Senior Full Stack Developer - Team Lead

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

Job summary

Vista Group is seeking an experienced web full stack developer in Cape Town to build responsive interfaces, APIs, and server-side components. You will work with React, TypeScript, and server-side languages while ensuring performance and cross-browser compatibility.

The role includes leading engineers, mentoring teams, and collaborating with product managers to deliver features on an Umbraco-backed CMS with CI/CD deployments. Hybrid work arrangement in Cape Town is required.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of web full stack development experience ideal in ecommerce
• Experience leading, mentoring, or coaching software engineers
• Strong level React, JavaScript, HTML, Typescript, SCSS/CSS & ES6 Vanilla JavaScript

Responsibilities

• Develop user interfaces and user experiences using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Work heavily with front-end frameworks such as React, JS, Typescript, SCSS/CSS
• Build server-side applications with Node.js, Python, Java, or PHP
• Develop and integrate APIs for front-end/back-end communication
• Ensure cross-browser compatibility and address performance issues
• Deliver new and maintain existing features on the Umbraco-backed CMS
• Configure and maintain web servers and CI/CD pipelines
• Provide day-to-day people leadership for the team, coaching and performance management

Skills

React

JavaScript

TypeScript

SCSS/CSS

Node.js

C#

ASP.NET MVC

REST API design

SQL Server

Git

Tools

Umbraco CMS

IIS

Windows Server

Job description

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 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