Senior Full-Stack Software Developer

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabenza IT & Recruitment seeks a Senior Full-Stack Software Developer to lead the design and delivery of scalable software solutions. You will be hands-on while mentoring developers and influencing technical direction across the team.

You will architect and deliver enterprise-grade applications, establishing engineering best practices and guiding major technical workstreams with a focus on performance, reliability, and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience designing scalable software architectures.
• Experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring developers.

Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, and maintaining complex full-stack applications.
• Leading end-to-end delivery of major technical workstreams.
• Designing scalable backend services and modern frontend applications.
• Building and integrating APIs and distributed services.
• Contributing to software architecture and technical decision-making.
• Optimising application performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Mentoring junior and intermediate developers.
• Conducting code reviews and promoting engineering best practices.
• Driving continuous improvement across development processes.

Skills

Full-stack

Frontend frameworks

Backend services

Distributed systems

Mentoring

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Git version control

Code reviews

APIs

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Tools

React

Angular

Vue.js

Python

Java

Node.js

SQL/NoSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Git

Job description

Johannesburg, South Africa | Posted on 04/08/2026

We are seeking anexperienced Senior Full-Stack Software Developer to lead the design anddelivery of scalable software solutions. This role is suited to an experiencedengineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, mentoring developers,and influencing technical direction while remaining hands-on in development.

You will play akey role in architecting and delivering enterprise-grade applications whilehelping establish engineering best practices across the development team.

KeyResponsibilities

You will beresponsible for:

• Designing,developing, and maintaining complex full-stack applications
• Leadingend-to-end delivery of major technical workstreams
• Designingscalable backend services and modern frontend applications
• Buildingand integrating APIs and distributed services
• Contributingto software architecture and technical decision-making
• Optimisingapplication performance, scalability, and reliability
• Collaboratingwith cross-functional engineering teams
• Mentoringjunior and intermediate developers
• Conductingcode reviews and promoting engineering best practices
• Drivingcontinuous improvement across development processes

Requirements

Experience

• 5+years of professional software development experience
• Experiencedesigning scalable software architectures
• Experienceleading technical initiatives and mentoring developers

TechnicalSkills

Frontend

• Strongexperience with React, Angular, Vue.js, or similar frameworks
• Strongexperience with Python, Java, Node.js, or similar technologies

Databases

• Extensiveexperience with relational and NoSQL databases
• Datamodelling and optimisation

Architecture& Engineering

• Distributedsystems
• Gitversion control
• Softwaredesign patterns

Strong experiencewith:

• AWS,Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
• Dockerand containerisation
• Infrastructureautomation

Qualifications

• Degreein Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or anotherSTEM-related discipline