Zoho Developer

Centrax Digital UK; Sandton; Hybrid; ZAR 450,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Centrax Digital, an AI-first consulting and digital engineering firm, is seeking a Zoho Creator Developer in Sandton. You will build Creator applications, write Deluge code, and own integration and data-migration work to production standards.

You will design multi-module workflows, implement REST APIs and webhooks, and ensure code quality through reviews and testing. Hybrid work with standard leave is offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or diploma or equivalent demonstrated development experience.
• Minimum 2 years' hands-on Deluge and Zoho Creator development experience.
• At least one Zoho integration with a third-party system in production.
• Working knowledge of REST API design, authentication patterns, and webhooks.
• Version control discipline for Creator and Deluge code with unit testing.
• Zoho Creator Certification preferred; other Zoho credentials are an advantage.
• Data migration experience into Zoho or another SaaS is a plus.
• Consulting or partner environment experience is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Build Zoho Creator applications end to end from a technical brief: data model, forms, pages, workflows, and client scripts.
• Write and maintain complex Deluge across the Zoho One suite: multi-module workflows, custom functions, and scheduled automation.
• Design and build integrations between Zoho and third-party systems using REST APIs, webhooks, and middleware where scoped.
• Design and execute data migrations: extraction, transformation, validation, load, and reconciliation, with a documented audit trail.
• Estimate custom build effort and flag technical risk on designs before build starts.
• Apply version control and code review discipline to all practice code, and unit test custom components before handover to UAT.
• Resolve custom-component defects raised in user acceptance testing and document the resolution.
• Produce technical documentation for every custom component: what it does, how it is configured, and how to maintain it.
• Contribute reusable components, functions, and patterns to the Zoho Practice Library.

Skills

Deluge

Zoho Creator

Zoho Integrations

REST API design

Webhooks

Authentication patterns

Middleware fundamentals

Version control

Code review

Unit testing

Data migration

Zoho Creator Certification

Consulting experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or diploma

Job description

Where the Zoho Consultant configures, you build: Creator applications, complex Deluge, integrations, and data migrations. ABOUT CENTRAX DIGITAL Centrax Digital is an AI-first consulting and digital engineering firm operating from Bryanston, Sandton and Grand Prairie, Texas. We are a Level 1 B-BBEE, black woman-owned Advanced Zoho Partner. Our work spans AI and advisory, platforms, cloud and security, and digital engineering, delivered on our own published methodology. Because Innovation Matters.

THE ROLE

To build the custom components of Zoho One solutions to a technical brief from the Zoho Consultant or Solution Architect, and to own their technical quality through to production. You turn designs into working Creator applications, integrations, and migrations.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Build Zoho Creator applications end to end from a technical brief: data model, forms, pages, workflows, and client scripts.
• Write and maintain complex Deluge across the Zoho One suite: multi-module workflows, custom functions, and scheduled automation.
• Design and build integrations between Zoho and third-party systems using REST APIs, webhooks, and middleware where scoped.
• Design and execute data migrations: extraction, transformation, validation, load, and reconciliation, with a documented audit trail.
• Estimate custom build effort and flag technical risk on designs before build starts.
• Apply version control and code review discipline to all practice code, and unit test custom components before handover to UAT.
• Resolve custom-component defects raised in user acceptance testing and document the resolution.
• Produce technical documentation for every custom component: what it does, how it is configured, and how to maintain it.
• Contribute reusable components, functions, and patterns to the Zoho Practice Library.

WHAT YOU NEED

• Bachelor's degree or three-year diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated development experience.
• Minimum 2 years' hands-on Deluge and Zoho Creator development experience.
• At least one integration between Zoho and a third-party system built and running in production.
• Working knowledge of REST API design and consumption, authentication patterns, webhooks, and middleware fundamentals.
• Version control discipline for Creator and Deluge code, code review practice, and unit and system testing of custom components.
• Zoho Creator Certified Developer certification preferred. Additional Zoho, API, or integration credentials are an advantage.
• Data migration experience into Zoho or a comparable SaaS platform is an advantage.
• Consulting or partner environment experience is an advantage.

WHERE THE BOUNDARIES SIT

The client-facing solution remains owned by the Zoho Consultant on the engagement. Architecture decisions sit with the Solution Architect.

HOW THIS ROLE EVOLVES

Progression runs from Junior Zoho Developer through Zoho Developer and Senior Zoho Developer to Lead Zoho Developer.

WORKING ARRANGEMENTS

Standard working hours of 08:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday. Hybrid working in line with company policy. Standard 21 days annual leave and BCEA leave entitlements apply.

REMUNERATION

Market related, commensurate with experience.

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY AND POPIA

Centrax Digital is an equal opportunity employer. Appointments are made in line with the Employment Equity Act and the company's employment equity plan, and preference may be given to suitably qualified candidates from designated groups. By applying, you consent to the processing of your personal information for recruitment purposes in accordance with POPIA.