Front-end Engineering Team Lead

3 months ago

Cape Town, South Africa Electrum Payments Full time

Electrum is the next-generation payments technology company that provides cloud-native software to optimise the processing of financial transactions. Since 2012, we have established ourselves as a respected payments technology partner through our deep expertise and track record in delivering trusted enterprise-grade payments solutions.

We’ve built a reputation in providing solutions for high-volume, low-value payment schemes and services that enable our clients to deliver to their customers at scale. We love that the projects we work on touch the lives of millions of South Africans daily, making a real difference.

We hire the best of the best and we offer great opportunities for personal growth and career progression.

**Job Summary**
- Leading a team of software engineers
- Driving the success of our projects
- Ensuring high-quality deliverables
- Fostering a collaborative and productive team culture
- Lead the team in implementing and optimising front-end technologies

**Responsibilities**

Technical Expertise
- Software development - Leads by example by contributing towards the development of software projects
- Solution architecture - Designs and review architectural solutions

Software Delivery
- Project management - Working with the Project office, Product teams and Professional Services teams to ensure that projects are defined, prioritised and executed
- Use software development methodologies to ensure projects are delivered on time and with high quality

Team Leadership
- Team management - Sets clear goals and objectives for team members and monitors their progress
- Growing team members - Cultivates and supports the professional and personal growth of every team member, empowering them to advance in their careers
- Team commitment and purpose - Creates a shared sense of purpose among the team, cultivating a deep commitment to their work
- Organisational savvy - Understands the vision and strategy of Electrum and plays an influential role in ensuring Electrum's goals are achieved
- Recruiting - Recognising talent gaps in their teams and actively recruiting to fill them

Performance Management
- One-on-ones - Conduct regular one-on-ones with team members and manage their performance and career development
- Performance Reviews - Conduct performance evaluations of team members.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering
- 2 - 3 years experience leading a front-end software development team
- 2+ years experience working as a developer in a software development team
- Proficiency in HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript
- Experience with modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular)
- Familiarity with front-end testing frameworks (e.g., Jest)
- Proven ability to mentor and guide team members in front-end development best practices

**Beneficial Experience**
- Previous experience working in the Fintech industry.
- Experience in Agile / Scrum methodologies.

**Benefits**

A good work-life balance is very important at Electrum. To help you manage your own time and energy, Electrum offers benefits such as:

- Flexibility around core working hours
- Daily cooked lunches and a stocked kitchen for the mid-day nibbles
- Team socialising, getaways, and social outings

We have created a safe, transparent environment where we know mistakes happen, and that’s okay. We even have a 3 step approach to dealing with them:

- Tell everyone about it
- Fix the mistake
- Tell everyone about it

You are responsible for your actions - both the successes and the failures.

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