Backend Engineer, Cape Town - SA

FIXR; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary plus bonus

Hybrid environment with office based 3 days a week

Bonus holiday day for every year with the company

L&D budget for personal development

Inclusive social culture with regular events

Free tickets for FIXR events

Job summary

FIXR is on the lookout for a talented engineer to join their team in Cape Town. This role involves building new features, improving core systems, and contributing to design decisions within a hybrid work environment. Candidates should be adaptable and proficient in technologies such as Python, Django, PostgreSQL, and Docker. The position offers competitive salary, a bonus, and various benefits including holiday perks and a learning budget.

Qualifications

• Practical, adaptable, and comfortable owning work from idea to production.
• Ability to contribute to technical design and architecture decisions.
• Experience in maintaining code quality through reviews.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship new features on top of our existing platform.
• Improve core systems to increase performance and reduce complexity.
• Collaborate with Product and Design to define pragmatic solutions.

Skills

Python

Django

Django REST Framework

PostgreSQL

Celery

Elasticsearch

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

ArogoCD

Job description

Here at FIXR we’re on a mission to be the number one ticketing and event intelligence platform globally. Ticket sales and event management can be a clunky, manual process, but our platform makes it easier than ever for event organisers to create seamless, user-friendly experiences for their customers. At the heart of the FIXR platform is our suite of data and reporting tools that provide organisers with the insights and data intelligence to help them understand their ticket buying audience and grow their business.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team in South Africa as we continue to grow and expand into new areas of ticketing. The role is based in Cape Town, but you will work closely with our teams in other countries.

Engineering drives everything we build. We’re looking for people who are practical, adaptable, and comfortable owning work from idea through to production. As a small team, we move quickly and work across a wide range of problems. You’ll need to be comfortable switching contexts, making sensible trade-offs, and delivering value without over‑engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and ship new features on top of our existing platform
• Improve core systems to increase performance, reduce complexity, and enable faster development
• Contribute to technical design and architecture decisions
• Collaborate with Product and Design to scope work and define pragmatic solutions
• Provide input on planning, trade‑offs, and timelines
• Maintain code quality through thoughtful reviews and shared ownership

Core Tech Stack

• Python – Django, Django REST Framework
• PostgreSQL
• Celery
• Elasticsearch
• Redis
• Docker / Kubernetes / Helm / ArogoCD

This role reports to the CTO of FIXR.

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus bonus
• Hybrid environment: office located in Cape Town CBD; office based 3 days a week
• Holiday perks: bonus holiday day for every year with the company
• L&D budget for you and your team
• Inclusive, social culture with regular socials
• Free tickets for FIXR events

At FIXR, we consider diversity a strength – inclusion fuels our ability to solve problems we never thought we could. Your application will be considered on its merits, without regard to your race, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability status or anything else. If there is anything we need to know to enable you to fully participate in our interview process, please just let us know in your application.