Founding Platform Engineer (Full-Stack)

Community Wolf|Posted 22 days ago

Skills and experience

Role:Full stack engineer

Other roles:Backend engineer, Frontend engineer

Experience in role:5+ years

Language proficiency:English

Must-have skills:

Next.js

Express.js

Python

Nice-to-have skills:

MongoDB

React

AWS Lambda

Location and salary

Remote policy:Remote

Location of job:South Africa

Visa requirements:Authorised to work in South Africa With status of citizen/passport holder, permanent resident or work permit/visa holder

Visa sponsorship:Unable to sponsor visa

Employment type:Permanent

Role description

Join Community Wolf as a senior full-stack engineer to build the most-used security platform on the planet. You'll work in a small, expert team with founders and first hires, enjoying real ownership and the opportunity to shape our product, culture, and stack. We're looking for someone who moves fast, owns outcomes end-to-end, and cares deeply about public safety.

You'll be responsible for planning, building, testing, and shipping features across React apps, serverless API, and data pipelines. You'll own our Meta and WhatsApp integrations, design scalable services on AWS and Vercel, and work on rapid prototypes. We value quick shipping, measuring progress in days rather than sprints. Our stack includes React 18, Next.js 14, Python, AWS Lambda, and various AI tools.

We offer impactful work that keeps neighborhoods safer, generous equity, and a strong network backed by The Baobab Network and Fuel Ventures. You'll enjoy context switching between frontend, backend, and infra, and have the opportunity to visit South African townships or Brazilian favelas for field work. If you have 5+ years of experience shipping production software and are comfortable with our tech stack and AI integration, we'd love to hear from you.

About Community Wolf

1-15 employees

Community Wolf is not your average tech startup; we're on a mission to make the world a safer place. Our initial focus is building a unified technology platform in South Africa, leveraging the power of WhatsApp to connect communities and law enforcement. But that's just the beginning. We're building a comprehensive ecosystem with features like facial recognition, license plate recognition, and predictive modeling.

Community Wolf is not your average tech startup; we're on a mission to make the world a safer place. Our aim is to supercharge the security and law enforcement industries in South Africa through AI and transform businesses that are largely manual and non-digitised. We're building a comprehensive ecosystem with features like facial recognition, license plate recognition, and predictive modeling to map crime, alert citizens and provide an extensive suite of tools to our enterprise clients. We also provide a unique interface; most of our tech is provided directly on WhatsApp - simplifying access to citizens and ground security staff.