Software Engineering Team Lead

6 days ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Black Pen Recruitment Full time

Company Overview:

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Our client is a dynamic, hardworking team that values flexibility and focuses on results over office hours. They are resourceful and budget-conscious, whether they are traveling or working. They believe in resilience, self-reliance, and long-term sustainability. With our client, your career growth is driven by your ambitions, from expanding your role to exploring new areas of the business.

We are looking for a candidate with rigorous and structured thought, and the discipline to deliver exceptional tech projects, but with an interest in learning business, finance, and operational skills.

Salary and Benefits:

The annual salary is estimated at USD 150,000 - 200,000, paid in USD, converted on payment date, paid into a SA account, post PAYE. Additionally, you can expect an annual cash bonus based on company and personal performance (0-60% of annual base) and opportunity to partake in ESOP after 12 months, based on personal performance.

Job Description:

The role is multi-faceted, involving far more than pure software development. As a Software Engineering Team Lead, you will provide architectural and technical leadership for projects, ensuring alignment with business goals.

  • You will manage a mission-critical, 24x7 production system with expert knowledge and oversight.
  • You will utilize strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and troubleshoot system and integration challenges.
  • You will implement and maintain cloud-based systems to support business operations.
  • You will apply Infrastructure-as-Code principles, rapid and collaborative code pipelines, and other DevOps methodologies to enhance system efficiency and reliability.
  • You will engage in software development to achieve commercial outcomes and support business objectives.
  • You will understand and align with the business's primary commercial imperatives.
  • You will collaborate with in-country operations teams and sales networks to envision and implement technology solutions that support commercial goals.
  • You will design, build, test, maintain, and manage robust software solutions to enable team success and achieve the company's objective to serve customers effectively.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

  • You have 4+ years of software engineering experience, full stack engineer or mobile engineer.
  • You have experience in any of the following industries: fintech, payments, retail banking, credit, e-commerce, logistics, IT, Telecommunications, Banking, BPO, finance, or SaaS.
  • You hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineer, Maths, Stats, Actuarial Science.
  • You have tertiary qualification from UCT, Stellenbosch, or WITS.
  • You have 1+ years of experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • You have 2+ years of experience in RESTful APIs.
  • You have experience in Android operating system.
  • You have experience in Kotlin programming language.

Location:

Cape Town

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