🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants

This fully remote full time position at Zipdev is open to applicants from South Africa. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.

Job Description

Our client is an influencer marketing platform connecting brands with content creators across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Amazon. The platform handles campaign management, creator discovery, content review, payments, and social media integrations at scale.
* Own day-to-day engineering delivery
* Ensure tickets are clear, prioritized, and moving
* Review and approve pull requests
* Maintain high standards for code quality, performance, and maintainability
* Help engineers break down work and make good technical decisions
* Mentor team members and increase autonomy
* Identify risks and escalate early
* Improve processes so we become faster and more predictable
* Act as the first point of contact instead of the CTO for developers
Backend
* PHP 8.1+ OOP
* MySQL
* ElasticSearch
* RabbitMQ
Frontend
* Vue.js
* Typescript
* 8+ years of software engineering experience
* Prior experience leading developers or owning delivery
* Strong in system design and backend architecture
* Comfortable giving direct feedback and maintaining standards
* Ability to balance speed vs quality
* Excellent communication and ownership mentality
* Calm, firm, and consistent under pressure
Bonus points
* Experience scaling teams in growing companies
* Experience improving messy or low-process environments
* Background working closely with product teams
* Work remotely Monday - Friday, 40 hours a week (no weekends)
* Did we mention it's REMOTE?!!
One of our core values at Zipdev is "Be authentic." that's why we encourage you to answer the application form in your own words; we are interested in getting to know you, not a digital assistant.

Wondering how our remote environment or our payment method work? We've put together some helpful answers in our FAQs at the bottom our our career site. Take a look and let us know if you have any other questions!

Tips for South African Applicants

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Timezone Advantage

South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.

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Salary in Context

Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.

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Application Tips

Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.

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Load Shedding Preparedness

If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.

About Zipdev

Zipdev is a company in the design industry that hires remote workers from South Africa.