Full-Stack Engineer at The People Practice

Our organization powers businesses through people, culture, and technology, ultimately reshaping the culture of work in Africa. We are passionate about enabling exceptional workplace experiences and supporting businesses across the entire HR value chain and employee lifecycle. 

The Full-stack Engineer will work as part of the engineering team to build and maintain all innovative initiatives at our organization.

This role is perfect for someone passionate about problem-solving, who is bubbling with creative ideas. You’ll own features end-to-end, from architecture and API design to shaping DevOps infrastructure and supporting to refine pixel-perfect UI. You’ll collaborate closely with Product and Design, mentor peers, and set quality standards that let us ship fast without breaking things.

Responsibilities

• Own the full development cycle: From architecting scalable backends to support designing sleek, user-friendly interfaces.
• Write clean, high-performing code that doesn’t just work but sets new standards in efficiency and scalability. You will also review PRs for team members.
• Maintain DevOps pipelines: manage and design CI/CD, automate tests, releases, and rollbacks.
• Collaborate with product, design, and business teams to translate ideas into powerful digital experiences.
• Stay ahead of the curve by experimenting with emerging technologies, frameworks, and best practices.

Qualifications

• Up to 5 years professional experience building production web applications across frontend (React or similar + TypeScript) and backend (Node.js and/or PHP).
• Some experience with implementation and maintenance of CI/CD system
• A problem-solver’s mindset: You break down complex issues and build smart, efficient solutions.
• A builder’s mentality: You take ownership, push boundaries, and thrive in fast-moving environments.

Must have skills

• Great, frequent, clear communications skills. A must as we work remotely with our partners.
• Curiosity and the desire to learn. Our business is evolving rapidly, which means flexibility and speed are key.
• Ninja research skills. The ability to understand trends and break down larger, complex information and data into smaller easy-to-comprehend chunks.
• Confidence in presenting and navigating information.
• Relatability in person and online.
• Tact, sensitivity, and diplomacy. We have to be confidential with information.
• Strong organisation skills.
• Problem-solving skills - the ability to get to the root cause and design solutions with the users in mind.
• Strong Data skills. Understanding why data is important, what data to store, and how to store and track data.
• A self-driven work ethic. You need to be a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through to completion.