Junior Software

Recruiter:

Signa Opportunity

Job Ref:

JHB000920/SMO

Date posted:

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:
Signa Opportunity
is recruiting unemployed youth for quality workplace experience through the Youth Employment Service (YES) initiative.

About the YES Initiative
The initiative was launched by the President in 2018 and is a partnership with the government and labour department to collectively devise a national plan to build economic pathways for South Africa’s youth by creating workplace opportunities for South African youth over a period of 12 months.

Position: Junior Software

Stipend: R9500

Location: Gauteng (Sandton)

POSITION INFO:
About the role
Support the development and maintenance of the Garage platform (mobile apps + backend), working closely with the CTO to build a scalable, secure, and user-friendly product.

Responsibilities:

Assist in developing mobile app features (Android/iOS).
Contribute to backend services and APIs.
Fix bugs and improve system performance.
Integrate third-party services (payments, KYC, telemetry APIs).
Participate in testing, debugging, and deployments.
Write clean, maintainable, and documented code.
Support database management and basic architecture decisions.

What We’re Looking For

Strong problem-solving mindset.
Willingness to learn quickly and take ownership.
Ability to work in a startup environment (fast-paced, ambiguous).
Attention to detail and debugging discipline.

Growth Opportunity

Direct mentorship from CTO.
Exposure to full product lifecycle (build → launch → scale).
Opportunity to specialise (mobile, backend, or architecture).

Minimum Requirements

South African Unemployed youth between the ages of 18 and 34.
Must not have participated on the YES programme before.
Matric.
Degree or diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.

Exposure to at least one of:

React Native / Flutter.
Java / Kotlin (Android).
Swift (iOS).
Basic understanding of APIs (REST), Git, and databases.
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Firebase, or similar) is a plus.

Please consider your application unsuccessful when you have not heard from the Signa Opportunity team within two weeks of submitting your application.

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