Work-Force
Bring your skills as a Senior Software Engineer to Midrand and join a team that moves fast. This Gauteng role is one to watch.
About This Position
The Senior Software Engineer position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Gauteng. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Midrand and across the it jobs space.
Equally, 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 Senior Software Engineer taking on this position.
Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the it jobs group in Midrand.
Growing With Us
This role can grow with you. Strong performers in the it jobs team in Midrand have moved into senior, supervisory and specialist positions, and that journey is supported through coaching, training and exposure to bigger projects.
Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Midrand have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Gauteng.
Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Midrand team member.
The Environment
On top of 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.
In addition, 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 Midrand site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
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.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Midrand.
Importantly, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Gauteng operations throw up the unexpected.
Key Responsibilities
- Optimise database queries and back-end performance hot-spots
- Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams and runbooks
- 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
- Diagnose and resolve production incidents within agreed SLAs
Minimum Requirements
- Good written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code
- Reliable home internet for hybrid work where applicable
- Relevant IT qualification (degree, diploma or recognised certifications)
- Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases
- Ability to mentor junior team members on best practices
- Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)
If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.