Full Stack Engineer — TypeScript/Node.js, AI‑First Stack

Babylonstoren; Franschhoek; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily catered lunch

Flexible working hours: core 9am–3pm

Choice of equipment (Apple)

Training and conference budget

30% Babylonstoren discount

Admission to Babylonstoren for you and

immediate family

Access to recreation centre, gym, pool

Quarterly socials and team building

Job summary

Candide is seeking an Intermediate Full Stack Software Engineer to join our AI-first engineering team at Babylonstoren in South Africa. You’ll work across our eCommerce platform, admissions services, and mobile apps using TypeScript/Node.js on the backend and Angular/React on the frontend.

You’ll ship code daily, collaborate with senior engineers, and grow through diverse stack exposure. Strong fundamentals and a willingness to learn are valued over ticking every box.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of professional full stack development experience.
• Solid working knowledge of TypeScript and Node.js.
• Experience with at least one modern frontend framework (Angular, React, or Vue).
• Comfortable building and consuming GraphQL or REST APIs.
• Proficient in SQL with working knowledge of relational databases (MySQL or PostgreSQL).
• Familiarity with Git workflows and code review processes.
• An understanding of shipping and maintaining production-ready systems, including error handling and logging.
• Fluent in Afrikaans and English.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain features across our eCommerce platform, admissions services, and mobile apps.
• Contribute to building and maintaining production-ready systems with a focus on reliability, monitoring, and uptime.
• Develop and consume GraphQL APIs using Apollo Server.
• Work across Angular and React frontends, contributing to admin dashboards and customer-facing applications.
• Write backend services in TypeScript/Node.js.
• Work with MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.
• Write automated tests and participate in code reviews.
• Use AI tools and assistants as part of your daily workflow to accelerate output and learning.
• Contribute to our React Native mobile apps.
• Collaborate with a distributed team across South Africa and the UK.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

Frontend frameworks

APIs (GraphQL/REST)

SQL

Git workflows

Afrikaans

English

Tools

Docker

Jest

Mocha

Cypress

Job description

Candide is seeking an Intermediate Full Stack Software Engineer to join our AI-first engineering team at Babylonstoren in South Africa. You’ll work across our eCommerce platform, admissions services, and mobile apps using TypeScript/Node.js on the backend and Angular/React on the frontend.

You’ll ship code daily, collaborate with senior engineers, and grow through diverse stack exposure. Strong fundamentals and a willingness to learn are valued over ticking every box.