DVT is one of the top software development and testing companies on the continent. Our vision is to be South Africa's favourite custom software solutions & services company, with a global footprint.
You will have the opportunity to work alongside some of the most established developers in the country with the latest technologies. DVT is committed to continuously training our staff and we are very proud of our culture of learning, from internal speaking and training to sponsoring a variety of technical events from DevConf to GDG.
DVT is partnering with an innovative international SaaS business that is transforming how independent food and beverage brands operate and grow online. We are seeking two Senior Full Stack Product Engineers to join a product-focused engineering team responsible for building and scaling a modern SaaS platform that serves businesses across Europe. This is an opportunity to work on a high-impact product, contribute to architectural decisions, and help shape the next generation of the platform as it evolves into a multi-tenant SaaS solution.
Software Development (70-80%)Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Python and Django
Develop modern frontend applications using React and TypeScript
Build, enhance, and maintain RESTful APIs
Develop integrations with third-party platforms and services
Optimize platform performance, scalability, and reliability
Contribute to cloud infrastructure and deployment processes
Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Operations teams
Contribute to architecture decisions and technical strategy
Design and scale multi-tenant SaaS solutions
Champion engineering best practices and code quality standards
Drive testing strategies including automated testing frameworks
Support CI/CD implementation and continuous improvement
Mentor and coach developers within the engineering team
Identify opportunities for platform innovation and optimization
8+ years software development experience
Strong commercial experience with Python and Django
Strong commercial experience with React and TypeScript
Solid understanding of modern JavaScript development practices
Experience building and scaling SaaS products
Extensive API development and integration experience
Strong PostgreSQL and relational database experience
Experience with ORM frameworks
Cloud platform experience (GCP and/or AWS)
Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines
Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Automated Testing Frameworks
Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment
Agile Software Development
Clean Architecture Principles
Code Reviews and Mentoring
Previous experience mentoring or leading developers
Ability to balance hands-on development with technical leadership
Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills
Multi-tenant SaaS platforms
Shopify integrations
E-commerce platforms
Marketplace products
Startup or scale-up environments
Firebase
Google Analytics
High-growth product businesses
Join a rapidly growing international SaaS business
Work on a product with significant market impact
Influence architecture and technical direction
Collaborate with highly experienced engineers
Exposure to international markets and product development
Modern technology stack
Significant ownership and autonomy
Backend
Python
Django
PostgreSQL
REST APIs
Frontend
React
TypeScript
Material UI
Cloud & DevOps
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
AWS (future roadmap)
CI/CD Pipelines
Git
Who we are:
Skills Required
- 5+ years of Python development experience
- Strong asynchronous programming experience with asyncio
- Production experience with FastAPI or a comparable asynchronous Python framework
- Understanding of OAuth2/OIDC flows and token lifecycle management
- Experience integrating with Azure APIM and Entra ID for service-to-service authentication
- Knowledge of distributed-systems resilience patterns, including circuit breakers, retries, and bulkheads
- Experience designing REST APIs for mobile consumption
- Security experience with TLS enforcement, rate limiting, input validation, and data masking
- Observability experience with structured logging, metrics, and distributed tracing
- Ability to review and assess the quality of an existing codebase
- Comfort working in a CI/CD environment such as GitHub Actions
- Experience with AWS Cognito or custom OAuth2 provider integration
- AWS container hosting experience with ECS, EKS, App Runner, or similar
- Grafana stack experience, including Grafana Faro, Loki, or Tempo
- Redis or ElastiCache caching experience
- Terraform familiarity
- Prior BFF or API Gateway implementation experience
- Familiarity with React Native or mobile-first API design
- WebSocket or SSE implementation experience
What We Do
Custom Software, AI and Data Engineering services. Global Scale. Local Engagement. DVT is a proudly South African founded and operated technology services provider. As a BEE level 2 company, we are a committed local partner to South African clients, providing experienced software technology teams or staff to build, enhance or maintain your AI, data and software solutions.
