Our Travelstart team is looking for a Senior Front-End & App Developer to join our Technology team and help build and evolve Travelstart’s customer-facing web and mobile experiences.
This is a genuinely blended role for someone equally comfortable working across modern front-end web development and mobile applications. You’ll work closely with Product, UX/UI, back-end engineering and other technology teams to turn customer and business requirements into intuitive, reliable and scalable digital experiences.
We’re looking for someone who can take real ownership — from understanding the problem and shaping the technical solution through development, testing, deployment, production support and ongoing optimisation.
Location: Cape Town, South Africa (Our office is located in Gardens)
As a senior developer, you won’t simply be handed tickets to execute.
You’ll be expected to understand the problem, contribute to solution design and make sound technical decisions that balance performance, scalability, security, maintainability, customer impact and delivery speed.
You’ll identify dependencies and risks early, contribute to architectural discussions and help shape technical decisions affecting our customer-facing platforms.
Delivery doesn’t end when the code is deployed.
You’ll monitor the performance and reliability of our web and mobile applications, investigate production incidents and defects, identify root causes and help improve our monitoring, logging and diagnostic capability.
We expect our senior developers to own what they build.
You’ll have strong practical experience in modern front-end development, together with demonstrable experience developing and supporting production mobile applications.
Your technical toolkit is likely to include:
Experience working in cloud-hosted, API-driven, high-volume or transactional digital environments would be an advantage.
Experience using AI tools and AI-enabled development workflows is also preferred.
We’re looking for someone with:
A relevant qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related field is welcomed, although strong equivalent practical experience is equally relevant.
We’re less interested in a particular number of years and more interested in the level at which you operate.
You should be comfortable:
We value people who are curious, pragmatic and comfortable solving difficult problems.
You’ll need strong analytical ability, attention to detail and a genuine interest in creating a good customer experience. You should be able to work independently when needed, collaborate well with others and communicate technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical colleagues.
Most importantly, we’re looking for someone who takes ownership, keeps learning and wants to leave the technology in a better state than they found it.
At Travelstart, technology sits at the heart of how we make travel simpler, faster and more accessible for our customers. You’ll be joining a business where your work is used in real-world, high-volume customer journeys and where engineering has a direct impact on the experience we deliver.
We’re evolving our platforms, investing in modern technology and AI-enabled ways of working, and looking for people who enjoy solving meaningful problems rather than simply maintaining the status quo.
It’s an environment that offers complexity, pace, ownership and the opportunity to help shape how travel technology develops across the business.
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TravelLab Africa Group is a travel company focused on providing unique and authentic travel experiences across Africa.