Full-Stack Engineer – Labor Marketplace

MCI; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 450,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave and paid time off

Medical insurance after probation

Clear career growth pathways

Paid training opportunities

Casual dress code

Job summary

MCI, located in Gauteng, South Africa, is looking for a Full-Stack Engineer to enhance their labor marketplace technology. The role involves building core platform features and developing scalable APIs to improve hiring workflows. Candidates should have significant full-stack experience and proficiency in both frontend and backend frameworks.

Benefits include annual leave, medical insurance after probation, and a clear pathway for career growth. MCI values a diverse workplace and provides accommodations as needed.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of full-stack development experience, ideally with marketplaces or B2B SaaS.
• Proven ability to own features end-to-end and deliver measurable user impact.
• Experience with matching algorithms and staffing tech is a plus.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end development of the labor marketplace across web and mobile.
• Build core platform features including job postings and candidate profiles.
• Develop scalable APIs and optimize performance.

Skills

Full-stack development

Frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, Vue)

Backend development (Node.js, Python)

Database expertise (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis)

DevOps tools (AWS/GCP, Docker)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

MCI is a fast‑growing tech‑enabled business services company that delivers Customer Experience (CX), Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), and Anything‑as‑a‑Service (XaaS) cloud technology solutions across a wide range of industries.

Full‑Stack Engineer

Your code will directly shape hiring velocity, candidate experience, employer adoption, matching accuracy, scheduling efficiency, onboarding flows, and the full talent life cycle. If you enjoy solving real‑world workforce problems with clean architecture and rapid iteration, you’ll thrive here.

To be considered, complete a full application on our careers page, including all screening questions and a brief pre‑employment test.

Key Responsibilities

• End‑to‑end development of the labor marketplace across web and mobile
• Build core platform features: job postings, candidate profiles, onboarding, identity verification, matching logic, in‑app messaging, scheduling, and employer dashboards
• Develop scalable APIs, data pipelines, and backend logic for high‑volume hiring workflows
• Deliver a clean, responsive front end in collaboration with UX dashboards, search tools, assignments, ratings, and workforce insights
• Implement integrations with ATS, HRIS, CRM, payroll, and third‑party verification tools
• Create analytics frameworks to track conversion, funnel drop‑off, worker engagement, and operational SLAs
• Ensure secure, compliant infrastructure to support tens of thousands of workers and employers
• Write clean, reliable, production‑ready code across front‑end and back‑end
• Translate product requirements into scalable architecture and well‑designed features
• Maintain and extend our design system and component library
• Implement database schemas, microservices, REST/GraphQL endpoints, and realtime features
• Optimize performance and reduce latency across matching, scheduling, and search
• Troubleshoot, debug, and improve system reliability
• Collaborate with product, UI/UX, QA, HR stakeholders, and marketplace operations teams
• Ship fast, iterate often, and prioritize user impact over complexity

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Computer Science, Human‑Computer Interaction, Design, or a related field, equivalent experience
• 3–5+ years of full‑stack development experience, ideally with marketplaces, HR tech, gig‑economy platforms, or B2B SaaS
• Proven ability to own features end‑to‑end and deliver measurable user impact
• Strong experience with front‑end frameworks (React, Next.js, Vue, or similar)
• Proficiency in back‑end development (Node.js, Python, or similar modern stack)
• Database expertise with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
• Familiarity with DevOps tools AWS/GCP, Docker, CI/CD pipelines
• Bonus: TypeScript, microservices, event‑driven architecture, or realtime frameworks (WebSockets)
• Authorized to work in the country where the job is based
• Willing to submit a Level II background and/or security investigation with a fingerprint, and drug screening (if applicable)

Skills & Attributes

• Love owning features end‑to‑end and seeing real user impact
• Thrive in fast‑moving environments with minimal red tape
• Understand hiring workflows, workforce management, or HR tech (or able to learn quickly)
• Build scalable systems instead of patchwork fixes
• Care about simplicity, speed, clarity, and user experience even in backend code
• Enjoy partnering with UI/UX and product to create intuitive labor‑marketplace journeys

Added strengths we appreciate

• Experience with labor marketplaces, gig/shift platforms, staffing tech, or B2B SaaS
• Experience with matching algorithms, ranking models, eligibility criteria, availability engines
• Experience with scheduling, timekeeping, payroll workflows, or onboarding flows
• Experience with workforce analytics or high‑volume transactional systems

Benefits

• Annual leave and paid time off
• Medical insurance after probation
• Clear career growth pathways and internal promotions
• Paid training opportunities
• Positive work environment
• Casual dress code

This job operates in a professional office environment. The employee will be largely sedentary and required to sit/stand for long periods while using a computer and telephone headset. The employee may occasionally be required to move within the office, reach, and lift up to forty (40) pounds.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), MCI and its affiliates provide reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless such accommodations would cause undue hardship. If accommodations are needed, please contact Human Resources.

MCI embraces diversity and maintains a work environment free from discrimination. MCI does not discriminate on any protected characteristic and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements.