Intermediate Full-Stack Engineer (Python / Django / React)

AES Global; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

AES Global in Cape Town is seeking an Intermediate Full-Stack Engineer to design, develop and maintain reliable, scalable software across its platform.

You’ll write clean, efficient code, collaborate with product managers, designers and testers, and contribute to architecture discussions using Python, Django and React.

This hybrid role requires strong testing, data modelling and the ability to mentor juniors while participating in sprint planning and stand-ups.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in software development with Python and web frameworks.
• Experience with Django and React in a full-stack role.
• Strong SQL skills and API design experience (REST/GraphQL).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable applications to meet business and user needs.
• Write clean, well-documented code and participate in code reviews.
• Troubleshoot issues, write tests and contribute to architecture discussions.
• Mentor junior developers and participate in sprint planning and stand-ups.

Skills

Python

Django

React

SQL

APIs (REST/GraphQL)

Testing (unit/integration)

Git

Nginx/uwsgi

AI tooling

Tools

nginx

uwsgi

Job description

We’re working with an established travel company, and they’re looking for an Intermediate Full-Stack Engineer to design, develop and maintain reliable, scalable software across its platform.

You’ll write clean, efficient, well-documented code, collaborate closely with product managers, designers and testers, and help uphold quality across the team.

What you’ll do

• Design, develop and maintain reliable, scalable applications to defined business and user requirements
• Write clean, efficient, maintainable code to established standards, and take part in code reviews
• Troubleshoot bugs and performance issues, and develop and execute unit, integration and system tests
• Contribute to architecture and design discussions — system structure, data flow and scalability
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and take part in sprint planning, stand-ups and retrospectives
• Mentor junior developers and help improve the team’s standards and tools

What you’ll bring

• 4+ years in software development, with a strong focus on Python, Django and React (Go a plus)
• Proficiency with SQL, including moderately complex queries
• Experience with Web / REST / GraphQL APIs and hands-on data modelling
• Command-line comfort and version control (Git), and familiarity with the application stack (e.g. nginx, uwsgi)
• Strong testing knowledge (unit, integration, system) and clean, maintainable coding practices
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Experience using AI tooling (e.g. Claude, Gemini, Copilot) in daily development

Working model

Hybrid in Cape Town — one day a week in the office (Mondays).