Senior Software Engineer

Octotel; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Medical Aid

Free Barista-prepared coffee

Employee Wellness Programme

Job summary

Octotel in Cape Town is searching for a talented Full Stack Software Engineer to enhance their robust development team. With over 7 years of experience in software development, the candidate will contribute to building and maintaining web applications, REST services, and mobile applications, specifically using Python and PHP.

Joining Octotel means working in a fast-paced environment with a diverse team, while enjoying benefits like flexible hours, medical aid, and a supportive workplace culture that embraces new technologies.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant work experience using Python and PHP.
• A true passion for software development.
• Full software development life-cycle experience.

Responsibilities

• Researching, designing, developing, and testing enterprise-grade software.
• Building and maintaining web applications and REST web services.
• Collaborating with stakeholders for requirements gathering.

Skills

Proficient in Python

Proficient in PHP

Experience with REST APIs

Knowledge of Kubernetes

Agile methodologies

OOP and MVC understanding

Education

Degree/B-Tech

Tools

Git

Docker

Jira

MySQL

Job description

Job Overview

Octotel is an established and rapidly expanding Open Access Service Provider, specializing in Open Access & GPON connectivity. We are Cape Town’s largest Open Access Network focused on both Fibre To The Home (FTTH) and Business (FTTB). Our fibre network has passed over 350 000 homes and businesses in Cape Town. We offer a choice of services from over 65 of the country’s leading Internet Service Providers.

Job Information

• Date Opened: 20/10/2025
• Job Type: Full time
• Industry: Software Development
• Work Experience: 7 years
• Education Level: Degree/B-Tech
• City: Cape Town
• Province: Western Cape
• Country: South Africa
• Postal Code: 7405

Where will the successful candidate fit in?

We are looking for a fast learning, self‑driven, agile team‑player to join our Full Stack Software Engineering Team. If you enjoy problem‑solving and have big ideas that can make a difference, this might be the job for you.

Software Engineers in our team are responsible for researching, designing, developing and testing enterprise‑grade software. We build and maintain a host of Web Applications, REST Web Services, Mobile Applications and we have a strong DevOps culture doing our own Automation & Orchestration on our VMware Cloud Stack & EC2. We use mainly Python and PHP, but the language is no barrier for us, and we readily experiment with new tools & platforms to satisfy ever more complex business problems.

You will be working in a fast‑paced environment with a diverse team of passionate engineers with years of engineering experience across industries, tech stacks, and languages. We build awesome software that’s responsible for processing enormous amounts of transactions, our central position in the business sees us having to orchestrate a broad array of requirements for our many stakeholders. This makes for an incredibly complex, high‑pressure but engaging work environment that always presents new opportunities for reinventing ourselves and our systems.

Engineers who enjoy blurring their domain of responsibilities and occasionally cross over into DevOps, Project Management, User Experience, and Analysis among other things tend to do very well at Octotel.

Our Tech Stack

• PHP
• Python
• Ruby
• Go
• Django
• Flask
• RabbitMQ
• VMware
• EC2
• Lambda
• Apache Mesos
• React
• Bootstrap
• Foundation
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Swagger
• MVC
• Debian
• Vagrant
• Chef
• Ansible
• Git
• Jira
• Confluence
• MySQL
• GIS
• GeoDjango
• REST
• Mobile App Development
• Wordpress
• Apache
• Nginx
• HAProxy
• Varnish

What do we do all day?

• Build Mobile Applications
• Produce, maintain and integrate with various REST Web Services
• Build and maintain Django & Python CRMs
• Build and extend Finance & Accounting System
• Systems analysis, planning and scoping
• Engage with stakeholders for requirements gathering
• Collaborate with other departments on projects and technical issues

Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant work experience using Python and PHP
• Having held some kind of lead competency would be great
• Evidence of implementation in new systems, tech, processes and methodologies
• A true passion for software development
• Proficient in modern programming languages with a focus on Python and PHP
• Full software development life‑cycle experience
• A relatively grounded understanding of automated testing platforms, such as unit testing and behavior‑driven development
• Some knowledge of continuous integration or automated deployment, orchestration on the cloud with containerisations
• A well‑grounded knowledge of source control (extra brownie points for Git and Gitflow)
• A grounded understanding of OOP, MVC, DDD and other software development patterns
• A solid foundation or sufficient exposure in working with MVC frameworks such as Rails, Cake, CodeIgniter, Zend, Django
• Experience in agile or other development methodologies
• A grounded understanding of SOA (Micro Services) and Rest API
• Grounded experience in working with & building REST APIs
• Experience with large‑scale business‑grade software and heavily integrated systems
• Articulate with good interpersonal relationship skills
• Ability to work with a diverse array of people with different values and concerns
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to acclimate to new systems quickly, and easily transition between problems
• Advantageous to have experience with Kubernetes and containerisation
• Angular
• Javascript
• SQL
• Experience building RESTful APIs
• Experience with GIS systems would be advantageous

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Medical Aid
• Gap Cover
• Discounted Internet Connectivity
• Free Barista‑prepared coffee, breakfasts and snacks
• Employee Wellness Programme (ICAS) providing free 24/7/365 counselling and other health and wellbeing resources
• Exposure to latest industry technologies and standards
• A work environment that rivals the very best