Full-Stack Software Engineer (Java/React) - AWS

DigiCert; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits package

Generous paid time off

Education assistance

Learning resources

Job summary

DigiCert, a global leader in intelligent trust, is seeking a Software Engineer to design, build, and ship scalable web applications. You will own features end-to-end, collaborating with product managers and fellow developers to translate requirements into reliable solutions.

You will work on Java backends, React frontends, and cloud-native AWS deployments, contributing to CI/CD, security, and performance, while mentoring teammates when appropriate.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java backend development.
• Solid experience building user interfaces with React, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience with modern front-end technologies and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain features using Java on the backend and React on the frontend.
• Collaborate in Agile sprints with product managers and other teams.
• Design scalable architectures and well-defined APIs with other engineering teams.
• Build and consume RESTful services and integrate with internal and third-party systems.
• Containerize applications and deploy on AWS using cloud-native services.
• Write clean, tested, documented code and participate in code reviews.

Skills

Java backend development

React frontend

JavaScript/TypeScript

HTML/CSS

Agile development

Git version control

CI/CD practices

Communication & collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, CloudFormation/Terraform)

REST APIs

Relational/NoSQL databases

Job description

DigiCert, a global leader in intelligent trust, is seeking a Software Engineer to design, build, and ship scalable web applications. You will own features end-to-end, collaborating with product managers and fellow developers to translate requirements into reliable solutions.

You will work on Java backends, React frontends, and cloud-native AWS deployments, contributing to CI/CD, security, and performance, while mentoring teammates when appropriate.