Senior MERN Full-Stack Engineer - Hybrid Pietermaritzburg

Placements24; Pietermaritzburg; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Health insurance

Career development

Competitive salary

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled Senior Full-Stack Developer to join our client’s team in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. The role centers on designing, developing, and deploying robust web applications using the MERN stack, with collaboration across product, design, and engineering.

You will build RESTful APIs, optimize performance, implement security measures, and mentor junior developers in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional full-stack development experience.
• Proven MERN stack expertise and modern web technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy MERN-based web applications.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Collaborate with product, design and engineering teams.
• Mentor junior developers and review code.
• Ensure application security and data protection.

Skills

MERN stack

Full-stack development

JavaScript

Git

Agile

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

MongoDB

Express.js

React.js

Node.js

HTML5

CSS3

Git

AWS / Azure / GCP

SQL / NoSQL

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled Senior Full-Stack Developer to join our client’s team in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. The role centers on designing, developing, and deploying robust web applications using the MERN stack, with collaboration across product, design, and engineering.

You will build RESTful APIs, optimize performance, implement security measures, and mentor junior developers in a hybrid work environment.