endpoint security across the estate
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable, repeatable releases
- Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades with minimal downtime
Essential Criteria
- Exposure to monitoring and observability tooling
- Understanding of secure development principles aligned with POPIA
- 2-5 years’ commercial software development experience
- Good written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong proficiency in Java, C#, Python, JavaScript or TypeScript
- Relevant IT qualification (degree, diploma or recognised certifications)
- Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.