Junior Web Developer

Up to ZAR 455000 salary 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 ABOUT US

Storyteller is a high growth B2B SaaS platform which allows companies to integrate Stories into their owned and operated platforms. Popularized by Instagram and Snapchat Stories are perfectly suited for boosting user engagement audience retention and driving advertising revenue.

Our endtoend platform gives companies a bestinclass Stories experience in days with native iOS Android and Web SDKs publishing tools analytics and ad support.

We work with many globally recognised clients particularly within sport so if you're a sporting fan this could be a great fit! RESPONSIBILITIES What can you expect?

As a Junior/Graduate Software Engineeryoulljoin a supportive productminded team that values collaboration and clear thinking.

Youllwork remotely learn and develop rapidly and help build and enhance our Web SDK that powers Stories used by globally recognised clients especially in sport. Ifyourea sports fanyoullenjoy seeing your work live with major organisations. This role will provide you with the opportunity to:

• Ship features endtoend: design build and test small wellscoped improvements to our products

• Make things reliable and fast: fix bugs add tests and instrument code so we can measure performance and stability

• Solve real customer problems: collaborate with Product Design and Delivery to scope simple pragmatic solutions that work for our clients

• Improve developer experience: contribute to examples docs and small tools that make integration with our SDKs smooth and enjoyable

• Think from first principles: break problems down reason about tradeoffs and pick the simplest approach that works

• Learn in the open:participatein code reviews (giving and receiving feedback) pair with teammates and share whatyourelearning

• Own your work: plan your tasks communicate progress and follow through to highquality releases

• Contribute to how we build: help refine our CI testsuitesand local dev scripts as we scale

QUALIFICATIONS

What's important to us:

• Some experience with TypeScript Node.js or Python youlluse these in our take-home task and day-to-day work. Exposure to React basic APIs/HTTP or simple databases (SQL/NoSQL) is also valuable

• A genuine excitement for AI and AIassisted coding this isa musthave. Yourecurious about LLMs and actively use (or are eager to use) code assistants and AI APIs to move faster while verifying outputs with tests and sound reasoning

• Clear problemsolving:you can break a task down reason from first principles and explain tradeoffs simply

• Reliability and followthrough: you meet agreed timelines communicate early if blocked

• Openness to feedback:yourecurious and iterate based on what you learn

• Strong written and verbal communication; you can collaborate well in a remote setting

• Reliable consistent internet access for remote work

Whats nice to have:

• Side projects a small repo opensource contributions or a writeup showing how you learn

• Familiarity with web SDKs (TypeScript React or Node.js) is a strong plus we also ship iOS and Android SDKs

• Interest in sports media or content tech

• Backgroundsweveseen succeed include maths physics bootcamps and selftaught routes - a CS degree is notrequired

RECRUITMENT PROCESS Firstly - Hiring Manager conversation (2030 mins)

• A short call to get to know you share more about Storyteller and hear what excites you about AI and AIassisted coding.

Secondly - 60minute timeboxed takehome (Python or Node/TS)

• A tiny realworld task: fix a couple of failing tests and add a small feature. You may use AI assistants - please include a brief note on how you used them and how you verified outputs (tests reasoning). Submit even if youdontfinish; clarity and judgement matter.

Finally - Review Pair Programming & Questions (6075 mins)

• Wellreview your submission together pair on a small improvement or bug and explore a simple firstprinciples problem. Open docs are welcome. Bring your questions - we want you to leave with a clear picture of the work and the team.

And that's it!

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