Up to ZAR 700,000salary on a full time, permanent employment contract Fully remote working anywhere in South Africa! 33 Days Paid Leave and Benefits Exciting high growth product, relied on by leading global sports brands Working with the latest hardware, tech stack and tools Werelooking for developers who take initiative, spot opportunities, and move ideas forward proactively. Builders who embracenew technologiesearly - especially AI-assisted development - and are excited to pushwhatspossible. ABOUT US

Storyteller is a high-growth B2B SaaS platform enabling companies to integrateStoriesinto their own apps and websites. Popularised by Instagram and Snapchat, Stories boost engagement,retentionand revenue for our clients.

Our platform includes SDKs for Web, iOS and Android, publishing tools, analytics, and ad support-giving enterprises a complete Stories solution in days.We work with globally recognised sports and media brands, andyoullsee your work used live by millions. RESPONSIBILITIES

What can you expect?

Youllhelp evolve our Web SDK, delivering features and improvements used across top-tier sports and media organisations.Youllcollaborate closely with Engineering, Product and Design while delivering reliable, high-performance solutions. Build & Ship Features

• Own features end-to-end: design build test refine

• Improve performance, reliability, and developer ergonomics

• Debug challenging issues across the SDK

Solve Real Customer Problems

• Work with Product and Delivery to propose simple, pragmatic solutions

• Understand customer use-cases and help streamline their integration experience

Improve Developer Experience

• Enhance documentation, examples, tooling and integration flows

• Identifyfriction points and proactivelychampionimprovements

Engineering Excellence

• Participate in and contribute to thoughtful code reviews

• Guide junior developers and share what you learn

• Improve CI pipelines, test suites, and development scripts

• Use first-principles thinking to cut through complexity

• Maintain high ownership and follow-through from idea to release

QUALIFICATIONS

What's important to us:

• 24 years of hands-on experiencewith TypeScript/JavaScript

• Strong knowledge of React, Node.js or similar modern frontend frameworks

• Familiarity with APIs/HTTP, performance tuning, and SQL/NoSQL basics

• A proactive mindset-you look ahead,anticipateproblems, and propose solutions

• Comfort adopting new tools and technologies early, especially AI-assisted coding

• Clear reasoning and the ability to explain trade-offs

• Strong written/verbal communication for remote collaboration

• Reliability-you deliver on commitments and surface blockers early

Whats nice to have:

• Experience building SDKs, libraries, or developer tools

• Open-source contributions, side projects, or technical write-ups

• Interest in sports, media, or content tech

RECRUITMENT PROCESS Firstly - Hiring Manager conversation (2030 mins)

• A short call to get to know you, share more about Storyteller, and answer questions you have.

Secondly - 60minute, paid take-home task

• Do it in your own time,wellcompensate you for completing it regardless of the outcome.

Finally - Review andCTO Interview (6075 mins)

• Wellreview your submission together, andyoullmeet Dave (CTO).

And that's it!

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