FullStackDeveloper

**Location: Cape Town** **Working Practices: Hybrid | Mondays and Thursday in office and remaining days remote** **Contract Type: 12 month contract** **Working Hours: 07H00 - 15H30 SAST** **Reports to:** **Manager – Application Developer ** **Job Summary:** The Application Developer is responsible for supporting the evolution of the technology solution and processes that support the entire development and delivery of Online Education Services (OES) products and services. The Application Developer will work closely with key internal stakeholders to drive the successful automation of unit development processes, including the setup and maintenance of key cloud technology systems to support this. They will manage off the shelf systems as well as build fit for purpose solutions as required to the delivery of the OES technology vision for online learning. This role will support the Head of Student Technology in providing thought leadership, and options and solutions formulation for the unit development and broader technology space. **Key Responsibilities:** * Collaborate with cross-functional teams – Work closely with Developers, Testers, Product Owners, and Business Analysts to refine product requirements and drive feature development. * Assist with architecture and design of scalable solutions – Assist in shaping low-level solution designs with the Solution Architect or Solution Lead, ensuring robust and maintainable implementations. * Develop high-performance applications – Design, build, and enhance features for our custom-built platform using React (frontend), Node.js (backend), and AWS services. * Optimize and scale – Continuously improve system performance, scalability, and reliability by refactoring code, improving API efficiency, and enhancing cloud infrastructure. * Build and integrate APIs – Develop and maintain APIs to enable seamless integrations between our custom platform, Salesforce, data warehouses, and other critical systems. * Prototype and validate ide