Junior Developer

Bring your skills as a Junior Developer to Giyani and join a team that moves fast. This Limpopo role is one to watch.

About This Position

The organisation is investing in its Giyani operation, and this Junior Developer position reflects that commitment. The successful candidate will work across the it jobs function and contribute to the wider Limpopo business.

Practically speaking, the organisation keeps reporting lines clean and expectations realistic. Performance is measured against a small, agreed set of metrics, and there are no surprise yardsticks for the Junior Developer taking on this position.

Internal documentation, process notes and shared playbooks make it easier for the Junior Developer to step into the it jobs workflow quickly. Institutional knowledge is well-organised, so people are not reinventing the wheel from one week to the next.

Your Team

You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the it jobs side of the business inside out. The Giyani 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.

Importantly, the team mix in Giyani reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.

About Giyani

Working in Giyani means a place in the Lephalale energy corridor, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the Limpopo region, and the Giyani office benefits from those long-standing connections.

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

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

Your Role

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable, repeatable releases
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical design discussions
• Diagnose and resolve production incidents within agreed SLAs
• Design, develop and maintain features across the application stack
• Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades with minimal downtime
• Monitor system health using observability tools and respond to alerts

Essential Criteria

• Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) is an advantage
• 2-5 years’ commercial software development experience
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex systems
• Reliable home internet for hybrid work where applicable
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Understanding of secure development principles aligned with POPIA

Beyond that, if most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.