Job Description

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

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 ideas – Create proof-of-concepts (PoCs) to evaluate potential feature implementations and new technologies.
• Ensure cloud-native best practices – Leverage AWS services for serverless computing, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code to drive efficient deployments.
• Support business expansion – Assist in setting up and operating new partner systems both domestically and internationally.
• Enhance DevOps and automation – Work with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring tools, and automated testing to streamline deployment and operations.
• Champion technical excellence – Conduct regular reviews to simplify and streamline the platform, implementing improvements based on best practices.
• Mentor and guide – Support junior developers, conduct code reviews, and contribute to a strong engineering culture.
• Drive innovation – Stay ahead of industry trends, advocate for modern technologies, and help evolve our technology stack.

Requirements

• To apply you must have 5-6+ years’ experience in:
• ReactJS or similar Front end JavaScript framework experience
• NodeJS experience
• AWS (or similar cloud architecture) development experience in serverless solutions
• Developing and consuming API’s

• You should have knowledge in:
• JS serverless libraries (ServerlessJS or similar)
• HTM5, CSS3 and native JavaScript (jQuery/JqueryUI)
• Coding patterns (MVC, MVVM etc)
• Version control tools (e.g. Git)
• CI/CD (Jenkins or similar
• CMS/LMS experience

• It would be beneficial to have:
• Craft CMS (Or other)
• Version control tools (e.g. Git)
• Knowledge of TDD (Test driven development) & Agile Development process
• (Jira)
• Understanding about debugging and problem-solving application issues
• PHP Development
• LTI development experience
• AWS Certification

Benefits

About OES

OES is a vibrant and values-led organisation, and we are passionate about enhancing lives through education. We work with university partners, training institutes, and professional bodies worldwide, to develop and enable immersive and engaging learning experiences. We empower our teams to be student-focused, innovative, and embrace change with a growth mindset to ensure we achieve our vision of being the world’s most impactful enabler of education. We encourage our people to grow and develop through teamwork and a diverse range of projects, programs and challenging work. We trust our people to deliver, so when you work with OES, you will join a team who are empowered to impact every day.

Company Culture & Values

We are a people-focused organization with a culture built around collaboration, connection, and working together toward one common goal. Our vibrant, values-led culture is grounded in four core principles that guide everything we do:

Passion and Perseverance: We love what we do (even though it’s not always easy) and take pride in creating transformative learning experiences. We bring a ‘can-do’ attitude to our work, tackling challenges and inspiring others.

Teamwork: We operate as cross-functional teams globally with trust and respect, celebrating success. We have fun while we work and enjoy collaborating with each other and OES partners.

Agility and Innovation: We are innovative, lateral thinkers who use our skills to do things better for our students. We thrive in ambiguity, embrace change and challenge conventional thinking.

Integrity: We do what’s right, and what we say we will do, every time. We value a culture of respectful feedback and believe that respect trumps harmony.

These are some of the perks you can expect when you join the team:

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Medical allowance
• Commute allowance
• Flexible work for genuine career-life fit
• A healthy and supportive company culture
• Generous annual leave
• Paid maternity and paternity benefits
• Study leave
• Professional development and mentoring
• Construct Culture Club events
• Company funded lunch and drinks every 8 weeks

*Policy T&Cs apply for certain benefits