Full Stack Developer.
Somewhere
🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Somewhere is open to applicants from South Africa. The estimated monthly salary is R55,500 – R111,000 ZAR. This role is suited for mid-level professionals. 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
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Role: Full Stack DeveloperPriority Location:South Africa / Latin America / Philippines
Working Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST
Salary Range: Market related
Type of contract:Independent Contractor
Type of job:Remote
About the Role:We are seeking a Full-Stack Developer (Backend-Focused) with 5+ years of software engineering experience to join our 7-person technology team, led by a CTO who provides overall technical direction.
This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving practical, real-world technical problems, taking ownership of their work, and building reliable solutions across our technology stack, with a primary focus on backend development.
The Ideal Candidate:
● Quickly understand existing code: Able to get up to speed on an existing codebase and beginmaking meaningful contributions quickly.
● Improve rather than over-engineer: Comfortable working within existing systems and makingpractical improvements without unnecessary rewrites.
● Strong problem-solving: Able to break down complex technical problems and identify practical,effective solutions.
● Good technical judgment: Makes thoughtful decisions around architecture, implementation, performance, and maintainability.
● Production-focused: Builds reliable, scalable software that is well-tested and ready for production use.
Key Responsibilities:
* Backend & Integrations: Design, build, and maintain robust backend services, REST APIs, and third-party platform integrations (payment gateways, clinical databases, operational tools).
* Data Pipelines & Warehousing: Improve data pipelines, BigQuery architecture, and reporting infrastructure to ensure 100% data integrity, monitoring, logging, and alerting.
* Workflow Automation & AI: Build AI-powered agents and workflow automations using LLMs and modern frameworks to eliminate manual administrative and operational effort.
* Full-Stack Execution: Own existing codebases incrementally; contribute to React-based internal tools, dashboards, and operational interfaces as needed.
Qualifications:
Non-Negotiable: AI & Automation Experience
* Must have hands-on experience building and deploying real-world applications using LLM APIs, AI agents, or modern AI frameworks (e.g.,LangChain, LangGraph, PydanticAI).
* Actually built and shipped AI-powered features or automations, not simply experimented with AI tools or used LLMs as part of their development workflow.
Non-Negotiable: Sensitive & Regulated Data Experience
* Must have professional experience working with sensitive, confidential, or highly regulated data in a production environment.
* This includes experience with data requiring strong security, privacy, access controls, compliance, or regulatory safeguards.
* Relevant experience may come from HealthTech, FinTech, LegalTech, GovTech, or otherindustries where protecting sensitive data is a core part of the technology environment.
* Candidates should understand the practical requirements of building and maintaining systems where data security, privacy, and compliance cannot be treated as an afterthought.
Core Technical Stack
* Primary Languages:TypeScript / Node.js (Strong emphasis), SQL, Python (beneficial for AI/Data)
* Data & Cloud:PostgreSQL / Supabase, BigQuery, Looker Studio
* Frontend / Internal Tools:React, Modern Web Frameworks
* AI Frameworks:LLM APIs, LangChain, LangGraph, PydanticAI, or AI Agent architectures
Tips for South African Applicants
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.
Salary in Context
At R55,500/month, this role pays well above the average South African remote salary. The USD equivalent ($3,000/mo) benefits from the favourable exchange rate.
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.
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 Somewhere
Somewhere is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 828 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →