Job Opportunities at Salt South Africa

The Role

• This isn’t just another systems job. You’ll be the architect behind the internal business systems and data strategy, shaping the tech stack that powers a high-growth SaaS business. You’ll make sure everything is scalable, future-proof, and humming along nicely. Plus, you’ll turn raw data into insights that help make smarter decisions. And yes, you’ll get to play with AI and automation to make processes faster and smarter.

What You’ll Do

• Own and evolve internal systems architecture
• Implement and integrate SaaS platforms like a pro
• Build a killer data strategy and dashboards that make leadership go “wow”
• Use AI and automation to boost efficiency and insights
• Champion process improvements and change management
• Keep data governance and compliance tight (GDPR fans, this is your moment)

Who We’re Looking For

• You’re a tech-savvy strategist who loves solving problems and making systems sing. You’ve got experience with SaaS platforms, data analytics, with some AI and automation tricks up your sleeve. You’re great at collaborating, managing stakeholders, and juggling projects in a fast-paced environment. Bonus points if you know your way around data & Ai governance and compliance.

What’s In It For You

• A chance to shape the systems and data strategy of a high-growth SaaS business
• Autonomy, ownership, and real impact
• A collaborative, forward-thinking team that loves innovation
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Continuous learning in automation, AI, and business tech
   

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About the Role

• As a Junior Data Analyst, you’re the person who helps the company make smarter decisions using data – not guesswork.
• You’ll dive into operational data, uncover insights, build dashboards, and support teams across credit, sales, operations, and product. You’ll learn fast, work closely with mentors, and develop a solid foundation in analytics, storytelling, and business problem‑solving.
• This is a hands-on, high-growth learning environment – perfect if you love solving puzzles, asking why things happen, and making data useful for real humans in real markets.

What You’ll Be Doing
Here’s a taste of your day-to-day:

Dig Into Data

• Write SQL queries to extract and explore operational data.
• Spot patterns, trends, and “huh, that’s interesting…” signals.

Build Reports & Dashboards

• Create clean, intuitive dashboards that teams actually use.
• Turn raw data into simple stories that drive decisions.

Support Data-Driven Decisions

• Work with sales, credit, product, and ops teams to understand their questions.
• Translate business needs into analysis, insights, and recommendations.

Own Data Quality

• Validate datasets, flag gaps, and help improve data hygiene.
• Ensure stakeholders trust the numbers you put in front of them.
• You’ll touch a bit of everything – analysis, visualisation, problem‑solving, and communication – while learning from a team that genuinely wants to help you grow.

Who You Are

• You don’t need years of experience – just potential, curiosity, and a willingness to learn quickly.

You’ll thrive if:

• You have a degree in Stats, Actuarial Science, Data Science, Mathematics, or similar.
• You’re comfortable writing SQL and working with spreadsheets.
• You’ve used tools like Tableau or Power BI (or you’re keen to learn).
• Bonus: you’ve touched Python or R, even lightly.
• You’re curious, analytical, and love figuring out why numbers behave the way they do.
• You enjoy explaining your findings simply – charts over jargon.
• You’re organised, detail‑oriented, and ok with ambiguity.
• You’re excited to work in fast-moving African markets and open to travelling when needed.
• You want your work to matter.

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• You will support the Product Management function across all network services, including Fibre, DIA, MPLS, and LTE/5G. Your objective is to ensure accurate pricing, healthy gross margins, and seamless operational delivery through meticulous analysis and carrier coordination.

Key Responsibilities

• Commercial & Pricing Support: Manage custom connectivity pricing and validate carrier costs against retail rates to hit target gross margins
• Financial Oversight: Perform monthly carrier invoice reconciliations, validating billing against contracted rates and resolving discrepancies with finance teams.
• Reporting & Analysis: Track margin performance and produce monthly reports on costs, retail pricing, and new service provisions
• Renewals Management: Review customer renewals to assess profitability and propose redesigns or alternative provider options where necessary.
• Operational Approvals: Validate and approve connectivity costs and retail pricing while maintaining accurate records in internal systems

Key skills

• Technical Background: Solid experience with connectivity products (Fibre, MPLS, LTE, etc.) and a firm grasp of carrier cost structures
• Data Expertise: Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills are essential, specifically for VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, and complex margin modeling
• Analytical Mindset: A strong ability to interpret carrier contracts and reconcile high-volume invoices with extreme attention to detail

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About the Role

• As the Credit & Pricing Analyst, you sit right at the commercial heart of the business. Your work shapes P&L outcomes, portfolio performance, customer affordability, and the overall risk-reward balance of the company.
• This is not a “sit quietly and build models” role.
• This is a “you own the commercial engine – go make it better” role.
• You’ll build forecasts, design pricing strategies, improve automated decisioning, dig deep into portfolio performance, and create data-driven recommendations that ripple through the whole organisation.
• You’ll work directly with the senior credit leadership team, and your models will influence how sales teams operate in multiple countries.

What You’ll Actually Do
Profitability & Pricing

• Build and refine pricing models that drive sustainable margins.
• Simulate and quantify the impact of pricing or policy changes on P&L.

Credit Performance Forecasting

• Develop and maintain forward-looking models for repayment, defaults, and portfolio health.
• Produce forecasts used by finance, operations, and leadership.

Credit Risk Model Development

• Analyse behavioural and transactional data to improve automated decision engines.
• Backtest models, monitor stability, and refine risk buckets.

Analytical Exploration

• Test hypotheses, prototype new approaches, run experiments, and uncover hidden opportunities.
• Bring new thinking into product, credit, and commercial discussions.

Portfolio Insights & Actionable Recommendations

• Identify trends and pain points in performance.
• Turn complex patterns into simple, actionable guidance for in-country teams.
• Connect your models to the operational reality of life on the ground.

Ownership & Commercial Impact

• Go beyond analysis – you’ll help teams execute, iterate, and embed changes so that improvements actually show up in the numbers.

Who You Are
You don’t need to tick every box – but you’ll thrive here if:

• You have 2-5 years in analytics, credit, pricing, risk, or data science.
• You’re great with SQL and comfortable with Python or R for modelling.
• You know your way around credit scorecards, pricing logic, or financial forecasting.
• You understand behavioural data and can separate signal from noise.
• You can communicate complex ideas simply, clearly, and confidently.
• You take ownership – the kind where you don’t just build the model, you follow through until it lands in the real world.
• You have a curious, practical, analytical mind that loves solving commercial puzzles.
• You enjoy understanding how things work on the ground, not just in a spreadsheet.
• You’re open to traveling to the countries where your work directly impacts customers.
• You want your work to have real meaning.
   

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• Our client is looking for a Mid Back-End Drupal Developer who can architect robust backend solutions, build production‑grade systems, and help elevate their engineering standards.

What You’ll Do
In this role, you’ll work across the full backend lifecycle; designing, building, optimizing, and maintaining mission‑critical systems. You will:

• Architect and build scalable backend systems and APIs from scratch
• Own complex features end‑to‑end, from design to deployment
• Optimize backend performance, security, and reliability
• Work with cross‑functional teams to align architecture with product and business goals

What You Bring

• 4+ years’ experience in backend development, delivering production-grade systems
• Strong PHP expertise (OO principles, MVC frameworks like Laravel or Symfony)
• Hands-on experience with Drupal, including custom modules, APIs, and migrations
• Proficiency with MySQL, Git workflows, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

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• We are searching for a high-caliber Data & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer for a client at the forefront of data-driven innovation. This is a comprehensive “end-to-end” role, architecting systems from initial data source configuration through to the integration of sophisticated analytical tools.

The Opportunity

• This is a pivotal role for a generalist Data Engineer who excels in AWS-native environments. You will be responsible for building scalable, resilient architectures that align with global security and compliance standards, ensuring the integrity of the entire data flow.

Key Responsibilities

• Cloud Architecture: Design and implement high-availability AWS solutions, focusing on scalability, disaster recovery, and governance
• Application & Integration: Develop serverless applications and manage containerized environments (ECS/Fargate), integrating complex event-driven architectures
• Automation (IaC): Maintain infrastructure using Terraform or AWS CDK, implementing GitOps workflows via GitHub Actions
• Data Engineering: Manage the full data lifecycle using AWS Glue (PySpark), S3, Lambda, and Athena
• Security & Compliance: Implement robust cloud security controls (IAM, encryption) to meet international standards such as GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering (Honours preferred)
• Certification: AWS Certified Developer or Solutions Architect is highly desirable
• Experience: 5+ years in Data Engineering, specifically within the AWS ecosystem
• Stack: Expert Python (PySpark), SQL, and NoSQL (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB) skills
• Standards: Experience in regulated environments (ISO, CE, or FDA) is a distinct advantage

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• You’ll be joining a specialist SAP data consultancy known for solving the messy, complex data problems most teams avoid. They help global clients navigate SAP landscapes, clean up legacy data, and migrate to modern platforms all with a small, senior team that genuinely knows their craft.
• If you want deep SAP exposure, real mentorship, and interesting technical work, this is your spot.

Something about the job

• You’ll work in the data migration team supporting S/4HANA projects.

Your days will include:

• Building and maintaining migration programs in ABAP
• Implementing conversion logic, validations, and error-handling routines
• Working with Open SQL, ABAP OO, and AMDP to move large data sets efficiently
• Supporting ETL tools and reconciliation processes
• Helping test migration objects and troubleshoot issues
• Contributing during cutovers and go-lives
• If you want to deepen your SAP + data skills, this role gives you everything: real projects, big migrations, and plenty of technical exposure.
• Something about the person we’re looking for

You’ll thrive here if you:

• Have ~3-4 years of ABAP development experience
• Know your way around ABAP OO, BAPIs, function modules, and Open SQL
• Have 1-2 years exposure to SAP data migration or ETL tools
• Can write SQL queries and understand joins, aggregations, and performance basics
• Have touched SAP modules like FI, MM, SD, or PP (even lightly)
• Communicate clearly with consultants, clients, and technical teams
• Enjoy structured problem-solving and want to become a migration specialist
• Are organised, detail-obsessed, and comfortable working across multiple moving parts
   

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• You’ll join a fast‑growing HealthTech organisation building life‑changing products that blend medical devices, cloud platforms, and data-driven insights. The engineering culture is modern, collaborative, and impact-focused the kind where you get to shape infrastructure, own architecture decisions, and influence the future of their digital ecosystem.
• If you want to work at the intersection of healthcare + cloud + data, with real-world impact, this is the one.

Something about the job

• You’re the technical leader owning everything cloud, data platform, DevOps, and security.
• Your mission: keep the AWS ecosystem stable, scalable, compliant and evolving fast.

You’ll spend your days:

• Designing high-availability AWS architectures (Terraform / CDK)
• Leading cloud modernization and migrations to EKS/ECS/Lambda
• Owning the Amazon Connect environment and integrations
• Driving DevOps maturity and automated delivery pipelines
• Leading Master Data Management and Data Catalog initiatives
• Governing data quality, lineage, and “golden record” frameworks
• Implementing event-driven architectures (SNS/SQS/Kinesis)
• Enforcing HIPAA/GDPR-aligned security and data protection
• Managing cloud costs, tagging strategies, and optimisation
• Overseeing cloud security tools (GuardDuty, WAF, Security Hub)
• Mentoring technical teams and setting architectural standards
• Basically: you’re the anchor for all things cloud, data engineering, security, and platform excellence.

Something about the person we’re looking for
You’ll shine here if you:

Your background

• Have 10+ years in cloud engineering and 3+ years leading teams
• Hold a degree in Computer Science / Engineering (Honours/Certs = bonus)
• Are fluent in AWS data and compute services (Glue, S3, Lambda, Athena, Step Functions)
• Are comfortable with SQL + NoSQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB)
• Have experience with MDM, “golden record” design, and Data Catalog governance

Your skills

• Strong Python skills (PySpark especially for AWS Glue)
• Strong knowledge of data modelling, schema design, and optimisation
• Solid understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform / CDK)
• Comfortable leading cloud architecture, DevOps practices, and AIOps tooling
• Security-first mindset with proven AWS security experience
• Can translate technical architecture into clear, business-friendly language

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• This is a senior leadership role owning the full lifecycle of internal tech systems, architecture, data assets, and business intelligence. You’ll guide the organisation from basic reporting to advanced analytics, drive automation, set governance, and build a “single source of truth” across systems and data.
• You’ll lead high‑performing teams, set standards, align roadmaps with business needs, and collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Customer Ops, and Engineering to shape systems that scale.
• You’ll design and optimise the business systems ecosystem, lead automation efforts, manage vendors and technical budgets, and ensure the data platform is stable, governed, and aligned with compliance requirements (GDPR, ISO, HIPAA, FDA, CE).
• You’ll oversee internal BI, manage strategic dashboards, define metrics, drive self‑service analytics, and ensure decisions across the organisation are backed by well-governed, high-quality data.

Something about the person we’re looking for

• You’ve got at least 15 years in tech, systems, or data-focused roles, including 5 years leading teams. You understand how to treat internal systems like products and are comfortable directing architecture, data governance, business intelligence, and cross-functional delivery.
• You bring experience with AWS services, data engineering, CRM/ERP ecosystems, system integrations, and vendor management. You get data from “source to lake,” understand APIs, and are comfortable with BI environments like Tableau or Qlik.
• You probably hold a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or something similar. Salesforce certifications, AWS certifications, or Enterprise Architecture credentials are an advantage.
• You’re strong with SQL fundamentals, analytics design, compliance frameworks (GDPR/HIPAA/ISO), Agile project management, and tools like JIRA. And you’re a confident communicator – comfortable with executives, technical teams, and stakeholders across the business.

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• I’m partnering with a global brand undergoing a major digital transformation to find an experienced Engineering Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team building scalable mobile and backend solutions for a unified member engagement platform.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture.
• Own technical delivery for mobile app and backend integration services.
• Drive architectural decisions for scalability, reliability, and security.
• Implement best practices in CI/CD, testing, and monitoring.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and business stakeholders to align tech priorities with strategic goals.

What we’re looking for:

• 8+ years in software development, with 3+ years in leadership roles.
• Strong technical background in mobile app development (native or cross-platform).
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred) and API design.
• Proven ability to manage distributed teams and deliver complex projects.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Bonus points for:

• Experience scaling teams, Kotlin Multiplatform, Agile methodologies, and integrating emerging tech like AI or blockchain.

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• We are looking for a Staff Engineer to take on a critical technical leadership role across the customer journey – from browsing and product discovery to checkout, pricing, payments and user engagement.
• In this role, you’ll act as an architectural leader across multiple eCommerce squads, partnering closely with Product, Design, and Engineering Managers. You’ll guide technical direction, shape the future platform architecture, and mentor engineers as the company transitions from legacy systems into a modern, cloud-native ecosystem.
• This is an opportunity to make an immediate impact on a platform undergoing major technical evolution.

What You’ll Be Working On

• Providing technical leadership and architectural direction across core eCommerce domains
• Designing modern, cloud‑native, serverless and event‑driven systems
• Contributing to a headless frontend engineering stack using modern frameworks (e.g., Next.js, React, TypeScript)
• Driving creation of high-quality technical artefacts: ADRs, system designs, diagrams, architectural patterns
• Improving developer experience, CI/CD, observability and reliability
• Collaborating daily with Product & Design to deliver customer‑centric solutions
• Mentoring engineers, resolving architectural debates and ensuring alignment across squads
• Contributing to long-term migration and modernisation initiatives

Tech Environment

• Frontend: React, TypeScript, modern headless frameworks
• Backend: Node.js, Python, Java
• Cloud: AWS serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS), microservices, event‑driven patterns
• Infrastructure: Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, containerisation
• Architecture: Microservices, distributed systems, MACH principles, edge‑based rendering

What We’re Looking For

• Strong engineering leadership with experience influencing multiple teams
• Track record architecting scalable distributed systems
• Experience working across eCommerce components (catalog, checkout, payments, content, user journeys)
• Proficiency in cloud-native and serverless architecture
• Ability to communicate technical decisions clearly to engineers, product teams, and stakeholders
• Comfortable mentoring, guiding technical choices, and improving engineering practices

Bonus:

• Experience with MACH/headless commerce
• Experience modernising legacy architectures at scale

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About the Role

• We’re recruiting on behalf of a global medical technology organisation seeking a Director of Engineering (Integration & Product Engineering). This leader will oversee multi‑disciplinary engineering teams across Web, Mobile, Backend Integration, and Quality Engineering, while working closely with Architecture, Platform, Data, and Product.
• The role focuses on scalable software design, high‑quality engineering output, data‑driven product development, and robust cybersecurity practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow engineering teams; manage performance, productivity, and recruitment.
• Own backend and integration architecture across mobile and web platforms.
• Ensure high-quality code, testing, debugging, and system performance.
• Drive sprint delivery, SDLC optimisation, and data‑led product decisions.
• Act as Technical Product Owner for B2C/B2B systems.
• Oversee cybersecurity remediation, CI/CD, and regulatory compliance (ISO, CE, FDA, SOC2).
• Standardise documentation and ensure technical accuracy and audit readiness.

Requirements

• 15+ years software engineering experience; 5+ years in team/tech leadership.
• BEng/BSc in Computer Science or similar (Scrum Master certification advantageous).
• Strong experience with consumer‑facing applications, integration design, SQL/NoSQL, ETL/OLAP, and SDLC processes.
• Cybersecurity experience (SOC2/HiTrust).
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and people‑leadership skills.

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• Our client is seeking a product-minded technologist to drive architectural outcomes across eCommerce, manufacturing, and data platforms. You will be the strategic lead for large-scale platform migrations and consolidations, balancing technical pragmatism with long-term clarity. This role is about high-level influence – mentoring staff engineers and setting the architectural guardrails that enable engineering teams to ship safely at pace.

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture & Governance: Define target architectures, standards, and patterns while ensuring security, privacy, and compliance guardrails are upheld
• Delivery Enablement: Design robust interfaces and migration patterns that unblock teams and facilitate parallel delivery across the organization
• Developer Experience (DX) & Reliability: Partner with Platform teams to uplift CI/CD, observability, and SLOs, advocating for “paved roads” that improve flow and stability metrics
• Technical Leadership: Mentor Senior and Staff Engineers, run architectural forums, and translate complex technical decisions into business impact for executive stakeholders

What We Are Looking For

• Migration Expertise: Proven experience leading multi-quarter, large-scale platform or product migrations across multiple teams
• ECommerce Knowledge: Deep experience with high-volume transactional systems, including payments, checkouts, and order management.
• Technical Mastery: Expert knowledge of Domain-Driven Design (DDD), microservices, and event-driven architecture.
• Cloud & Full-Stack Breadth: Proficiency in AWS cloud-native environments, frontend architecture (Next.js, SSR, CDN/Edge), and backend services (Node/Java).
• Communication: A seasoned communicator who can turn ambiguity into clear direction and influence without formal authority

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• Our client is looking for a talented Web Developer to build, maintain, and optimise high‑quality websites and web applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop responsive, mobile‑first web interfaces (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript).
• Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and integration.
• Convert UI/UX designs (Figma, Adobe XD) into production-ready components.
• Optimise websites for speed, security, and scalability.

Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, TypeScript.
• Experience with React, Vue, Angular, or similar frameworks.
• Backend knowledge in Node.js, PHP, Python, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, JSON, and third‑party integration.
• Experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or MS SQL.

Experience

• 2-5 years web development experience.
• A strong portfolio or GitHub.

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• We’re looking for an Engineering Lead to join our client and drive the architecture, design, and development of their mobile app and backend integration services.

What you’ll bring:

• 8+ years in software development
• Deep mobile app expertise (native or cross‑platform)
• Strong system design + performance optimization skills
• Experience integrating apps with APIs and backend services
• Ability to mentor, lead, and solve complex problems

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• We are seeking a seasoned Senior Project Manager to lead the implementation of the Fleet Management System (FMS).
• This is a high-visibility role working in direct partnership with our Regional Africa Technical Lead (FMS SME). While the SME will provide technical blueprint and system configuration expertise, the PM will be responsible for the rigorous execution, schedule management, and stakeholder coordination required to bring the project to a successful “Go-Live.”

Responsibilities

• Project Governance: Manage the master project schedule, budget, and resource allocation for the Sukari OP rollout.
• Partnership with Technical Lead: Work “hand-in-hand” with the technical SMEs to translate technical requirements into actionable site-level tasks.
• Infrastructure Coordination: Coordinate with site IT and Maintenance teams to ensure hardware installation on Heavy Mobile Equipment (HME) and network backbone (LTE/Wi-Fi) readiness.
• Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary liaison between the Sukari site leadership, Corporate/regional teams, and the vendor (Hexagon).
• Reporting: Provide high-level progress reporting to the site/regional/corporate teams and the PMO, ensuring risks are identified and mitigated early.

Qualifications

• Matric and a Tertiary Degree
• 8+ years of experience managing complex industrial or capital projects.
• PMP or Prince2 certification is highly desirable.
• Management experience within a PMO is highly desirable.

Skills

• Basic understanding of surface and underground mining, mine site environments, safety protocols, and the impact of technology on production.
• A track record of taking complex technical plans and seeing them through to completion on time and within budget.
• Ability to navigate a matrixed corporate environment while maintaining a strong “on-site” presence with operational teams.
• Experience holding third-party contractors and vendors (like Hexagon) accountable to project milestones.
• Escalation: Comfort in escalating issues as they are presented, ensuring the right people are identified to address
• Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated experience in managing complex stakeholder environments to ensure high levels of project fidelity to avoid scope and pr