Junior Developer

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

About the Opportunity

This Junior Developer role sits within the it jobs function in Mmabatho. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across North West.

Communication runs both ways. Managers across the it jobs team in North West make time for one-to-ones, and people are expected to speak up early when something needs attention.

Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Junior Developer is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in North West is consistently high and consistently fair.

Why Join Us

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

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 North West.

Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Mmabatho teams.

The Environment

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.

Beyond 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.

Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Mmabatho site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

Your Role

• Write clean, testable code that follows the team’s coding standards
• Manage user access, identity and endpoint security across the estate
• Diagnose and resolve production incidents within agreed SLAs
• Plan and execute infrastructure upgrades with minimal downtime
• Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams and runbooks

Who We’re Looking For

• Exposure to monitoring and observability tooling
• Comfortable working in agile delivery teams
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
• Experience with Git, branching strategies and pull-request workflows
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex systems
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
• Strong proficiency in Java, C#, Python, JavaScript or TypeScript

Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.