About NicheCom

Website

Address

Woodstock, Cape Town, 7915

Company Size

51-200
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 EC2
Amazon VPC
Laravel
MySQL
PHP
React
Redis
Backbone.js
nginx
Amazon Lambda
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon Web Services

DevOps

Ansible
GitHub
Circle CI
Sentry

Utilities

Amazon Route 53
Amazon SES

Business Tools

Slack
Microsoft Sharepoint
Microsoft Teams