Software Developer
Progressive Edge · Johannesburg, South Africa
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Full-Stack Developer
Johannesburg
A fast-growing scale-up SaaS company has a new opening in their team for a talented Software Developer. This individual will help build, improve and support its expanding product and user base.
Your focus will be on frontend development while gaining valuable backend experience as well supporting their product. You'll work closely with their Product/Design and development team to reduce technical debt, implement robust testing practices and build incredible experiences helping them scale from 5,000 to 10,000 users over the next 18 months.
By joining this team, you'll get exposure to the whole business across Sales, Marketing, Success, Product and Tech, with significant opportunities for growth and skill development.
This team enjoys working together. While they offer some flexibility they have more in-office days than work from home days and therefore, this role would best suit someone who enjoys working with their team more than not.
Tech Stack
Backend: C# .NET Core, Entity Framework, Azure SQL Server
Frontend: React, Ionic/Angular (mobile)
Infrastructure: Azure, Azure DevOps, CI/CD
Tools: GIT, Jira
The Role
As an intermediate developer in a small, fast-growing business, you'll have the unique opportunity to work directly with the leadership team while developing your skills across the full technology stack.
Primary Responsibilities
Feature implementation - work with our UI/UX designer to build and improve user-facing features
Onboarding improvements - enhance user experience and conversion flows
Cross-functional collaboration - work with product team on feature refinement
Frontend bug fixes - React and Ionic/Angular maintenance
Secondary Responsibilities
Backend development - build and maintain our C#/.NET Core APIs and services
Technical debt reduction - refactor existing code, improve architecture
Unit testing implementation - establish and expand our testing practices
System optimization - improve performance and scalability
Database work - Azure SQL queries, optimization, data integrity
Investigate user issues, reproduce bugs, provide clear solutions
Essential (not negotiable)
BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent, or exceptional problem-solving ability
2-4 years of development experience with a strong backend foundation
Proven problem-solving mindset with both high-level and detail-oriented thinking
Experience with C# and .NET (or a strong desire to learn)
Familiarity with relational databases such as SQL Server
A customer-focused attitude with a desire to solve user problems
Demonstrated growth mindset and eagerness to learn new technologies
Growth mindset - eager to learn new technologies and take on challenges
Preferred, but if you don't have these, you will be supported in growing these skills
React or Angular exposure
API development and integration experience
Unit testing knowledge (xUnit, NUnit, or similar)
Azure or…