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interests across various industries, including renewable energy, security and CCTV, healthcare, retirement and lifestyle villages, telecommunications, internet services, utility management and property management.\nWe are seeking an experienced and technically skilled Web Developer with a strong focus on back-end development to join our dynamic marketing team based in Claremont, Cape Town.\nThe successful candidate will be responsible for developing, maintaining, integrating and optimising websites, digital platforms and internal systems across our various business units.\nThis is a hands-on technical role suited to a developer who enjoys problem-solving, building reliable systems, managing integrations and improving website functionality, performance and security.\nWhile experience with WordPress is important, the role will focus primarily on back-end development, custom functionality, API integrations, database management and technical website maintenance, rather than visual 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