WSP in Africa

Platform Developer

WSP in Africa  •  Midrand, ZA (Onsite)  •  22 days ago
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Job Description

You will refactor and harden the existing MVP application for multi-tenant SaaS deployment: migration from SQLite to PostgreSQL/SQL, containerised Azure deployment, proper auth/RBAC, CI/CD pipelines, frontend migration from Vanilla JS to Angular, API gateway design, observability, and performance at scale. You are scaling an MVP to work deployable, secure, and fast for tens-of-thousands of concurrent users. Rapid pace is a key requisite, using latest AI coding acceleration technology to augment traditional methods.

Required Skills

Must be highly proficient in English language – spoken and written comms.

Angular | Advanced — component architecture, state management, lazy loading, performance tuning

NET / C# | Advanced — 5+ years. Enterprise services, Azure Functions, API design

Python | Proficient — FastAPI, async patterns (existing backend you'll work with)

JavaScript / TypeScript | Advanced — ES6+, async patterns, build tooling

Node.js / Express | Advanced — BFF layer, middleware, API gateway patterns

SQL | Advanced — PostgreSQL required. Schema migration, query optimisation, multi-tenant data isolation

Docker / Containers | Advanced — Compose, multi-stage builds, container orchestration

Azure Cloud | Proficient — App Service, Functions, Blob Storage, Key Vault, AAD (AWS/GCP transferable)

CI/CD | Advanced — GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps. Automated testing, staged deployments

Git | Advanced — Branching strategies, rebasing, monorepo or multi-repo workflows

Required Experience

- Minimum 6 years professional software development experience

- Demonstrated body of work — public portfolio, GitHub profile, or equivalent

- Experience scaling a web application from MVP/prototype to production SaaS for thousands of concurrent global users (this is the core of the role)

- Experience with multi-tenant architecture — data isolation, tenant-aware middleware, per-tenant config

- Experience with database migration — schema versioning, zero-downtime migrations, data integrity at scale

- Experience with authentication and authorisation at enterprise level — OAuth2/OIDC, RBAC, SSO integration

- Experience with API design — versioning, rate limiting, pagination, caching strategy

Required: Infrastructure & Operations

- Observability — Structured logging, distributed tracing, APM (Application Insights, Datadog, or equivalent)

- Security — OWASP awareness, secret management, CSP headers, input validation, vulnerability scanning

- Performance — Profiling, load testing, caching strategies (Redis), CDN configuration

- Reliability — Health checks, graceful degradation, retry patterns, circuit breakers

Critical Differentiator: AI-Augmented Development

- Must currently use AI coding assistants in daily work (Github Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, or equivalent)

- Must demonstrate significant speed multiplier (5x+ on typical tasks)

- Must be comfortable with agentic workflows — running multiple AI agents concurrently, delegating subtasks, reviewing and integrating AI-generated code

- You will be live-tested given a mid-level coding task that traditionally takes 3 weeks, you'll have 60 minutes to complete it using whatever tools you choose

Preferred (Not Required)

- Kubernetes / AKS orchestration experience

- GIS / geospatial data experience (PostGIS, tile servers, Cesium)

- Experience migrating legacy/prototype codebases to production architecture

- Experience in engineering consultancy or infrastructure sector

- Machine learning model serving / inference pipeline experience

What We Offer

- Take a genuinely novel product from MVP to global scale — not maintaining legacy code

- Elite small team — high autonomy, high impact

- AI-first development culture — use the best tools available, measured on output not hours

- Global exposure — WSP operates in 40+ countries

- Competitive compensation (market-dependent, discussed at interview)

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this
role and other opportunities within the team.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.
Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a
positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to
make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.
With us, you can. Apply today.

WSP in Africa

About WSP in Africa

We are one of the world’s leading professional services firms, uniting our engineering, advisory and science-based expertise to shape communities to advance humanity.

From local beginnings to a globe-spanning presence today, we operate in over 50 countries and employ approximately 73,000 professionals, known as Visioneers.​

Operating from South Africa, and with a team of over 650+ we deliver innovative projects across sectors: Transport & Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Earth & Environment, Water, Power & Energy and Mining & Metals.​

Visit us at https://www.wsp.com/en-ZA/

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Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Johannesburg, ZA
Year Founded
1885
Website
wsp.com
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