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Software Engineering Jobs in South Africa

There are 905 open Software Engineering jobs in South Africa on freehire right now. 282 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are java, cloud and api.

Most requested skills

java 53%
cloud 41%
api 40%
agile 37%
sql 36%
python 33%
ci-cd 29%
aws 29%

How the work is done

Hybrid 144 · 16%
Remote 93 · 10%
Onsite 9 · 1%

Visa sponsorship offered in 4% of the 28 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

Senior 314
Lead 57
Junior 54
Intern 18
Middle 18
Principal 13

Who is hiring

1000+ employees 24
501-1000 employees 23
51-200 employees 9
11-50 employees 4

905 jobs

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Intermediate java developer

Likely evergreen HybridAfrica

Join a dynamic team within a leading financial services institution that values innovation, excellence, and collaborative growth. This is your opportunity to contribute to a forward-thinking organisation committed to…

Fintech Java Root Cause Analysis SDLC Spring +1 skills

Agrigate One Limited

Intermediate Software Engineer

NewBe an early applicant Africa

We are seeking a proactive and experienced Intermediate Full Stack Software Engineer to play a key role in building and scaling software that bridges the gap between digital platforms and industrial control systems.…

API Automation BDD CI/CD Design Patterns +16 skills

Senior .NET Software Engineer

NewBe an early applicant HybridAfricaSenior

Role Overview Join us in building exceptional, modern software. We are seeking a Senior .NET Developer who thrives on designing and delivering robust, scalable, and elegant solutions. In this role, you will contribute…

Angular API AWS Azure CI/CD +15 skills

Software Engineer Mobile

NewBe an early applicant HybridAfrica

Mid-level mobile engineer joining The Rank Group's mobile squad in Cape Town, building and maintaining cross-platform iOS/Android apps with Flutter and Dart. Day to day: writing clean TDD-driven code, optimizing performance, leading features, and collaborating with designers, analysts and product managers in an agile team.

Agile Android API Dart Flutter +4 skills

Pillango Placements

Java Developer

NewBe an early applicant Africa

Duties / Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and improve complex Java-based systems and APIs. Contribute on the applicable level to technical decisions around architecture, scalability, and engineering standards.…

Angular API AWS Azure Cloud +3 skills

Network Recruitment

Python Developer

NewBe an early applicant Africa

Qualifications Relevant Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field Degree essential Diplomas and National Diplomas will not be considered Requirements Minimum 8…

CI/CD CSS Cybersecurity Django Git +6 skills

Senior Web Developer | Contract

NewBe an early applicant HybridAfricaContractSenior

12-month contract Senior Web Developer at IQbusiness in Welgemoed, Cape Town (hybrid: 3 days on-site, 2 WFH), delivering web solutions for an international client. Day to day involves full-stack PHP/WordPress work — custom themes, plugins, and APIs — plus responsive front ends using Bootstrap, React, or Angular.

Angular API AWS Azure Bootstrap +14 skills

Junior Software Engineer

NewBe an early applicant AfricaInternshipJunior

Entry-level Junior Software Engineer at Retipuj Zoft (remote, Johannesburg-based company) who designs, builds, tests and maintains web applications, APIs, databases and automation/AI projects for clients, working through the full development lifecycle with Git under senior mentorship.

AI API Automation Cloud C++ +13 skills

Senior software engineer - 63251274034

NewBe an early applicant RemoteAfricaContractSenior

Fully remote senior software engineer building a founder-led productivity app that links daily tasks to long-term goals. Day to day: hands-on feature development, architecture decisions, debugging, testing, and documentation, using strong engineering fundamentals (databases, APIs, cloud) plus AI coding tools where they help.

AI API Cloud Git REST +1 skills

3K – 4K $ / mo

Software Engineer (All Levels)

Open 114d RemoteWorldwide, UKFull-time

Builds AI-driven data pipelines and tools for mineral exploration, embedding with geologists to solve ambiguous problems in geospatial data and field operations using Python, Django, React, and AWS.

AI AWS Cloud Containerization Data Pipelines +8 skills

150K – 240K $

Bell Equipment Group

Mobile & Web Software Engineer — API & Data Focus

NewBe an early applicant Africa

This engineer builds and supports mobile and web applications at Bell Equipment Group in Richards Bay, focusing on integrating new systems with legacy ones via APIs and reliable data transfers. Day-to-day work includes migrating legacy data into MySQL/MSSQL databases, configuring databases, and following best-practice design and deployment processes.

API MySQL SQL Server

Intermediate Software Engineer

NewBe an early applicant AfricaFull-time

Namocorp, a South African bespoke software company in Centurion, is hiring an intermediate Software Engineer to design, build, test, deploy, and maintain software across the full SDLC. Core stack is C#/.NET (Core, EF/EF Core, ASP.NET), SQL, and REST services, with Git/Azure DevOps and IIS; on-site role for SA citizens or permanent residents.

Agile Automation Azure Azure DevOps CI/CD +16 skills

Senior Software Engineer

NewBe an early applicant RemoteAfricaFull-timeSenior

Senior full-stack software engineer at Advantage Learning Technologies (edtech) building features and business solutions in Laravel/PHP with Vue 3, Inertia, Filament, and Tailwind, including automated testing, CI/CD deployment (Forge/Envoyer/AWS), documentation, and mentoring junior engineers. Hybrid role based in Durban, Cape Town, or Johannesburg, South Africa.

AWS CI/CD Cloud CSS DevOps +11 skills

Junior Web Developer Trainee

NewBe an early applicant RemoteAfricaJunior

A remote junior trainee role where the person learns full-stack web development on live projects: building responsive web pages with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, translating UI/UX designs, and gradually taking on back-end work (e.g., React, Node.js, Python) under mentorship from experienced developers.

CSS HTML JavaScript Node.js Python +1 skills

Senior Software Engineer - Cloud

NewBe an early applicant AfricaSenior

Senior Software Engineer focused on cloud technologies, working in Paarl, South Africa: designing, building, and maintaining scalable cloud-native applications and infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP, with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CloudFormation), CI/CD automation, containerization, and cloud security best practices.

Automation AWS Azure CI/CD Cloud +12 skills

Remote Java Developer - Spring Boot & Enterprise Apps

NewBe an early applicant RemoteAfrica

Placements24 is hiring a Java Developer for a remote-friendly software team to design, develop, and maintain scalable enterprise applications using Java and Spring Boot. Day to day involves clean-code development and close collaboration with analysts, developers, and QA to deliver high-quality business software.

Junior Software Engineer

NewBe an early applicant HybridAfricaJunior

A junior-level software engineer role in Vereeniging, South Africa, posted by staffing agency Placements24 on behalf of a client. The hire assists senior engineers in designing, developing, and testing software, writing clean documented code, joining code reviews, fixing defects, and maintaining documentation, with a CS degree and familiarity with Python, Java, or C++ expected.

C++ Java Python

Greenhouse Software, Inc.

Senior Software Engineer - GoLang (FinCore)

NewBe an early applicant AfricaSenior

Senior backend engineer on Bash's FinCore division in Cape Town, building Go services for the financial backbone of South Africa's largest omnichannel shopping platform: payments, refunds, wallets/stored value, credit, reconciliation and fraud. Day to day it's real-time distributed systems work with strong observability and a shared on-call rotation.

Agentic AI Agile Backbone.js Bash C# +6 skills

Network Recruitment

Junior Software Engineer - Java & React

NewBe an early applicant AfricaJunior

Graduate/junior software developer role in Pretoria, South Africa, placed by Network Recruitment. Day to day the person joins a team building a range of software applications, writing clean code and taking part in the full development lifecycle from design to deployment, using Java and React (Ruby on Rails exposure is a plus).

Java Rails React Ruby

Electrum Payments

Software engineer - java - platform track

NewBe an early applicant Africa

Java software engineer in Cape Town building high-performance backend systems for a payments fintech, with a track into cloud, SRE, platform, or developer-security engineering. Core stack is Java with AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD; the role is office-first with flexible hours.

Automation AWS Bash CDK CI/CD +14 skills