Senior Software Developer – Ops Portal

Ilitha Telecommunications; Rosebank; Hybrid; CAD 76,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Ilitha Telecommunications (Pty) Ltd is seeking a Senior Software Developer for the Ops Portal, hybrid in Rosebank with some travel to Eastern Cape and KZN. You will own the staff-facing data platform, build maps, charts and dashboards, and integrate with a shared API and the PostgreSQL database.

Emphasis on performance, tests, and collaboration across teams. You will work with TypeScript/JavaScript, React, Node.js, SQL, and Google Cloud services, shipping production-grade software and mentoring

Qualifications

• At least 5 years as a professional software developer with full-stack experience.
• Experience shipping production websites used by staff or customers.
• Experience with web apps for internal portals or portals in telecoms/ISP domains is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain staff websites for ops, sales and finance.
• Integrate with the shared API and PostgreSQL database.
• Ensure fast performance over varying network conditions.
• Collaborate with engineers, sales, operations and finance to answer business questions.
• Write automated tests (unit and UI) and follow CI/CD practices.

Skills

TypeScript/JavaScript

HTML/CSS

Node.js

React

SQL/PostgreSQL

Firebase/Cloud Run

Git/GitHub

Automated testing

Next.js/Vue/Angular (optional)

Tools

Leaflet

Recharts

Google Cloud Platform

Firebase

Secret Manager

Job description

JOB TITLE: Senior Software Developer — Ops Portal DIVISION: IT (OSS/BSS) COMPANY: Ilitha Telecommunications (Pty) Ltd EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Permanent CLOSING DATE: 30 October 2026 LOCATION: Rosebank, Johannesburg (hybrid: office and remote) — some travel to Eastern Cape and KZN Role Purpose Ilitha Telecommunications (Pty) Ltd builds affordable prepaid fibre and wireless broadband for township and peri-urban communities across the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. Prepaid fibre only works when billing, field visits, network equipment and recharges sit in one shared database, on time and safe. The Senior / Principal Software Engineer — Data Platform owns that platform.

Key Responsibilities

1. Staff Web Application Delivery

• Design, build and maintain the staff websites: home, sales, operations, installations, availability, maps and area pages.
• Ensure a region or date picked on one page means the same thing on the next page.
• Show empty, error and “no access” states clearly so that pages never go blank.
• Build maps (Leaflet), charts (Recharts), lists, filters and KPI boards that answer a real weekly question for sales, operations and finance.
• Apply Ilitha colours and fonts (orange, blue, navy; Montserrat and Open Sans) consistently across all sites.
• API & Data Integration
• Call the shared API (ops-dws-api) so that screens read the company PostgreSQL database, not private copies of files.
• Use enough SQL to verify that a screen is showing the right rows.
• Treat JSON files on hosting as a fallback only; build new work against the database through the API.
• Limit Firestore to share links and light writes; it is not the main store.
• Performance & User Experience
• Keep the sites fast on both office and township-grade networks.
• Work with the Principal Software Engineer, sales, operations and finance to shape screens around real questions.
• Explain each change in plain English to non-engineers.
• Quality, Testing & Release
• Work in Git (GitHub) with small pull requests and code review before merge.
• Write automated tests before a change is treated as done: unit tests, UI behaviour checks, and basic hosting and security checks.
• Follow the cycle plan, build, test, review, deploy, watch for errors; fix bugs in the same flow and never patch production by hand.
• Deploy only through the existing Firebase Hosting and Cloud Run path; keep DEV, TEST and production separate.
• Security, Privacy & Compliance
• Protect customer and staff data in line with POPIA.
• Never show passwords, OTPs or access tokens on screen; keep keys in Secret Manager.
• Ensure only @ilitha.com users can sign in through Firebase Auth, and that access-denied states are clear.
• Never point a test site at the live database.
• Collaboration & Mentoring
• Work with the Principal Software Engineer on API needs, data definitions and release timing.
• Support a junior developer or trainee on the same codebase where engaged. Minimum Qualifications and Skills

Technical Competencies

• TypeScript and JavaScript, HTML and CSS, Node.js — daily use.
• React (current Ilitha apps use React 19 with Vite and React Router).
• SQL and PostgreSQL (Google Cloud SQL) sufficient to validate screen data.
• Firebase Hosting, Firebase Auth, Cloud Run and Secret Manager on Google Cloud (europe-west1).
• Git / GitHub, automated testing (unit and UI), DEV / TEST / production release discipline.
• Helpful, not required: Next.js, Vue, Angular, C#, Java, Go or Rust. Experience
• At least 5 years as a professional software developer, including real full-stack work (screens and services).
• Has shipped websites that real staff or customers use — not only marketing pages or student projects.
• Useful, not required: telecoms, fibre, ISP, utilities, maps or internal business portals.
• Useful: helping a junior or trainee on the same codebase.