Full Stack JavaScript Engineer

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a senior full‑stack developer to drive web projects for financial and ERP clients. You will work across front-end (Angular) and back-end (Node/Express/Nest) environments, shaping architecture, systems, and microservices while leading a software team.

You should be comfortable with distributed databases, Docker, and modern web practices, delivering robust, end‑to‑end solutions that emphasize end-user value and quality.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience.
• Senior level experience in front-end (Angular) and back-end (Node/Express/Nest).
• Experience with system architecture, DevOps and leading a software team.
• Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, microservices, algorithms, and relational/NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with Docker.

Responsibilities

• Develop web technologies for financial business and ERP applications such as CodeIgniter, Joomla and Wordpress.
• Knowledgeable about modern web technologies and best practices.
• Demonstrates strong empathy for the end-user.
• Has strong attention to detail.
• Understands the difference between work and responsibility.

Skills

End-user empathy

Leadership experience

DevOps experience

System architecture

Tools

Angular

NodeJS

Nest

Express

CodeIgniter

Joomla

WordPress

Docker

MySQL

MongoDB

Job description

Duties and responsibilities:

• Devlopment of web technologies for financial business and ERP applications such as Code igniter, Joomla and Wordpress
• Knowledgeable about modern web technologies and best practices
• Experience with NodeJS
• Experience with Angular
• Experience with MySQL and MongoDB
• Working knowledge of TypeScript and Object-Oriented Design
• Embraces extreme ownership, self-motivated and self-directed
• Understands the difference between "work" and "responsibility"
• Demonstrates strong empathy for the end-user
• Has strong attention to detail
• Has a deep understanding of software design, product and business considerations that go into delivering great products

Qualifications and experience:

• 5+ years of professional experience
• Senior Level Experience in the front-end (Angular) and back-end (Node/Express/Nest)
• Experience with system architecture, DevOps and leading a software team
• Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, microservices, algorithms, and relational/NoSQL databases
• Familiarity with Docker
• Angular
• NodeJS
• MySQL
• MongoDB