Introduction

An established organisation is seeking a E-commerce Developer - Product Engineering to join its team in Aliwal North. This role supports a business that is investing in platform stability, product delivery, and stronger digital capability. The position offers the opportunity to work on meaningful systems, applications, infrastructure, or digital services depending on the portfolio and team structure.

The successful candidate will work with technical and non-technical stakeholders and will contribute to solutions that improve business efficiency, user experience, and operational resilience. The successful candidate will be expected to work with appropriate urgency, maintain quality standards, and support a collaborative delivery culture while contributing to business-facing outcomes.

Duties & Responsibilities

The successful candidate will contribute across solution delivery, support, optimisation, and stakeholder engagement within a structured IT environment.

Work with analysts, product stakeholders, QA, and support teams to ensure fit-for-purpose delivery.
Maintain technical documentation, release notes, and relevant implementation records.
Support testing, defect resolution, release readiness, and production issue analysis.
Translate functional needs into structured technical solutions and participate in design discussions where required.
Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code aligned to development standards and review practices.
Contribute to performance optimisation, technical debt reduction, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Participate in sprint ceremonies, estimation sessions, or project planning activities as applicable.

This role will also require disciplined communication, documentation accuracy, and a practical approach to balancing delivery quality with operational timelines.

Desired Experience & Qualification

The ideal candidate will combine relevant technical capability with strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Relevant diploma or degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Development, Engineering, or a related discipline.
Experience with one or more modern programming languages, frameworks, APIs, databases, or web technologies relevant to the role.
Exposure to source control, testing practices, release processes, and collaborative development workflows.
Good working knowledge of documentation standards, structured problem-solving, and stakeholder communication.
Typically suited to candidates with around 3–6 years relevant experience and the ability to manage core responsibilities independently.