Companies hiring software engineers in South Africa
As of 2026-10-02, 32 companies have 73 open software engineering roles in South Africa on their own career sites in our index. The most active: takealot.com (10), Takealot Group (9) and Myhcm (Workday tenant 'myhcm') (7).
Companies with the most open software engineering roles in South Africa
| # | Company | Website | Open roles | ATS | Example role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | takealot.com | – | 10 | Greenhouse | Android Software Engineer |
| 2 | Takealot Group | – | 9 | Greenhouse | Android Software Engineer |
| 3 | Myhcm (Workday tenant 'myhcm') | – | 7 | Workday | Senior Dynamics 365 Developer |
| 4 | Moniepoint | – | 6 | Greenhouse | Engineering Manager |
| 5 | impact.com | – | 5 | Greenhouse | Senior Software Engineer |
| 6 | Luminegrp (Workday tenant 'luminegrp') | – | 4 | Workday | Senior software developer |
| 7 | Theodo | – | 3 | Lever | Frontend Software Engineer - Cape Town |
| 8 | Bash.com | – | 2 | Greenhouse | Senior Software Engineer - GoLang |
| 9 | Kerv | – | 2 | Greenhouse | Dynamics 365 CE Developer |
| 10 | Primer.io | – | 2 | Ashby | Software Engineer II, Frontend - Growth |
| 11 | The Global Talent Co. | – | 2 | Ashby | Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) |
| 12 | Absa (Workday tenant 'absa') | – | 1 | Workday | AWS Developer / Engineer |
| 13 | AnyVan | – | 1 | Ashby | Software Development Engineer |
| 14 | ClearScore Technology Limited | – | 1 | Greenhouse | Fullstack Frontend Engineer |
| 15 | Dentsuaegis (Workday tenant 'dentsuaegis') | – | 1 | Workday | Senior Software Developer |
| 16 | Entersekt | – | 1 | Greenhouse | Senior Software Engineer: 3DS Payments |
| 17 | Equal Experts | – | 1 | Greenhouse | Senior Mobile Engineer |
| 18 | Gadventures (Workday tenant 'gadventures') | – | 1 | Workday | Intermediate Software Developer, Full Stack |
| 19 | Hire Hangar | – | 1 | Ashby | Full Stack Engineer |
| 20 | Iqvia (Workday tenant 'iqvia') | – | 1 | Workday | Senior Proposal Developer - RADDS |
| 21 | LiveScore Group | – | 1 | Greenhouse | Senior Software Engineer |
| 22 | Motorolasolutions (Workday tenant 'motorolasolutions') | – | 1 | Workday | Senior Full Stack Engineer (C# and Angular) |
| 23 | Nttlimited (Workday tenant 'nttlimited') | – | 1 | Workday | Senior Software Development Engineer |
| 24 | OAK'S LAB | – | 1 | Ashby | Tech Lead (Node&React) - South Africa |
| 25 | OLX | – | 1 | Lever | Senior Software Engineer (Cape Town) |
| 26 | Pwc (Workday tenant 'pwc') | – | 1 | Workday | Full Stack Software Engineer |
| 27 | Relx (Workday tenant 'relx') | – | 1 | Workday | Manager Software Engineering |
| 28 | Rhe (Workday tenant 'rhe') | – | 1 | Workday | Air / Ocean Back End Operator |
| 29 | Sand Tech Holdings Limited | – | 1 | Greenhouse | Senior Software Engineer |
| 30 | Talent Safari | – | 1 | Ashby | Senior Full Stack Engineer |
| 31 | Tillo | – | 1 | Ashby | Senior Python Engineer |
| 32 | Unilever (Workday tenant 'unilever') | – | 1 | Workday | Site Engineering Manager |
Applicant tracking systems these companies use
Greenhouse (39), Workday (21), Ashby (9), Lever (4)
Other roles in South Africa
- Salespeople 219
- Finance and accounting staff 166
- Operations and administrative staff 96
- Customer success and support staff 72
- Marketers 67
- Consultants 60
- Data engineers and analysts 48
- Engineers and manufacturing staff 39
- HR and recruiting staff 39
- Data scientists and AI engineers 35
- Retail and hospitality staff 34
- Logistics and warehouse staff 30
- Designers 25
- Legal and compliance staff 21
- DevOps and cloud engineers 18
- Project and program managers 18
- Product managers 17
- Healthcare professionals 9
- QA and test engineers 9
- IT specialists 6
- Security engineers 6
- Tradespeople 5
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FAQ
- Which companies are hiring software engineers in South Africa?
- As of 2026-10-02, the companies with the most open software engineering roles in South Africa in our index are takealot.com (10), Takealot Group (9) and Myhcm (Workday tenant 'myhcm') (7). 32 companies have at least one.
- How many software engineering jobs are open in South Africa?
- 73 open roles at 32 companies on 2026-10-02, each opening counted once.
- How is this list made?
- Every day TidyTools reads the public job boards of about 18,029 companies on 16 applicant tracking systems (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday and others) and counts each open role once. The role family comes from the job title; the country from the ATS or the location text. Companies that hire through other systems are not included.
- Can I get the full list as data?
- Yes. The Career Site Jobs Actor on Apify and the Career Site Jobs API on RapidAPI return every open job of the companies you name, straight from their career sites, as JSON or CSV.