Software Developer Intern

Recruiter:

Signa Opportunity

Job Ref:

JHB000682/DM

Date posted:

Monday, August 4, 2025

Location:

Pretoria, 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: Software Developer Intern

Stipend: R7400.00 pm

Location: Pretoria (Lynwood)

POSITION INFO:
About the role
Support the engineering team with supervised development tasks that improve internal tools, data automation, quality assurance and low risk product features. Build real world experience across the stack without jeopardising production stability.

Key Responsibilities

Set up and maintain local development environment and required accounts.
Work on low complexity tickets in a sandbox or staging environment under review.
Fix minor bugs, update documentation, improve error messages and small UI elements.
Write and run unit tests and regression checklists before releases.
Build internal scripts that transform CSV data, validate image links or generate simple reports.
Assist with API documentation and developer notes for partners.
Log work in the issue tracker, participate in stand ups and code reviews.

Success Measures, early performance period

Environment configured and first reviewed pull request merged.
Agreed number of validated bug fixes or internal utility scripts delivered.
Test coverage improved in assigned modules or checklists completed before deploys.
Zero unreviewed code pushed to production.

Learning and Exposure
Practical JavaScript full stack exposure, Git workflows, API integration, Node or Express backend concepts and React frontend patterns.

Minimum Requirements

South African Unemployed youth between the ages of 18 and 34.
Must not have participated on the programme before.
Matric plus post matric certificate
Diploma or degree or current study in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Development, Engineering or similar.
Basic Java Script knowledge, able to use Git, familiar with REST concepts.

Advantageous
Node, React, MongoDB or SQL basics, Python scripting, Docker familiarity, interest in AI or data engineering, previous hackathon or project portfolio.

Other
Reports to Engineering Lead or delegated supervisor. All code changes require review before release. Duties may change as business needs evolve. Training provided. We encourage
applications from youth, women and township communities.

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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