Technical Lead

Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa

Job Description

The successful Technical Lead should be hands-on with coding and architecture while also being an effective mentor and leader. You will play a critical role in guiding our development team, ensuring high-quality code, scalable architecture, and efficient processes. This position requires someone who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and has a passion for both people and technology. While we will require innovation, it is also important to honour the history, existing standards and current human resources.
Key Responsibilities:

  • Technical Leadership: Lead a team of developers, ensuring best practices in software development, architecture, and deployment, especially on back-end of system
  • Hands-on Development: Write high-quality, scalable, and maintainable code when necessary, particularly for complex or high-impact features
  • Architecture and Design: Define and oversee the system architecture, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and efficient
  • Mentorship and Team Development: Guide and mentor junior and mid-level developers, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement
  • Code Review and Quality Assurance: Conduct code reviews, enforce coding standards, and ensure software quality through testing strategies
  • Agile Development: Participate in agile processes, including sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives. Provide suggestions to improve processes
  • Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, product owners, scrummasters, ux designers, solution architects, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions
  • Tech Stack and Innovation: Stay up to date with new technologies, suggesting and implementing improvements where applicable
Required Skills and Experience:
  • 7+ years of experience in software development, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role
  • Proficiency in PHP, NodeJS
  • Strong experience with SaaS architectures, microservices, and the AWS cloud platform
  • Expertise in database design (SQL & NoSQL) and API development
  • Solid understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code
  • Experience leading code reviews, mentoring software developers, and setting and maintaining coding standards
  • Ability to balance technical leadership with hands-on coding
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Good communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Strong people management skills
  • Experience with containerisation e.g. Docker
  • Knowledge of front-end frameworks (React, Vue.js, or Angular)
  • Prior experience in a SaaS environment
What We Offer:
  • Dynamic work environment
  • Opportunities for professional growth and learning
  • A collaborative and innovative team culture
  • A stable company with exciting growth opportunities

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1449438
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Education
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