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About NicheCom

Address
Woodstock, Cape Town, 7915
Company size
51-200 employees

Summary

NicheCom UK, a leading property marketing company established in 1993, is expanding its Cape Town engineering hub. We’re looking for a hands-on Lead Developer to take ownership of our core Laravel + React platform and AWS infrastructure.

You’ll collaborate closely with UK product leads, shape architectural decisions, and drive innovation across our technology stack. As the first senior developer in Cape Town, you’ll set the standard for code quality, automation, and engineering excellence.

We’re seeking someone with: • Strong experience in PHP/Laravel and React/Redux • Deep AWS DevOps knowledge (Terraform, CI/CD, IAM, CloudWatch, RDS) • A track record of technical leadership and end-to-end delivery

You’ll build systems that power our nationwide operations, driving measurable performance and cost improvements in a modern, cloud-first environment.

Travel: Initial onboarding and training in the UK for up to 3 months, with occasional travel thereafter

Tech Stack

application and data

Amazon S3
Amazon S3
Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2
Amazon VPC
Amazon VPC
Laravel
Laravel
MySQL
MySQL
PHP
PHP
React
React
Redis
Redis
Backbone.js
Backbone.js
nginx
nginx
Amazon Lambda
Amazon Lambda
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services

utilities

Amazon Route 53
Amazon Route 53
Amazon SES
Amazon SES

dev ops

Ansible
Ansible
GitHub
GitHub
Circle CI
Circle CI
Sentry
Sentry

business tool

Slack
Slack
Microsoft Sharepoint
Microsoft Sharepoint
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams