Engineering Director for Software Development

4 weeks ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Canonical Full time
Job Overview

We are seeking a seasoned Engineering Director to lead our software development teams in Western Cape, Cape Town.

About the Role

This is a leadership position that involves developing and growing engineering talent, representing your team and product from a technical perspective, and driving collaboration with other teams and customers.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior
  • Work remotely in a single major time zone, sometimes two
  • Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
  • Identify and measure team health indicators
  • Implement disciplined engineering processes
  • Represent your team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers
  • Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices
  • Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
  • Be an active part of the leadership team, collaborating with other leaders
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
  • Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
  • Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
  • A love of developing and growing people and a track record of it
  • Experience in leading, coaching and mentoring software developers
  • Organised and able to ensure your team delivers timely, high quality results
  • Well-organised, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule
  • Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
  • You have advanced expertise in your own domain
  • You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
  • You have solid experience working in an agile development environment
  • You have a demonstrated drive for continual learning
  • Builds trust, relationships and confidence
  • Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
  • Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each
Salary and Benefits

The estimated salary for this role is R1,200,000 per annum, plus benefits.

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