Senior Full-Stack, Data & Industrial Software Engineer

Network Contracting; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Contracting Solutions seeks a hands-on Senior Full‑Stack, Data & Industrial Software Engineer for a 6‑month engagement in Kempton Park. You will build and support a software and data platform that collects operational data, processes it reliably and presents live and historical information to users.

The role requires strong backend and database experience, frontend dashboard delivery, and familiarity with Azure hosting, telemetry or OT‑data integrations.

Qualifications

• Production full-stack delivery experience in real-world systems.
• Strong backend and database expertise with frontend dashboard delivery.
• Experience designing for data integrity, concurrency, observability.

Responsibilities

• Develop edge data-collection services and OT data source integrations.
• Build backend services and production-grade REST APIs.
• Design SQL data models with historical records and audit trails.
• Develop responsive browser dashboards and operational interfaces.
• Implement live or near-real-time updates using appropriate tech.
• Build buffering, store‑and‑forward, retry and recovery mechanisms for connectivity issues.

Skills

Full-stack development

Backend engineering

Frontend dashboards

Azure cloud

SQL data modelling

CI/CD

Education

CS/IT/SE degree (advantageous)

Azure/.NET certifications (beneficial)

Tools

Azure App Service

SQL databases

Git & CI/CD

Job description

Network Contracting Solutions is seeking a hands‑on Senior Full‑Stack, Data & Industrial Software Engineer for a 6-month, ad‑hoc/call‑off engagement based in Kempton Park. The successful candidate will help build and support a software and data platform that collects operational data, processes it reliably, stores historical information, exposes APIs and presents live and historical information to users.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop local/edge data‑collection services and integrations with machine or OT data sources.
• Build backend services and production‑grade REST APIs.
• Design and implement SQL relational data models, historical records and audit structures.
• Develop responsive browser dashboards and operational user interfaces.
• Implement live or near‑real‑time updates using SignalR, WebSockets, polling or suitable alternatives.
• Build reliable buffering, store‑and‑forward, retry, duplicate‑prevention and recovery mechanisms for temporary connectivity failures.

Job Experience & Skills Required / Ideal Candidate Profile:

Education

• A degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or a related field is advantageous, but not essential.
• Relevant Microsoft/.NET, Azure, database or DevOps certifications are beneficial but not mandatory.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience personally delivering production full‑stack systems, rather than prototypes only.
• Strong backend and database engineering experience, with front‑end capability to deliver operational dashboards.
• Experience designing for data integrity, concurrency, failure recovery, retries and observability.
• Experience deploying and monitoring applications in Azure App Service or an equivalent hosting environment.
• Experience with telemetry, IoT, field‑service, logistics, manufacturing or other operational systems is advantageous.
• Comfortable collaborating with OT/automation specialists; PLC programming is not a core requirement.

Skills

• Strong hands‑on software development skills and production troubleshooting ability.
• Experience with SQL data modelling, REST APIs, authentication, role‑based access and audit features.
• Knowledge of Git, code review and CI/CD practices.
• Ability to build reporting, export and operational diagnostic views.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and debugging skills, with a focus on reliable data handling.
• Able to work independently and collaborate effectively with software, data and OT stakeholders.