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  • mossel bay, western cape, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    Placements24 in Mossel Bay, Western Cape, is seeking a skilled Backend E-commerce Platform Developer to join our technology team. You will design, build, test, and maintain backend services and APIs powering our online store, ensuring scalability, security, and high performance. You'll work with Python/Java/Node.js, integrate third-party services and payment...


  • durban, kwazulu natal, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the Role Our client, a dynamic and innovative force in the telecommunications industry, is seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer to join their fully remote team. This role is based remotely but serves the needs of our operations in the Durban, KwaZulu-Natal region. You will play a crucial role in the development and enhancement of...


  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Sabenza IT & Recruitment Full-time

    Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 21/10/2026A senior-level Platform Engineering opportunity for an experienced engineer with astrong track record of building scalable, production-grade platforms and self-servicecapabilities for engineering teams. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise acrossAWS, Kubernetes, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, automation...


  • sandton, gauteng, South Africa Sanlam Limited Full-time

    Sanlam Limited in Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer / Technical Lead to design, implement and operate scalable cloud and DevOps platforms. You will provide hands-on delivery, mentor one team member, and drive improvements in delivery speed, reliability and security across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes and Jira Cloud. The role requires...

  • QA Engineer

    8 hours ago


    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Pinewood.AI Full-time

    Pinewood.AI is seeking a technically strong QA Engineer to own and deliver our quality strategy for the Automotive Intelligence Platform. You will focus on thoughtful, risk-based testing, clear communication, and collaboration with engineering and product teams to ensure features are fit for purpose, reliable, and releasable.We value a hands-on tester with a...


  • city of johannesburg metropolitan municipality, gauteng, South Africa Acuity Consultants Full-time

    Acuity Consultants is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (AI Enabled) to drive AI-powered modernization of high‑volume digital payment platforms. You will own architectural decisions, lead design efforts and contribute hands‑on development using C#/.NET 8, LLMs, embeddings and vector search to scale production systems. The role emphasizes producing...


  • gauteng, South Africa Network Finance Full-time

    Network Finance is seeking an experienced mobile applications engineer to develop cross-platform apps and deliver responsive user experiences. You will integrate with APIs and third-party services, design backend support where needed, and troubleshoot issues across devices. The role emphasizes performance, security, and collaboration across teams. The ideal...


  • johannesburg, gauteng, South Africa Sabenza IT & Recruitment Full-time

    Sabenza IT & Recruitment in Johannesburg, South Africa seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer to help lead and evolve a production AWS platform. You will design, automate, secure, and operate scalable cloud environments, while collaborating with software teams to ensure reliable software delivery. The role focuses on Cloud Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps & CI/CD,...


  • stellenbosch, western cape, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    Placements24 in Stellenbosch seeks a Structural Engineer for offshore structures to design, analyze and ensure integrity of platforms, jackets and subsea systems. Collaboration with naval architects and fabricators is essential. The ideal candidate holds a Civil/Structural degree with 6+ years in offshore projects and is proficient in ANSYS/STAAD.Pro,...


  • legkraal gate, north west, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    Placements24 is seeking an AI Infrastructure Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain scalable AI and ML infrastructure at our Mahikeng facility. You will work across compute, storage, networking, and cloud environments to support AI research and development. You will implement IaC, automate provisioning, monitor systems, and collaborate with data scientists...


  • george, western cape, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    Placements24 in George, Western Cape, is seeking a Lead NLP Engineer to drive the development of our next-generation language understanding platforms. You will lead a team of engineers and researchers, shaping technical strategy and guiding deployments of AI-powered language models. The role requires a strong background in NLP, 5+ years of experience with at...


  • mbombela (nelspruit), mpumalanga, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the Role Our client is a leading innovator in the online gaming space and is seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer to join their fully remote team. This role is critical in ensuring the scalability, reliability, and performance of their cutting-edge gaming platform. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust...


  • rustenburg, north west, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    Placements24 is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a fully remote team building an energy analytics platform. You will design, develop, and optimize data-intensive applications using Python, Java, or Scala, and collaborate with data scientists to deploy ML models. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in software development, strong experience with Spark,...


  • bushpig lapa (booking required), limpopo, South Africa Clarity Innovations Full-time

    Clarity Innovations is seeking a mission-driven Platform Engineer to deliver the next evolution of U.S. Government cyber operations. You will join an elite team developing the critical infrastructure for a next-generation, distributed cyber network operations platform, shaping how the U.S. Government conducts operations in cyberspace. Responsibilities cover...


  • cape town, western cape, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    Placements24 is seeking a Director of Engineering for a fully remote fintech startup. You will shape technical direction, mentor engineers, and drive scalable software in a remote-first environment. You will build and scale distributed teams, own architectural decisions, and partner with product leadership to deliver high-impact products. The role requires...


  • cape town, western cape, South Africa Amazon Development Centre (South Africa) (Proprietary) Limited Full-time

    Amazon Development Centre (South Africa) in Cape Town is seeking innovative software engineers to help build the next generation of EC2 service platforms. You will work on scalable, high‑impact systems used by internal and external customers. We value strong programming fundamentals across Java, Kotlin, TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Go and C++, with a DevOps...


  • pretoria, gauteng, South Africa Profession Hub Full-time

    Profession Hub is seeking a Cross‑Platform Mobile App Developer in Pretoria, offering a hybrid work model. You will design, build, test and maintain mobile apps for web and mobile platforms, collaborating with an Agile team to deliver high‑quality solutions. Required experience includes Ionic, Vue.js, TypeScript, Capacitor, RESTful APIs, and Git. A...


  • mbombela (nelspruit), mpumalanga, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    About the Role Our client, a leading innovator in the financial technology sector, is actively seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer to join their fully remote engineering team. This position is crucial for developing and enhancing their sophisticated financial platform, which serves a global clientele. You will be instrumental in designing,...


  • stellenbosch, western cape, South Africa Placements24 Full-time

    Placements24 is seeking a Senior Frontend Developer to join our client’s team in Paarl, Western Cape. You will build and optimize high-quality, responsive frontend code for cutting-edge e-commerce platforms, translating complex designs into engaging user interfaces. You will collaborate with UI/UX designers, backend engineers, and product managers to...

  • Senior .NET Engineer

    8 hours ago


    cape town, western cape, South Africa Africonology Full-time

    Africonology in Cape Town (Hybrid) seeks a Senior Software Engineer / Senior .NET Developer on a contract basis to advance the IS3P platform and related information security initiatives. You will design, develop, test and support enterprise web apps and services, collaborating with analysts, security specialists and project managers. Required: 8-10 years...