Remote IT jobs in South Africa

This position focuses on designing and scaling the infrastructure behind large language models. You will collaborate with machine learning teams to ensure models run reliably and cost-effectively in production environments.

• Fully remote (US hours)
• LLM Infrastructure
• Python + AWS
• GPU optimization

This independent contractor role requires a versatile designer to produce visual assets across digital, print, and social channels. You will transform creative briefs into finished materials, ranging from web graphics and diagrams to trade show signage, while publishing content directly to company websites.

• Senior Freelance Role
• Fully Remote (US TZ)
• Adobe Creative Suite
• WordPress & Figma

Join the SDK team at Supabase to own the Python developer experience. You will build and maintain the library that connects Python applications to Supabase services, including Database, Auth, and Edge Functions. The work is public, involving open repositories, issue triage, and community collaboration. This role requires deep expertise in modern Python typing and asyncio. You will design APIs that feel natural in Python, manage dependency ranges, and ensure the SDK works seamlessly across various environments like serverless, notebooks, and AI agents.

• Fully remote (Global)
• Python + Asyncio
• Open Source focus
• ESOP included

Join an AI-driven technology company that organizes government Request for Proposal data. You will ensure the accuracy of the data pipeline by validating information from public sources, managing records requests, and collaborating with engineering to resolve data issues.

• U.S. ET hours
• LATAM/Africa/EU
• Data validation
• Public records research

Join DuckDuckGo’s Data Science Functional Team to drive business impact through mentorship and strategic project guidance. You will oversee statistical modeling, experiment design, and classifier implementation across search, instant answers, and AI products while fostering a culture of quantitative rigor and privacy-first innovation.

• Director level
• Python + SQL
• LLM/AI focus
• Privacy-first culture

Create polished static design assets for product detail pages, paid advertising campaigns, and marketing collateral. This role emphasizes strong design fundamentals to communicate product value and maintain brand consistency across various channels.

• Senior Graphic Designer
• Part-time
• U.S. hours required
• Adobe + Figma

As a PMO at Trust Wallet, you will act as the connective tissue between Product and Engineering, ensuring complex projects stay on track. You will drive initiatives to completion by managing dependencies, clearing blockers, and maintaining healthy team dynamics through empathetic leadership.

• Fully remote (Global)
• Web3 & Crypto focus
• Bridge Product & Eng
• 3+ years experience

You will manage print curriculum projects from kickoff to final file delivery, ensuring alignment with business goals. Reporting to the Director of Program Management, you will coordinate with internal stakeholders, external vendors, and contractors to maintain project status and resolve production issues.

• Print curriculum focus
• English & Spanish products
• Vendor management
• JIRA & Monday.com

Join an integrated creative studio as a Motion Designer, defining how brand identities behave in motion. You will collaborate with design, strategy, and development teams to produce animated assets for web, product interfaces, and large-format displays. This hands-on role involves ownership from concept to delivery, requiring strong systems thinking to establish motion principles that client teams can extend. You will work on projects ranging from logo animations to interactive prototypes for digital products.

• U.S. hours required
• After Effects expert
• Brand motion systems
• 3+ years experience

Join the AI Infrastructure team at Payward, the parent company of Kraken, to build the foundation for agent platforms. You will design and operate production systems that ensure model inference and execution are reliable and performant under real-world load. The team works closely with Agent Systems partners to create core primitives for safe agent operation. You will combine systems thinking with ML infrastructure experience to support millions of users with strict latency and correctness standards.

• Senior level role
• Rust programming
• AI infrastructure
• High-scale systems

Join the C++ Functional Team at DuckDuckGo to develop core browser technologies focused on privacy and performance. You will implement features like tracker blocking and VPN integration while ensuring the browser remains fast and responsive. This position offers end-to-end ownership of projects, requiring you to translate vague problems into clear technical plans. You will collaborate asynchronously with product and design teams to deliver solutions that protect user privacy.

• Senior C++ Engineer
• Fully remote worldwide
• Modern C++ & Chromium
• €157k annual salary (EU)

Join BJAK, the leading mobile-first insurance platform in Southeast Asia, as it expands into broader financial services. You will secure AI products by managing risks associated with third-party models, agent permissions, and user data isolation. The team works globally to redefine financial accessibility through next-generation technology.

• AI Security focus
• Python + TypeScript
• 3+ years experience
• English required

As a Security Architect at BJAK, you will define security architecture across products, applications, and cloud platforms. You will partner with Engineering, Product, and Compliance teams to build secure systems that meet regulatory requirements in Southeast Asia. You will lead threat modeling, design reviews, and implementation of security controls for AWS and GCP environments. Your work ensures the safety of millions of users accessing insurance and financial services through mobile-first platforms.

• Fully remote role
• Security Architecture
• AWS and GCP
• Regulatory compliance

Join BJAK, the leading mobile-first insurance platform in Southeast Asia, as a Data Privacy Security Engineer. You will partner with engineering, legal, and compliance teams to secure sensitive data across products and third-party services. Your work will focus on reducing risks through privacy-by-design principles, managing data flows, and ensuring compliance with regional regulatory frameworks while supporting the company's mission to help people manage their finances.

• Data Privacy Engineering
• AWS and GCP
• 3+ years experience
• English required

Join BJAK, the leading mobile-first insurance platform in Southeast Asia, as you help redefine how people manage their money. You will work with global teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure, ensuring safe and efficient product delivery.

• AWS + GCP
• DevSecOps focus
• English required
• 3+ years exp

BJAK is expanding its financial services beyond insurance to include spending, saving, and investing. As a Cloud Infrastructure Security Engineer, you will protect cloud environments across AWS and GCP, strengthening configuration, access controls, and resilience. You will work with a diverse global team to redefine financial applications for the region.

• AWS + GCP security
• Compliance focus
• Infrastructure as Code
• Global team

Join BJAK, the leading mobile-first insurance platform in Southeast Asia, as an Application Security Engineer. You will secure web applications, APIs, and backend services while coordinating with mobile stakeholders to manage cross-platform risks. Your work will focus on integrating security into design, development, and release workflows. You will help redefine how people in the region plan, save, and grow their money by ensuring robust protection for financial applications.

• Fully remote (Global)
• AppSec + Pen Testing
• OWASP Top 10 Expertise
• 3+ Years Experience

Join Block Labs as the most senior frontend engineer, responsible for the architecture and production behavior of a multi-brand platform. You will work as an individual contributor, turning product prototypes into production features by leveraging AI agents and maintaining high standards for performance and accessibility. The role requires deep expertise in modern web technologies and the ability to define conventions, build design systems, and ensure clean boundaries between shared and brand-specific code. You will collaborate directly with product owners to steer ideas into production, focusing on outcomes rather than following predefined backlogs.

• Staff level position
• Fully remote worldwide
• React + Next.js + TS
• AI-agent driven workflow

Join the Growth Foundations team at Payward, the parent company of Kraken. You will establish foundational frontend infrastructure, best practices, and component systems that serve the entire .com platform. This UI-heavy role involves shipping projects quickly while setting gold standards for quality and consistency across the organization.

• React + TypeScript
• Design Systems focus
• 4+ years experience
• Crypto industry

Join a full-service advertising and AI-forward marketing agency as an SEO & GEO Specialist. You will develop organic search strategies that blend traditional SEO with emerging Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) practices. This hands-on position involves managing client accounts, conducting technical audits, and creating content strategies to improve discoverability across standard search engines and AI-powered platforms.

• Part-time (20h/week)
• U.S. hours required
• SEO + GEO focus
• Agency environment

Join a full-service advertising and digital media agency that integrates AI into its marketing operations. You will manage the production lifecycle of campaigns for public-sector, education, and regional clients, ensuring smooth handoffs between strategy, creative, and external partners. The position focuses on organizing workflows, tracking dependencies, and proactively resolving bottlenecks. You will help structure production processes while supporting the adoption of AI tools to improve operational efficiency.

• U.S. PST hours
• Agency experience
• AI workflow focus
• LATAM/Africa/EE

Join the Consumer Mobile team at Kraken to build a new application specifically designed for users in Asia. You will leverage React Native to deliver fast and trustworthy financial interfaces, addressing unique regional UX expectations and connectivity challenges. This role requires end-to-end ownership of features, from problem definition to launch. You will collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to shape solutions that improve client journeys in trading and product discovery.

• Senior React Native role
• Focus on Asian markets
• Fully remote position
• Crypto fintech product

You will own the strategy and execution for Supabase Realtime, shaping how developers build live, collaborative, and event-driven applications. Working closely with engineering and design, you will prioritize features like Postgres Changes and define packaging and pricing. This position requires a deep understanding of full-stack development and real-time sync patterns. You will use data to guide decisions and ensure alignment across product, go-to-market, and engineering teams.

• Fully remote (global)
• Async-first culture
• Postgres + Realtime
• Developer tools focus

Join the Consumer team at Kraken to build applications that simplify crypto access for millions of users. You will define technical direction for customer-facing Rust services, handling everything from architectural decisions to end-to-end feature delivery. This role requires a product-minded engineer who can break down complex problems, mentor mid-level colleagues, and drive cross-team initiatives. You will leverage AI tools extensively to accelerate development and validate implementations while maintaining high standards for user experience.

• Senior Rust Engineer
• Fully remote global
• Consumer crypto products
• AI-driven workflow

Join a growing private aviation firm as an IT Operations Coordinator, serving as a key operational partner to leadership. You will bridge the gap between employees, outsourced IT providers, and executive needs, ensuring smooth daily operations and scalable processes.

• U.S. EST hours
• LATAM/Africa/Eastern Europe
• Microsoft 365 admin
• 2-4 years experience

You will own the developer experience for Supabase Auth, managing features such as email, social login, passkeys, MFA, and enterprise SSO. Working closely with engineering, design, and security teams, you will shape how developers authenticate users and manage identity in their applications. The ideal candidate understands modern authentication protocols and can balance the needs of indie developers with enterprise security requirements. You will drive the product strategy using data and direct customer feedback from various segments.

• Fully remote (global)
• Async-first culture
• Auth & Identity focus
• Developer tools PM

Join Supabase as a Postgres Deployment Engineer to elevate their PostgreSQL offerings. You will co-own the stability and deployment of products via the public supabase/postgres repository, acting as a bridge between product and infrastructure teams. The position focuses on packaging features into Docker images and AWS AMIs, enabling users to run Supabase on cloud or locally. You will refine internal methodologies and support developer self-service capabilities.

• Fully remote (global)
• PostgreSQL expert
• Nix + Docker + AWS
• ESOP included

Join the Payward Services team to build the underlying systems that enable companies to integrate trading, payments, and digital asset services. You will design and scale real-time coordination services and infrastructure that enterprise partners rely on for secure, high-volume transactions. This role involves working with hundreds of experienced Rust engineers to create low-latency, resilient solutions. You will take end-to-end ownership of libraries and services, ensuring they meet strict reliability and security standards while supporting revenue-critical operations.

• Rust expertise required
• Distributed systems focus
• 3+ years experience
• Fintech infrastructure

Kraken is seeking a Product Manager with strong interaction design skills to build social experiences around investing and trading. You will own product decisions, from defining customer problems to measuring experience improvements, while working closely with designers and engineers. The role involves designing complete user journeys, creating interactive prototypes, and applying behavioral psychology to enhance user participation. You will ensure the social features are intuitive for both new and active users, connecting design choices to measurable business outcomes.

• Senior Product Manager
• Crypto & Finance
• UX & Prototyping focus
• Global team

You will join the Salesforce Team to build and maintain the CRM systems powering event registration, grants tracking, and community engagement. Working closely with the Salesforce Engineer and Administrator, you will translate operational needs into scalable solutions for Events, Online, Groups, and Community Health teams.

• US PT to CET time zones
• Salesforce Platform Dev I
• Apex + SOQL
• Global benefits package

Supabase is establishing a central team to build and run an AI-native internal operating system where agents handle operational loads end-to-end. As the Head of AI Native Operations, you will design the architecture, build critical components, and ensure every agent is correct, safe, and improving. You will lead senior individual contributors in extending this platform and driving its adoption across various teams.

• Fully remote (global)
• Lead AI Ops team
• Build autonomous agents
• Equity ownership (ESOP)

Payward Services provides enterprise infrastructure for trading, payments, and digital assets. The Payments & Blockchain team manages the banking partners and local rails that power deposits and withdrawals for millions of users. You will shape the future of the in-house payment service provider backend. This includes hosted pages, SDKs, and direct APIs that allow Payward businesses to access global pay-in and payout rails.

• Senior Product Manager
• Payments platform focus
• API & SDK ownership
• Global financial infra

Join the Web Dependability Engineering team to ensure seamless browsing experiences across DuckDuckGo's desktop and mobile applications. You will act as the resident expert on web compatibility, diagnosing why sites break and implementing durable fixes. Recent initiatives include reverse-engineering site detection of privacy protections, shimming browser APIs, and developing LLM agent pipelines to automate issue triage. You will take full ownership of projects from scoping to execution in a culture that values trust and empowered project management.

• Senior level role
• Fully remote worldwide
• JavaScript + Web Standards
• €157k base salary (EU)

Join a global healthcare professional community to embed with Finance and Revenue Operations teams. You will lead the discovery and implementation of AI-powered agents and automations to streamline core financial workflows like month-end close and procure-to-pay.

• Fully remote (LATAM/Africa/EE)
• Bilingual English & Spanish
• Python + SQL + AWS
• Finance automation focus

Join the Privacy Functional Team at DuckDuckGo to protect user privacy across key company objectives. You will design systems for search indexes and AI features, build on the Tracker Radar crawler, and maintain Web Tracking and Email Protections. This position offers end-to-end ownership of projects, from scoping to postmortem. You will also participate in privacy reviews and eventually mentor other engineers to support team growth.

• Senior level role
• Fully remote team
• Go, Node.js, Python
• Privacy focus

Join HOLYWATER TECH as the sole designer on a new team creating an AI-native EdTech tool for filmmakers. You will define the user experience and visual identity of a product that merges human creativity with artificial intelligence, working directly with stakeholders to shape the vision. The company operates leading entertainment platforms like My Drama and My Muse, serving over 100 million users globally. This position offers the autonomy to establish design processes and drive product decisions in a high-growth environment backed by strategic partnerships.

• Senior Product Designer
• Build product from zero
• Figma + AI tools
• Hybrid or remote

Foxelli Group produces AI-generated micro-drama series targeting women aged 35–55 in the US. The team focuses on creating addictive short-form content with strong narrative arcs and cinematic visuals. As a scriptwriter, you will own episodes end-to-end, utilizing AI tools to draft scenes and refine hooks. The goal is to produce high-quality, engaging stories that perform well on digital platforms.

• Fully remote (EET zone)
• AI scriptwriting role
• Native English required
• Up to €3k/month net

You will own the backend and Agent systems behind Trust Wallet's LLM products. Responsibilities include building multi-turn conversation systems, defining quality metrics, and ensuring reliability in production. The role requires shipping features to real users and proving impact through data.

• Lead AI Engineer
• Fully remote (Global)
• Golang + LLMs
• Web3 experience preferred

You will maintain and enhance two existing business applications, including an internal tool for managing custom orders. The work involves full stack development, bug fixing, feature deployment, and building APIs and integrations while leveraging AI-assisted development tools.

• U.S. EST hours
• Laravel + PHP
• MySQL + APIs
• 3+ years exp

Join a lean, distributed e-commerce team to transition from scattered AI experiments to systematic business automation. You will audit workflows, build internal tools, and integrate AI solutions across departments including accounting, customer service, and catalog management. Reporting directly to the founder, you will own projects end-to-end, from identifying friction points to shipping practical automations that improve operational efficiency and decision-making.

• Fully remote (LATAM, Africa, EE)
• U.S. business hours required
• AI automation focus
• Reports to founder

Join Mimica, a Series B AI startup backed by Khosla Ventures, as a Staff or Lead Python Engineer. You will own the development of resilient backend applications that interface with proprietary ML models and GenAI integrations. This position offers the chance to be a founding member of the Maker Team or support the Data Intelligence Team, driving architecture and developer experience in a remote-first environment.

• Staff/Lead Level
• Fully Remote (Global)
• Python + FastAPI
• ML System Integration

As a Business Systems Automation Specialist, you will identify inefficiencies in customer service, production, and inventory management. You will translate these business challenges into technical requirements and build AI-driven workflows to reduce manual tasks. This role requires independent project ownership from concept through implementation.

• U.S. EST hours
• AI & Automation
• 5+ years exp
• LATAM/Africa/EE

Join the Infrastructure team at Primer, where you will manage the platform that enables all other engineers to build and ship code. You will define how coding agents integrate into workflows, ensuring safe and fast agent-driven development while maintaining high reliability. This position requires end-to-end ownership of deployment workflows, self-service tooling, and ephemeral environments. You will work autonomously in a distributed team, focusing on measurable improvements to delivery speed and code ergonomics.

• Senior level role
• Fully remote globally
• AWS and Kubernetes
• Define AI dev loops

Join Payward, the parent company of Kraken, to lead product development for the Financial Intelligence Unit and Compliance Operations. You will manage the investigation platform that handles alert ingestion, case management, and investigator tooling, ensuring robust defense against financial crime. The role involves defining deliverables, managing stakeholder expectations, and integrating automation and AI into regulated workflows. You will bridge the gap between compliance policy, engineering teams, and operational needs to build a system that withstands rigorous regulatory audits.

• Product Manager II
• Financial Crime Ops
• AML & Compliance
• AI in regulated workflows

White Circle builds the safety, reliability, and optimization layer for AI systems using natural-language policies. As DevRel Lead, you will own how technical audiences discover and adopt the platform, including the Halo open-source framework. You will bridge the gap between complex AI safety concepts and developer communities through content, events, and partnerships.

• Lead level role
• Fully remote (US hours)
• AI Safety focus
• Equity included

Join HOLYWATER TECH, a company blending human creativity with artificial intelligence to build entertainment products like My Drama and My Muse. You will create compelling posters for AI-generated romantic series, ensuring high visual quality and consistency across various styles including photorealism and anime.

• Fully remote or office
• Midjourney + Photoshop
• AI Art & Retouching
• 20 days vacation

Join the Asset Sales engineering group to scale M-KOPA's FinTech platform. You will design and operate backend systems that provide financial access to millions of customers across Africa. The team emphasizes AI-native engineering practices, using tools like Claude for design, coding, and testing within a distributed microservices architecture.

• Senior Backend Engineer
• Fully remote (GMT core)
• C# and .NET stack
• Azure and Kubernetes

As an AI Paid Media Specialist, you will own end-to-end paid social and video programs. You will build, launch, and optimize campaigns directly without agency support, leveraging AI for creative versioning and analysis. The focus is strictly on social and video platforms, excluding paid search.

• US EST hours
• LinkedIn, YouTube, Meta
• AI-driven workflows
• LATAM, Africa, E. Europe

Join a growing e-commerce and distribution company specializing in commercial equipment. You will take ownership of the Magento website, focusing on continuous updates, UX improvements, and technical implementation within the backend. This role blends design execution with development tasks to enhance the online purchasing experience for both B2B and direct consumers.

• U.S. EST hours
• Magento (Adobe Commerce)
• UX/UI + Dev
• LATAM/Africa/Eastern Europe

Join the Developer Infrastructure team within Platform Engineering at Ava Labs. You will build durable infrastructure, tooling, and technical processes to help teams building the core Avalanche network ship code faster and with greater confidence. This is a hands-on engineering role where you will work directly in the codebase to reduce friction, automate workflows, and improve system reliability through better testing and observability.

• Staff level position
• Go and Rust
• Blockchain infrastructure
• CI/CD and testing focus