TransPerfect

Lead Developer | Cape Town

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa April 21, 2026 Full Time Workday

We are looking for a Lead Developer to provide technical leadership across a multi-site, global web platform. This role owns architecture, technical standards, and development best practices, while working closely with distributed teams and senior stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership:

  • Define and own web architecture and technical standards

  • Guide development across legacy CMS platforms and modern frameworks

  • Review code and mentor senior, mid-level, and junior developers

  • Make decisions on tooling, frameworks, and best practices

Collaboration & Delivery:

  • Partner with DevOps on CI/CD, environments, and reliability

  • Support planning, estimation, and technical risk assessment

  • Act as escalation point for complex technical issues

  • Ensure consistency and quality across all web properties

Requirements

Qualifications:

  • 8+ years of professional web development experience

  • Strong experience with React and/or Vue.js

  • Solid background with Drupal and WordPress

  • Proven experience leading or mentoring engineers

  • Strong communication, decision-making, and ownership mindset

Nice to have:

  • Experience designing shared platforms or design systems

  • Exposure to DevOps practices and cloud infrastructure

  • Experience working in enterprise or multi-brand environments

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How to Get Hired at TransPerfect

  • Apply through TransPerfect's Workday career portal at transperfect.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/transperfect. Different divisions (Games, Connect, DataForce) maintain separate career pages, so search across multiple portals. Freelance linguists apply through the Expert Hub at hub.transperfect.com.
  • Prepare rigorously for the skills assessment phase — TransPerfect's mandatory editing, proofreading, and language tests have a pass rate of only 10 to 15 percent. This is the primary screening bottleneck, and passing requires demonstrable expertise in your target language pair or functional domain.
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