SuperStackDevelopment Studio
Johannesburg

DevOps and engineering support, based in Johannesburg.

SuperStack is a small senior DevOps and software engineering studio based in Johannesburg. We help Gauteng companies keep their cloud platforms healthy, ship software, and get an honest second opinion on their AWS setup, and we work remotely with clients across South Africa.

A senior contractor in your time zone

You deal directly with the engineer doing the work. Because we are in Johannesburg, standups, incidents and release windows happen during your working day, not overnight on the other side of the world.

We work remotely inside your tools: your AWS accounts, your Git repositories, your Slack or Teams. Everything we build is documented and in version control, so your team can take it over at any point.

What Johannesburg teams usually ask us for

  • AWS and Kubernetes (EKS) support: keeping production stable, upgrading clusters and fixing what keeps paging people.
  • A second-opinion review of an AWS account set up by an in-house team or an outside supplier.
  • CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code with Terraform, so deployments are repeatable and reviewable.
  • Monitoring and alerting that tells the right person about a problem before customers notice.
  • A senior engineer embedded in your team while you hire, or to unblock a delivery that has stalled.
  • Full-stack software engineering with React, Next.js, TypeScript and Node.js.

Not sure what you need? Start with a review

If you are a founder or business owner and your product runs on AWS, an account review is a low-risk first step. We look at security, cost, reliability, CI/CD and monitoring, walk you through the findings in plain language, and you decide what happens next.

About the AWS account review →

How we work with you in Johannesburg

Two clear offerings. No fluff, no oversold dashboards — just engineers and operators you can plug into your team on a retainer or by the project.

DevOps support & engineering

Remote DevOps capacity for South African and international teams. CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, observability, on-call triage and platform engineering — done by people who pick up the phone.

  • AWS, GCP & Azure infrastructure
  • CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
  • Docker, Kubernetes & container platforms
  • Monitoring, logging & incident response
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Full-stack software engineering

Senior engineers building and maintaining real production systems — web apps, APIs, internal tools and integrations. Embedded with your team or delivering as a small squad.

  • React, Next.js & TypeScript front-ends
  • Node.js & REST/GraphQL APIs
  • PostgreSQL, MongoDB & data modelling
  • Third-party & payment integrations
  • Code review, refactors & tech debt cleanup

Who we work with in Johannesburg

We pick engagements where we can actually move the needle — small to mid-sized teams that need senior help, fast.

  • Financial services & insurance
  • B2B SaaS & startups
  • Retail & e-commerce
  • In-house IT teams needing senior DevOps support
  • Companies with an outsourced provider who want a second opinion
  • Product teams without a dedicated platform engineer

Engagement models

Hire us the way that fits — no long lock-ins, no minimum seat counts.

Monthly support retainer

A set number of senior hours per month for ongoing DevOps and engineering support. Roll-over hours, predictable cost.

Project delivery

Fixed scope or T&M for a defined piece of work — a migration, a new service, a rebuild — delivered as a small squad.

Embedded engineer

A senior engineer or DevOps resource working inside your team, in your tooling, with your standups.

Common questions

Do you only work with Johannesburg companies?
No. We are based in Johannesburg and work remotely with clients across South Africa and abroad. Being in Gauteng simply means we share a time zone with local teams.
Can you work alongside our existing IT or DevOps team?
Yes. Most of our work is alongside existing teams: adding senior capacity, reviewing what is there, or taking on a specific piece of platform work that nobody has time for.
How do engagements work?
Three ways: a monthly support retainer, a defined project, or a senior engineer embedded in your team. We agree the scope and the cost before any work starts.
Where do we start?
Book a 30-minute call. We talk through your setup and what is worrying you, and if we are not the right fit we will say so.

Need a hand with this?

Send a quick brief or grab a 30-minute slot. If we're not the right fit, we'll say so.