Full Stack & Salesforce Developer (CPT Hybrid)
IT – Software Development
Cape Town – Western Cape – South Africa
ENVIRONMENT:
A UK-based FinTech company seeks a proactive and versatile Full Stack & Salesforce Developer who thrives on building, fixing, and scaling. You’ll play a key hands-on role in shaping the foundation of its platform from customising Salesforce to building integrations, supporting infrastructure, and solving day-to-day tech challenges — you’ll be central to making systems work smarter as they grow. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of experience spanning Salesforce Development (Apex, Lightning, APIs, Flows); Full Stack Web Development (React/Vue, Node.js/.NET or similar) & Infrastructure, DevOps, and Security Fundamentals. You should be excited to roll up your sleeves, take ownership of the stack, and guide the team toward long-term, scalable solutions. This role sits at the heart of its mission to serve customers in a regulated lending environment.
DUTIES:
- Drive digital transformation in specialist lending.
- Build, maintain, and scale robust full-stack applications for lending platform.
- Drive development across front-end and back-end systems, ensuring seamless integration with Salesforce.
- Customise and extend Salesforce CRM functionalities to meet lending process needs, handling all hands-on implementation.
- Work closely with teams across the business to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Lead platform optimisation and ensure scalable code for future growth.
- Contribute to tech strategy and architecture.
- Act as a key voice in shaping the company’s tech direction, with a view toward future leadership.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, bugs, and system performance concerns.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Proven experience in both Lending/Financial Services and Salesforce (Non-negotiable).
- 6+ years of experience across:
- Salesforce Development (Apex, Lightning, APIs, Flows)
- Full Stack Web Development (React/Vue, Node.js/.NET or similar)
- Infrastructure, DevOps, and Security Fundamentals
- Experience with RESTful APIs, third-party integrations, and data modelling.
- Comfortable adapting WordPress Frontends and integrating Backend services.
- Able to work independently and take ownership of end-to-end tech solutions.
- Strong problem-solving skills and experience working in Agile environments.
- Confident making foundational architecture decisions in early-stage teams.
- Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred to have –
- Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- Salesforce Certifications –
- Platform Developer I (required)
- Platform Developer II
- Salesforce Administrator
- Previous experience working in a scale-up, FinTech, or high-growth environment.
- Experience with Salesforce CPQ, Marketing Cloud, or AppExchange apps.
- Previous exposure to process/tooling improvement in startup or early-stage environments.
- Experience customising WordPress themes, plugins and building reusable UI components.
- Familiarity with introducing Git-based workflows, cloud environments (AWS or similar), and CI/CD pipelines.