Senior React Developer

Betsoftware; Durban; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company is looking for a Senior React Developer in KwaZulu-Natal, Durban. This role involves developing user-facing features, mentoring junior developers, and optimizing components for performance. Ideal candidates will have over 3 years of experience with React and 5 years with JavaScript. The company values adaptability and a positive attitude towards change, promoting a collaborative and innovative work environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years commercial experience with React.
• 5+ years JavaScript experience.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and knowledge of front-end languages.

Responsibilities

• Develop & maintain user-facing features using React.js.
• Optimize components for performance across devices and browsers.
• Mentor Junior and Intermediate React Developers.

Skills

Mentorship

Unit Testing

Adapts to change

Decision Making

RESTful APIs

CSS, HTML knowledge

Scrum / Agile environment

Education

3+ years commercial experience with React

5+ years JavaScript experience

Tools

React

Jest

React-Testing Library

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Title : Senior React Developer

Job Location : KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

Deadline : January 10, 2026

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Skill Set

• Mentorship
• Strong understanding of Unit Testing practice
• Adapts to change
• Decision Making
• RESTful APIs
• knowledge of CSS, HTML, and other front-end languages
• Scrum / Agile environment

Responsibilities

• Develop & Maintain user-facing features using React.js.
• Make use of reusable components and front-end libraries for use across our platforms.
• Optimize components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices & browsers.
• Stay up to date on emerging code standards.
• Maintain and implement code and design standards.
• Mentor Junior and Intermediate React Developers.

Behavioural Outputs

• Adapts to change and is open to new ideas and willing to take on new responsibilities.
• Able to handle pressure and can effectively adjust plans to meet changing needs / demands.
• Changes his / her interpersonal style and approach based on the circumstances.
• Adapts behaviour to maintain cooperative relationships with others.
• Accepts changes to task, plans and procedures in order to align with strategic direction of the organization and appropriately adjusts behaviour and activities to changing conditions.
• Maintains a positive attitude in the face of change.

Decision Making Quality

• Makes confident, timely, fact-based decisions drawing on a broad range of resources through collaboration with others.
• Ensures others understand the decision before moving forward.
• Considers short- and long-term implications of the decision.
• Able to logically defend and explain judgements and decisions. Takes steps to accurately define the problem before seeking a solution.
• Bases decisions and evaluations on a careful and systematic review of relevant facts and information.

Resourceful and improving

• Generates new ideas and challenges the status quo, takes risk, supports change and encourages innovation.
• Searches for opportunity to create new ideas and innovate or improve efficiencies wherever possible.
• Solves problems through questioning the status quo.

Living the spirit

• Actively drives a culture of collaboration and open communication within the team.
• Actively promotes authenticity and drives the spirit of diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging within the team.
• Actively drives a culture of versatility and adaptability by modelling and encouraging Team Members to support each other not only within the department, but within the business as a whole.
• Actively become a change agent and drive continuous learning within the team thus ensuring that the team approaches all tasks or challenges with enthusiasm and proactivity.

Qualifications

• 3+ years commercial experience with React
• 5+ years JavaScript
• Experience with RESTful APIs
• Solid knowledge of CSS, HTML, and other front-end languages
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
• Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles and frameworks
• State management experience with React Hooks & Redux
• Solid, working knowledge of writing unit tests (Jest, React-Testing Library).
• Strong understanding of Unit Testing practice
• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

Advantageous

• Working in a Scrum / Agile environment
• Experience with Kubernetes

Apply Before 01 / 10 / 2026