Careers

Build Your Engineering Career at Africa's Most Ambitious Systems Integrator.

We are a tight-knit team of ten senior engineers, architects, and designers solving the most complex digital infrastructure challenges in South Africa. We hire slowly, develop deeply, and build together.

An Engineering Culture, Not a Body Shop.

We don’t believe in large teams and junior developers. Every engineer at Talar is a senior specialist who owns their domain — from cloud architecture to mobile development to AI automation. You will work directly with clients, directly with the codebase, and directly with leadership. There are no layers of project managers between you and your work.

Grow with a Company That Builds Real Things.

We are growing across South Africa and into the SADC region. As we grow, so do the complexity and ambition of the systems we build. You’ll find yourself architecting cross-border payment integrations one sprint and designing offline-first mobile tracking systems the next. Every project is a genuine technical challenge — never commodity delivery work.

We keep our team lean by design. Smaller teams move faster, communicate better, and produce higher-quality work. You will know every colleague by name, contribute to every product decision, and see the direct impact of your engineering choices on live enterprise systems.

Working at Talar

What We Offer

Twenty Days Annual Leave

Twenty days paid leave from day one, increasing with tenure. We believe rest is part of high performance.

Performance Bonuses

Company-wide performance bonuses tied to project delivery and client satisfaction. Your work is directly rewarded.

Medical Aid Contribution

Company contribution toward your Discovery or Momentum medical aid plan. We invest in your wellbeing.

Certification & Training Budget

Annual budget for AWS, Azure, Flutter, and other professional certifications. We fund your technical growth.

South African Public Holidays

All gazetted South African public holidays observed, plus your birthday off — every year, no questions asked.

Provident Fund

Company contribution to your provident fund. We support your long-term financial planning.

Mentorship & Leadership Track

Structured mentorship from senior architects and a defined leadership development pathway for engineers who want to grow into technical leadership.

Team Culture

Regular team sessions, technical knowledge-sharing, and off-site events. We build a culture worth coming to work for.

Join a team that builds real enterprise infrastructure.

Talar is a boutique South African systems integrator delivering custom software, AI automation, and cloud infrastructure for enterprises and government departments across the SADC region. If you are a senior engineer who wants to own complex, meaningful technical problems — this is the environment for you.

Contact us

Partner with Us for Comprehensive IT

We’re happy to answer any questions you may have and help you determine which of our services best fit your needs.

Your benefits:
What happens next?
1

Book a technical scoping call with our lead architects. We respond within one business day.

2

We do a discovery and consulting meting 

3

We prepare a proposal 

Book a Technical Scoping Call