Full Stack Engineer (Contract)

📍 Remote (anywhere)
⏳ 3-month contract (with potential extension)

About Trackio

Trackio is a South African IoT and analytics startup helping organisations gain real-time visibility of their assets. From smart sensors on skips and trucks to intuitive dashboards, our platform enables clients to reduce inefficiencies, track movement, and make smarter decisions.

We’re a lean, founder-led team where every engineer has direct product impact and works on solving meaningful, real-world problems.

The Role

We’re looking for a Full Stack Engineer to accelerate development of the Trackio Platform. You’ll work closely with the founders and be responsible for both frontend and backend features, including:

• Developing and maintaining our web app (React + Node.js)
• Implementing secure Metabase embedding with authentication/SSO
• Building and optimising APIs for IoT data pipelines
• Designing and tuning PostgreSQL schemas for analytics and reporting

Must-haves

• 2+ years of full stack development experience
• Strong skills in React, Node.js, PostgreSQL
• Experience with RESTful API design and integration
• Ability to work independently and own features end-to-end

Nice-to-haves (big plus)

• Deploying apps on Render or Vercel
• Metabase embedding (interactive dashboards)
• Retool for internal tooling
• TypeScript, Redis, FastAPI, Tailwind CSS
• Mapbox / PostGIS (geospatial data)
• Authentication/SSO flows
• GitHub workflows, CI/CD, Docker
• Interest in IoT, data pipelines, or real-time systems

Why Join Us

• 100% remote & flexible hours
• Work directly with founders and shape the platform
• Ship quickly in a fast-moving environment
• Grow with us as the company scales