AI Frontend Developer - Sandton - R800K PA

E-Merge; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 680,000 - 920,000; Full time

Job summary

E-Merge is seeking a frontend-focused engineer to build and enhance client-facing surfaces of a live AI platform in Sandton. You will work on QA frontends, client portals, dashboards, payment interfaces, and debtor portals using modern frameworks in a cloud-centric setup.

You'll collaborate in a GitHub-based workflow, leverage Azure, Kubernetes/Docker, and CI/CD, and contribute to an AI-tooling-first development culture with real-time telephony integrations.

Qualifications

• Experience building frontend for live AI platforms.
• Strong knowledge of modern frontend frameworks and responsive design.
• Experience integrating with APIs and external services.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance client-facing surfaces of a live AI platform.
• Collaborate with backend and design teams to deliver dashboards and portals.
• Implement QA frontend, payment interfaces, and debtor-portal components.
• Work with GitHub-based workflow and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

React

Angular

API integration

GitHub workflows

CI/CD

Frontend architecture

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Azure

Bicep IaC

Job description

Build the Frontend of the AI Revolution

You’ll join an engineering team where technical architects set direction across AI and platform, player-coach leads manage delivery, and every engineer is directly involved in shipping production solutions.

The technology environment is modern and cloud-focused, using Azure, Kubernetes/AKS, Docker, Bicep IaC, CI/CD, API-first architecture, leading LLM/STT/TTS providers, and real-time telephony.

The development culture is also AI-tooling-first, with engineers working with Claude Code or Cursor within a GitHub-based workflow.

Your focus will be on building and enhancing the client-facing surfaces of a live AI platform,

including:

• QA frontend
• Client portal
• Dashboards
• Payment interfaces
• Debtor-portal interfaces

Strong Advantages:

• React or Angular
• Responsive design
• API integration
• GitHub

Nice to Have:

• Payment gateway integration
• Azure
• CI/CD

Reference Number for this position is GZ61527 which is a Permanent position based in Sandton offering a salary of R800K per annum, negotiable based on experience and ability.