Junior Software Developer (Graduate Programme) – Fixed-Term

How2Apply Talent Network
Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal
Contract
Posted 4 hours ago
Contract IT & Software
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Job Description

You'll build and ship features that real users touch every day, for a bank's digital channels team in Richards Bay. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

This post is Richards Bay-based, with most of your time spent at a bank's digital channels team.

The work, day to day

  • Join daily stand-ups and sprint planning
  • Deploy through a CI/CD pipeline on Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or GitLab
  • Investigate production bugs using logs and monitoring dashboards
  • Write, test and refactor code in your team's main language
  • Pick up tickets from the sprint board and estimate the work
  • Write unit and integration tests before you merge

Must-haves

  • A computer science or IT qualification, or a portfolio that proves you can build
  • You can explain technical choices to non-technical people
  • Stable internet and a quiet workspace for remote days
  • Solid Git habits: branches, pull requests and meaningful commit messages
  • Good SQL and understanding of relational databases

On offer

  • Hybrid or fully remote work
  • Paid certification exams and learning budget
  • Medical aid and retirement fund

How to apply

  1. Check you meet the must-haves first; recruiters filter on those before anything else.
  2. Keep copies of these ready to send: degree or diploma certificate plus list of projects with the tech stack you used on each.
  3. Use the form on this page. It takes about two minutes and you don't need to upload anything yet.
  4. Watch for a call or WhatsApp from How2Apply over the next 10 working days.

Your application joins the How2Apply talent pool for this role, and we put shortlisted people forward to employers hiring in and around Richards Bay.

Applying is free. Nobody from How2Apply will ever ask you to pay for anything to get this job.

Before you hit apply

  • Expect a take-home or live coding test, so practise with a timer in the language you listed.
  • For each job, name one thing you built and its impact, like "cut checkout load time by 40%".

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Job details
SalaryDiscussed at interview
Job TypeContract
LocationRichards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal
CategoryIT & Software
Experience3+ years
Posted17 October 2026
Closing Date15 November 2026
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