Product Engineer (Full Stack) (Python/Node & React) (CPT Hybrid)

About the position

ENVIRONMENT:

A dynamic EduTech company seeks the coding talents of a critical-thinking & solutions-driven Product Engineer (Full Stack) to join its team. You will take real ownership of large parts of the product and ship fast, high-quality, AI native software. You'll add serious build capacity to the team so the leads can spend more time on product, people and discovery. The ideal candidate must have around 5 years in relevant Engineering roles (4 minimum). Mid to Senior level with an open-source stack background including Python or Node plus React is the shape they need, but a full match with their stack isn't required. You will also need proficiency with any relational database (Postgres, MySQL) and evidence you've built things: side projects, products, hardware, anything that shows how you think, or problems you’ve tackled and solved yourself.

DUTIES:

• Own projects end-to-end across our stack: Django and Postgres on the Backend, [URL Removed] React and TypeScript on the Frontend, React Native on mobile.
• Take business/client problems, understand and describe them, turn them into product specifications, and make sound technical calls along the way.
• Work directly with product, client success and sometimes clients, so you understand the why, not just the ticket.
• Use AI seriously across your workflow: research, planning, building, reviewing, testing.
• Raise the Front-end and UX bar. They don't have a Designer, so a good eye matters here. The difference between “good” and “great” is detail.
• Contribute to how they build: Product velocity, release flow, quality standards and Engineering habits.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Around 5 years in relevant Engineering roles (4 minimum). Mid to Senior level.
• An open-source stack background. Python or Node plus React is the shape they need, and a full match with their stack isn't required.
• Any relational database (Postgres, MySQL).
• Evidence you've built things: side projects, products, hardware, anything that shows how you think, or problems you’ve tackled and solved yourself.
• Based in Cape Town and in the office with the team once a week (Thursdays).

Nice-to-haves –

• Big plus: A design eye. They don't have a Designer. If you have strong Frontend skills and care how things look and feel, maybe as a former designer or someone who sweats the UI details, you'll stand out. Show us something you've made look great.
• React Native or Expo.
• Experience at a startup or small product company.
• A data or analytics background.

You'll thrive here if you –

Have agency. Take ownership of your circumstances, iterate, and act. Keep yourself moving between check-ins and don’t “float”. When you're blocked, come to us without waiting to be chased.

Are curious. You want to know how the world works under the hood, from HTTP to the database to the browser.

Are humble. Your instinct is "let me make this better", not "everything here is wrong".

Use AI coding tools every day. The whole workflow is built on them. You have a real workflow you can explain, built on solid Engineering you learned before AI did it for you.

Communicate clearly, in writing and in person, with Engineers and non-Engineers.

Care about the craft. Clean, simple, fast software that people enjoy using.

Desired Skills:

• Product
• Engineer
• Full