Lead full stack software developer

Lead Forensics

📍 Workfromhome, Western Cape, South-Africa

Full-time Other-General Posted February 24, 2026

Job Description

Lead Full Stack Software Developer (South Africa - Cape Town Based)
Lead Forensics is a leading UK based SAAS company with products in the B2 B sales and marketing space. We seek a lead-level full stack software developer (10+ years experience) to join our teams building customer‑facing products.
You’ll be technically leading work from initial design through full implementation, iterating quickly on our modern tech stack (Node JS microservices, Vue, Redis, SQL Server and Snowflake), and deploying code daily to production in AWS following Dev Sec Ops methodology to respond rapidly to customer requirements.
Key Responsibilities Working with stakeholders on initial solution design, scoping and system design.
Spiking areas of uncertainty in designs and building POCs as required.
Working with initiative managers to help break down work into deliverable epics and stories.
Turning user stories into code running in production as a high‑performing individual cont...