Remote Full-Stack Engineer: Node.js & React, Flexible Hours

Placements24; Rustenburg; Hybrid; ZAR 720,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote across SA

Flexible hours

Professional development opportunities

Cutting-edge tech stack

Remote-first culture

Job summary

Placements24 is hiring a Remote Full-Stack Engineer to join a dispersed engineering team in South Africa. You will develop both back-end and front-end components, using Node.js with Express and React.js, and design robust RESTful APIs.

The role emphasizes scalable, secure software and collaboration with global colleagues in a remote-first culture. The ideal candidate has strong experience across the full stack, practical database knowledge (PostgreSQL/MongoDB), and cloud familiarity

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a full-stack engineer with a strong portfolio.
• Proficiency in Node.js for back-end and React.js for front-end development.
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs and databases (PostgreSQL/MongoDB).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud) and Git workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable back-end services using Node.js and Express.
• Build responsive user interfaces with React.js and modern JavaScript.
• Develop and manage RESTful APIs to support application functionality.
• Collaborate with product and design teams in a remote, asynchronous setting.
• Write clean, well-documented, testable code and participate in code reviews.

Skills

Full-Stack Engineer

Node.js

React.js

JavaScript ES6+

RESTful APIs

Tools

Express.js

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

AWS

Git

Job description

Placements24 is hiring a Remote Full-Stack Engineer to join a dispersed engineering team in South Africa. You will develop both back-end and front-end components, using Node.js with Express and React.js, and design robust RESTful APIs.

The role emphasizes scalable, secure software and collaboration with global colleagues in a remote-first culture. The ideal candidate has strong experience across the full stack, practical database knowledge (PostgreSQL/MongoDB), and cloud familiarity