Front-End Leaning Full Stack Engineer

Progressive Edge; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Technical growth

Business understanding

Mentorship

Career advancement

Job summary

A fast-growing SaaS company in Johannesburg is looking for a Full-Stack Developer. This position emphasizes frontend development while enabling backend learning. The ideal candidate will collaborate with various teams, solve user issues, and follow growth paths in a dynamic environment. The company values teamwork and supports personal and professional development.

Qualifications

• BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent, or exceptional problem-solving ability.
• 2-4 years of development experience.
• 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.

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.
• Backend development - build and maintain our C#/.NET Core APIs and services.
• Refactor code and improve architecture
• Implement and expand unit testing
• Improve system performance and scalability
• Query optimization and data integrity in Azure SQL
• Investigate user issues and reproduce bugs with clear fixes

Skills

C#

.NET Core

React

Angular

Frontend development

Problem solving

Growth mindset

Team collaboration

Education

BSc in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Git

Jira

Azure DevOps

Azure

CI/CD

Job description

Overview

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
• 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 cloud platform familiarity
• B2B SaaS environment experience
• Startup experience - comfortable with fast-paced, evolving priorities

Company Culture

This team:

• Fosters a fun & interpersonal environment
• Values & supports each other as a team to ensure each team member realizes their full potential
• Welcomes a diverse range of opinions and are always learning
• Ensures feedback flows consistently & we continuously improve
• Has a strong bias towards action
• Gives a high level of independence for you to foster & grow
• Cares about each other, their customers and their businesses

What You\'ll Gain

• Technical growth - deepen backend skills while expanding frontend knowledge
• Business understanding - see how technology drives business success
• Mentorship - learn from experienced developers across our stack
• Impact - your work directly improves experiences for thousands of users
• Career advancement - clear growth path to full stack in a fast-scaling company