Senior Full Stack Developer - Team Lead

Vista; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rest & Relax Fridays

Volunteer day

Defined Contribution Pension

Medical Insurance / Medical Aid

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Vista Group seeks a hands-on Senior Full Stack Developer – Team Lead in Cape Town. You’ll split 30% BE and 70% FE, leading a talented team to deliver best‑in‑class cinema websites globally.

You’ll own features, collaborate with Product Owners, BAs, and PMs, and champion quality through code reviews and peer programming. You’ll develop UI with React/TypeScript/HTML/CSS, build APIs, ensure cross-browser compatibility, and guide the team in Agile SDLC.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of web full stack development experience, ideally in commercial/ecommerce
• Experience leading, mentoring or coaching software engineers
• Strong React, JavaScript, TypeScript, SCSS/CSS & ES6 skills
• Strong C#, ASP.Net MVC with Angular exposure a plus
• Experience with REST API design/integration and cross-browser issues

Responsibilities

• Lead a Team in a 70/30 FE/BE split to deliver features and projects
• Develop UI/UX with HTML, CSS, JavaScript and React-based front-ends
• Build server-side apps using Node.js, Python, Java, or PHP
• Implement authentication/authorization and secure web apps
• Own CI/CD pipelines and automated tests for code quality
• Provide day-to-day people leadership and performance conversations

Skills

React

TypeScript

ASP.NET

CSS/SCSS

REST APIs

Umbraco

Tools

Git

IIS

SQL Server

CI/CD

Umbraco CMS

Job description

This is a hands-on Senior Full Stack Developer – Team Lead role, with a 30% BE / 70% FE split. You’ll work alongside, and lead, a talented team providing the best-in‑class, custom cinema websites worldwide.

Using your extensive experience with React.js, TypeScript, .Net, CSS/SCSS, REST APIs, you will own features and projects, collaborating with wider stakeholders such as Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Engineering Managers, with a focus on continuous improvement.

Experienced with modern Agile software development, you will advocate team quality and productivity through peer programming, code reviews, and of course your own development, producing a code base that is high quality, maintainable and always maturing.

Alongside your hands‑on engineering responsibilities, you’ll also provide people leadership for your team, supporting engineers through regular one-to-ones, feedback, career development, performance conversations, and day‑to‑day coaching, helping to create a healthy, capable, and highly autonomous team.

About the role

• Work heavily with front-end frameworks and libraries, such as React, JavaScript, HTML, Typescript, SCSS/CSS & ES6 Vanilla Javascript
• Develop user interfaces and user experiences using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Implement responsive web design to ensure optimal user experience across various devices and screen sizes
• Ensure cross-browser compatibility and address performance issues
• Build server-side applications using programming languages like Node.js, Python, Ruby, Java, or PHP
• Develop and integrate APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for seamless communication between front-end and back-end systems
• Implement authentication and authorization mechanisms to secure web applications
• Optimize server-side performance and troubleshoot issues
• Use version control systems like Git to manage and track changes in code
• Collaborate with team members on code repositories, resolving conflicts and ensuring code quality
• Deliver new and maintain existing features on the Umbraco-backed CMS
• Deploy web applications to hosting platforms or servers
• Configure and maintain web servers, ensuring optimal performance and security
• Implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for automated testing and deployment
• Write and maintain automated tests to ensure code quality
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, and other developers
• Provide day-to-day people leadership for the team, including regular one-to-ones, coaching, feedback, career development, wellbeing support, and performance management
• Build a healthy, inclusive, and accountable team environment that supports high autonomy and effective collaboration
• Provide leadership visibility into team health, capacity, capability, and emerging people risks
• Join the on-call support roster during holiday periods

About you

• 6+ years' web full stack development experience ideally in a commercial and/or ecommerce organization
• Experience leading, mentoring, or coaching software engineers
• Strong level React, JavaScript, HTML, Typescript, SCSS/CSS & ES6 Vanilla Javascript
• Strong C#, ASP.Net MVC, ReactJs, with Angular exposure a plus
• Advanced web development including AJAX, SPA, SEO, cross-browser, various JS frameworks, REST API design / integration, CSS including server-side pre-processing such as LESS, SASS
• Strong SQL Server
• Experience working with CMS, Umbraco preferred
• Experience with Windows Server / IIS
• Experience working within an Agile SDLC
• Ability to build trust, provide clear feedback, and support meaningful career-development conversations
• Ability to set clear expectations while enabling engineers to work with a high degree of autonomy

This is a hybrid role with a home and office-based split, requiring regular weekly (2 days per week) attendance in the Cape Town office.

We are only considering applicants with an existing right to work in South Africa, without the need for employer sponsorship.

About Vista

Vista Group is the global leader in providing technology solutions to the international film industry. With brands including Vista, Veezi, Movio, Numero, Maccs, Flicks and Powster, our expertise covers cinema management software; loyalty, moviegoer engagement and marketing; film distribution software; box office reporting; creative studio solutions; and movie, cinema and streaming content discovery.

With more than 700 crew based across six main offices, in New Zealand (Auckland headquarters), the USA, the UK, South Africa, the Netherlands, and Mexico, our people are our most important asset. Across the group brands our teams provide market-leading services to clients in more than 100 countries.

We are proud of our diversity and have placed a high priority on being an inclusive workplace that is reflective of our clients and communities. It is important to us to foster an environment that empowers people to realise their full potential. We aim to do ‘good things with good people’ and we’re proud to say that more than two decades on that’s exactly what we do every single day.

Shared Standards

Our Shared Standards act as a compass for how we work together and reflect the behaviours we value at Vista Group. The way in which each member of our crew embodies these Shared Standards is an indicator for performance and success, as it aligns with our vision and strategy.

One Crew

• We're a diverse team, in different places and functions, and we're at our best when we connect, help and collaborate

Shine a Light

• We communicate openly, we explain the why, and we ask when we don't understand. We don't leave people in the dark

Make it Happen

• We make good things happen as people and as teams through our focus on delivery

Chase Great

• We challenge ourselves and each other to keep improving

You will be supported to continually learn and improve your skills, share knowledge and ideas in the team, and be part of a dynamic and open culture.

We have a range of benefits that include:

• Rest & Relax Fridays - Finish at lunch time on Friday but get paid for the full day
• Annual volunteer day
• Defined Contribution Company Pension Scheme
• Medical Insurance / Medical Aid (after qualifying period)
• Employee Assistance Programme Service
• Paid Sick leave5 days bereavement leave per year
• On-Site Breakfast Bar

We value inclusivity celebrate diversity and are committed to offering equal opportunity to our staff and candidates — regardless of gender, age, race, ethnicity, marital status, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religious, ethical beliefs or political opinion. This commitment is reflected in all our employment policies and procedures.