Lead Full Stack Developer (Node / React / AWS)

We are looking for a Lead Full Stack Developer to join our team. The successful person will be experienced in JavaScript frameworks (ReactJS, NodeJS) and AWS. This will be for an initial 6 month contract to help an existing team accelerate development on a system. We require someone to be based in South Africa.

Your Expertise :

• We require someone with 8+ years of overall Development experience
• 3+ years of experience in a Lead role (or with proven lead level experience)
• Full-stack development (3+ years’ experience)
• NodeJS - JavaScript (3+ years’ experience)
• TypeScript (2+ years’ experience)
• ReactJS (4+ years’ experience)
• SQL (3+ years’ experience)
• NoSQL, preferably experience with DynamoDB or MongoDB (2+ years’ experience)
• REST (3+ years’ experience)
• NextJS (1+ year experience)
• Serverless computing – mainly AWS, with some GCP knowledge (3+ years’ experience)
• SOLID principles and knowledge of design patterns
• BDD / TDD + Agile methodologies
• Proficiency in modern AI-assisted development tools, such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Codex, Claude Code, or similar. You should be comfortable leveraging AI tools to accelerate development, improve code quality, and enhance productivity across the stack.
• Continuous Integration and planning tools (Jenkins, Jira, Git, etc),
• Cloud Infrastructure knowledge