R&D Systems Engineer – Linux & Web Apps

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments in Cape Town, South Africa, seeks an IT-focused project engineer to collaborate with multiple engineering teams and drive scalable deployments. You will implement Django-based services, manage Linux environments, and ensure robust app performance with CI/CD workflows.

The ideal candidate has hands-on Python, SQL databases, and container/web server experience, plus strong communication and cross-cultural collaboration skills to thrive in a diverse, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant IT diploma/degree or vendor certs.
• Strong Linux (Ubuntu) and Python with Django experience.
• Experience deploying Django/web frameworks and relational DBs (MySQL/PostgreSQL).
• Familiar with deployment tools (Chef/Ansible) and web servers (Nginx/Gunicorn/Supervisor).
• Knowledge of authentication across systems and scalable app design.
• Queues (RabbitMQ) and monitoring tools (Netdata/Zabbix/Iris).
• Source control experience (GitHub/Bitbucket) and cross-team collaboration.
• Excellent communication and ability to own initiatives under pressure.

Skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Ownership of projects

Work under pressure

Multi-cultural collaboration

Stakeholder management

Team engagement

Education

Relevant diploma or degree in IT or vendor related certifications

Tools

Ubuntu

Python

Django

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Nginx

Gunicorn

Supervisor

Chef

Ansible

Radius (AAA)

GitHub

Bitbucket

RabbitMQ

Netdata

Zabbix

Iris

Job description

Boardroom Appointments in Cape Town, South Africa, seeks an IT-focused project engineer to collaborate with multiple engineering teams and drive scalable deployments. You will implement Django-based services, manage Linux environments, and ensure robust app performance with CI/CD workflows.

The ideal candidate has hands-on Python, SQL databases, and container/web server experience, plus strong communication and cross-cultural collaboration skills to thrive in a diverse, fast-paced environment.