Versant Media
Industry
Media & entertainment (spun off from Comcast, Jan 2026; Nasdaq: VSNT). Owns CNBC, MSNOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, plus Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow/GolfPass.
Open role — LinkedIn Jobs ↗
Software Engineer (Backend)
Backend engineer for their Golf Club Management platform (BRS Premier), a B2B SaaS used by hundreds of golf clubs across Central Europe covering membership management, POS, tee-time booking and course admin. Full SDLC involvement — features, refactoring, testing, deployment, production support.
Duku AI
Industry
AI software — autonomous testing / QA automation platform (UK startup).
Open role — LinkedIn Jobs ↗
DevOps Engineer
Own the cloud platform running Duku's autonomous testing agents end to end — CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and orchestrating containerised workloads that simulate thousands of user sessions. Early-stage/startup role, high ownership.
ACI Worldwide
Industry
Fintech — payments software (real-time payments, billing, fraud management for banks and merchants across 94 countries).
Open role — LinkedIn Jobs ↗
Software Engineer
Works on mission-critical payment solutions processing thousands of transactions/second, requiring high availability, security and scale. Full lifecycle: design, develop, test, deliver; applies AI-driven development practices (code generation, test automation). ~2 years' experience level.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Industry
Enterprise IT — compute, cloud, and edge/networking hardware and software.
Open role — LinkedIn Jobs ↗
Senior Software Engineer
Designs and debugs software for Wi-Fi AP firmware, software sensors, utilities, databases, APIs and internet-related tools. Intermediate-senior individual contributor level, 4-5 years' experience expected, within a networking engineering team.
MOHARA
Industry
Software product development / AI-augmented software studio (offices in UK, Thailand, South Africa, Mexico).
Open role — LinkedIn Jobs ↗
Full Stack Senior Software Engineer (Contractor)
Product studio work — full SDLC ownership from architecture to deployment across client engagements, "AI-native" engineering (AI tools expected as a core part of daily workflow), mentoring other engineers. 5+ years' experience required.
Pinewood.AI
Industry
Automotive retail software — cloud-based dealer management and automotive intelligence platform (LSE: PINE / OTCQX: PINWF).
Open role — LinkedIn Jobs ↗
Senior Software Developer - Cape Town
Works on the Pinewood Automotive Intelligence Platform (enterprise SaaS for automotive retailers/OEMs worldwide), reporting to a Lead Developer, collaborating closely with Product/Engineering teams in Birmingham UK. New features, third-party integrations, full SDLC.
Ozow
Industry
Fintech — Pay by Bank / EFT online payment gateway, South Africa (formerly i-Pay, founded 2014).
Also open (Cape Town) — LinkedIn Jobs ↗
Senior Software Engineer (On-site, 44 applicants, ~1 month ago) · Senior Data Engineer (Hybrid, 53 applicants, ~1 month ago) · Technical Support Engineer · Senior Live Support Consultant · Senior KYC and Onboarding Specialist
Senior Test Engineer
Mix of automation and manual testing. Owns test plans across the agile SDLC — functional/regression/acceptance/stress testing, mapping requirements to test cases, automating manual tests, risk-based test prioritisation, mentoring junior testers. 7+ years' experience, ISEB/ISTQB Foundation certification required (non-negotiable), 3-year IT diploma or relevant degree.
Octave (Octave Intelligence)
Industry
Industrial/enterprise software — asset lifecycle intelligence, safety, infrastructure and geospatial software (spun off from Hexagon AB in 2025; Nasdaq: OCTV, 7,000+ employees in 45 countries).
Open role — LinkedIn Jobs ↗
Senior Software Developer
Independently designs, develops and debugs new and existing software products under limited supervision; works with more senior engineers on root cause analysis and unit testing; engages cross-functional teams to build applications meeting customer needs. Generic corporate job template — no specific language or framework named in the posting.
Tech stack: not specified in the listing (role framed around general software design/development competence rather than a named stack).
Worth keeping in mind
- Ozow, HPE, Pinewood.AI and Octave all have overlapping "Senior Software Engineer/Developer" postings in Cape Town right now — useful context if approaching multiple leads at once, as they may be competing for the same local talent pool.