Senior Full-Stack Lead Developer - Real-Time AI

Somewhere; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 911,000 - 1,366,000; Full time

Job summary

Somewhere in Cape Town is seeking a senior Head Developer to take technical ownership of the company’s rapidly scaling real-time platform. This is a genuinely senior, hands-on engineering position that requires mastery across the full stack, including frontend Next.js with TypeScript, backend Node.js, Redis, and AWS.

You will shape architecture, drive reliability, and ship production code, not merely manage others.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Deep full-stack development across modern web applications.
• Advanced TypeScript and Next.js expertise.
• Strong backend development with Node.js and production APIs.
• Experience with Redis, AWS, real-time systems, and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Own full-stack development across the platform.
• Build frontend using Next.js and TypeScript; backend with Node.js.
• Design and maintain APIs, services, and real-time functionality.
• Own CI/CD workflows and AWS infrastructure improvements.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers.
• Ensure performance, reliability, and security at scale.

Skills

5+ years exp

Full-stack dev

TypeScript

Next.js

Node.js

Redis

AWS

CI/CD

Architectural ownership

AI tooling

Tools

Next.js

Node.js

Redis

AWS

Bitbucket CI

APIs & integrations

Job description

Somewhere in Cape Town is seeking a senior Head Developer to take technical ownership of the company’s rapidly scaling real-time platform. This is a genuinely senior, hands-on engineering position that requires mastery across the full stack, including frontend Next.js with TypeScript, backend Node.js, Redis, and AWS.

You will shape architecture, drive reliability, and ship production code, not merely manage others.