Software Engineer – Cape Town

WebHosting; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 500,000 - 750,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness support

Gym reimbursements

Mental well-being resources

Job summary

DigiCert in Cape Town is hiring a Software Engineer to design, build, and ship scalable, secure web apps. You will own features end-to-end and influence technical decisions.

You will work in an Agile team, collaborate with product managers, and contribute to APIs, CI/CD, and cloud deployments using Java, React, and AWS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java backend development.
• Experience with modern front-end technologies and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain features using Java on the backend and React on the frontend.
• Participate in Agile sprint planning, stand-ups, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with product managers to understand requirements and deliver solutions.
• Build and consume RESTful services and integrate with internal and third-party systems.
• Containerize applications and deploy on AWS using cloud-native services.
• Write clean, well-tested code and participate in code reviews.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and production support.

Skills

Java backend development

React frontend

Agile environments

REST APIs

CI/CD practices

Git version control

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS services

Terraform/CloudFormation

CI/CD tooling

Git

Job description

Job Description

Who we are

DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust. We protect the digital world by ensuring the security, privacy, and authenticity of every interaction. Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI, DNS, and certificate lifecycle management, to secure infrastructure, software, devices, messages, AI content and agents. Learn why more than 100,000 organizations, including 90% of the Fortune 500, choose DigiCert to stop today’s threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future at www.digicert.com

Job summary

We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our development team. You’ll design, build, and ship scalable and secure web applications, working closely with fellow developers, product managers, and other teams to turn requirements into reliable, well-crafted solutions. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys owning features end to end and contributing to technical decisions.

What you will do

• Design, develop, test, and maintain features using Java on the backend and React on the frontend
• Work within our Agile team, taking part in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, and retrospectives
• Collaborate with product managers to understand requirements, refine scope, and deliver solutions that meet user and business needs
• Work with other engineering teams to design scalable, maintainable architectures and well-defined APIs
• Build and consume RESTful services and integrate with internal and third-party systems
• Containerize applications and deploy and operate them on AWS using cloud-native services
• Write clean, well-tested, and well-documented code, and participate in code reviews
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and production support, including troubleshooting and resolving issues
• Identify opportunities to improve performance, reliability, security, and developer productivity
• Share knowledge with teammates and mentor junior engineers where appropriate

What you will have

• A minimum of 3+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong proficiency in Java backend development
• Experience with modern front-end technologies and best practices (e.g., state management, component libraries, UI/UX design).
• Hands-on experience with containerization using Docker, including building, running, and deploying containerized applications.
• Proven experience working in Agile environments, with a solid understanding of iterative delivery
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (for example EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, or CloudFormation/Terraform) will be a strong plus
• Experience designing and consuming REST APIs
• Working knowledge of relational and/or NoSQL databases
• Familiarity with version control (Git), automated testing, and CI/CD practices
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to working across disciplines
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Preferred

• Experience with microservices and event-driven architectures
• Experience with Kubernetes orchestration in production
• Knowledge of application security best practices
• AWS certification (such as Solutions Architect Associate or Developer Associate)
• Exposure to observability tooling (CloudWatch, New Relic, Datadog, or similar)
• Agile certification (such as Scrum Master or SAFe)
• Health and wellness support, including medicalcover(where applicable), gym reimbursements, and mental well-being resources