Technical Lead

Job title : Technical Lead (DBN) Job Location : KwaZulu-Natal, Durban Deadline : February 26, 2026 We Want You Our Platform Teams are driving the transformation of BETSoftware's core system – leading innovation across integrated services and web‑based products that power our global scale. As a Technical Lead, you won't just guide code – you’ll lead architecture decisions, drive engineering excellence, and mentor a team of skilled developers using technologies like C#, .Net Core, Kafka, React, Docker and SQL. You’ll be the technical heartbeat of platforms that demand resilience, performance and rapid revolution. Apply today and be part of building something exceptional with the Durban Team. You Bring Minimum of 7 years experience within a development environment 3–6 years' SQL experience 5–8 years' C# experience 5–8 years' .NET Core experience 5–8 years' RESTful API experience Nice To Have 1–4 years' experience in document stores such as Couchbase / Mongo 1–4 years' experience in Message Brokers such as RabbitMQ / Kafka / Red Panda. What You’ll Do Technical Leadership Provide technical leadership to the team through collaboration sessions and knowledge‑sharing initiatives. Engage regularly with software architects in order to ensure the development within the team is according to architectural guidelines. Work with other developers, designers/analysts, and architects to make sure that the solutions meet application requirements and performance goals. Ensure checked‑in code is reviewed to ensure standards are met and the code base is sound. Ensure that all technical solutions that are rolled out consider compatibility with other environments and dependencies; have a high usability factor; are reliable to reduce downtime and perform at maximum efficiency during peak periods of usage; consider security at its highest level (third‑party attacks; data protection etc). Drive the adoption of processes within the team which consider and meet the expectations of technical throughput rates and responses; processing times; effective resource utilisation during operation and where the system or solution ensures maximum operational capacity requirements are met. Quality of Software Implementation Ensure rigorous testing of any solution before deployment and create standards and processes within the team to align with these. Ensure the delivery of a complete and technically appropriate solution which covers all the agreed specified tasks and user objectives and has been tested thoroughly. Ensure relevant documentation is provided to support teams to reduce the development support load. Where possible work to develop and implement a quality mechanism for the solution to analyse its own faults and provide reports prior to a critical failure. Develop the solution that supports modification for future developers, thereby reducing the number of defects or negatively affecting system quality. Initiative and Innovation Implement improved processes that have a positive effect on the team’s performance and company's bottom line. Technical problems and opportunities are anticipated and dealt with immediately considering any technical dependencies. Take an active involvement in problem resolution and where necessary works after hours to ensure that problems are resolved. Shows foresight to prevent errors or delays in projects. Demonstrate initiative by understanding, acquiring and implementing new knowledge and skills both within the team and to the wider group. Incorporates the new abilities into the day‑to‑day operational activities to improve the performance of products and systems. Ensure techniques, technologies, tools and processes used are in line with industry best practices. Knowledge Share Identify team members requiring a piece of specific knowledge, skill or understanding and seek ways to impart or upskill the team members through coaching and mentorship. Verify the knowledge has been imparted successfully and if not, take steps to rectify gaps in the transfer of the knowledge. Living the Spirit Actively drives a culture of collaboration and open communication within the team. Actively promotes authenticity and drives the spirit of diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging within the team. Actively drives a culture of versatility and adaptability by modelling and encouraging team members to support each other not only within the department, but within the business as a whole. Actively becomes a change agent and drives continuous learning within the team thus ensuring that the team approaches all tasks or challenges with enthusiasm and proactivity. Closing Date : 19 February 2026 #J-18808-Ljbffr