Port Elizabeth: Lead Software Engineer posted by Performit Personnel

Renowned Company is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer to join their team.

Description:

The Lead Engineer must take technical ownership of the development and engineering of the Company’s platforms. This role is responsible for leading the design and delivery of a domain-driven design with an event-driven architecture, guiding engineers on architecture and standards, and acting as the primary technical interface between engineering, business, and operations.
The Lead Engineer will ensure the platform is scalable, maintainable, and aligned to real operational workflows while maintaining high delivery standards across the team.

Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Architecture
Own and evolve our platforms technical architecture using Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) principles
Define bounded contexts, aggregates, domain events, and service boundaries
Ensure correct application of event streaming, messaging patterns, idempotency, and eventual consistency
Review and approve architectural designs, pull requests, and major technical decisions
Guide refactoring of legacy or transitional components into well-structured domains

Front-End Leadership
Provide technical oversight of the Vue.js SPA front-end
Ensure clean separation between domain logic and presentation layers
Drive front-end standards, performance, and maintainability
Collaborate with UX and product stakeholders to ensure usable and scalable UI patterns

Delivery & Engineering Management
Lead and mentor senior and mid-level engineers
Set engineering standards, coding practices, and documentation expectations
Ensure delivery aligns to sprint commitments and agreed priorities
Proactively identify technical risks and delivery bottlenecks

Stakeholder & Business Engagement
Act as the primary technical liaison between engineering, business, and operations
Translate business requirements into clear technical direction and domain models
Participate in planning, backlog refinement, and solution workshops
Ensure solutions are operationally practical and aligned to real-world workflows

Quality, Reliability & Operations
Drive system reliability, observability, and operational readiness
Ensure events, workflows, and integrations are traceable and supportable
Collaborate with QA, support, and operations teams to reduce production issues
Promote a culture of accountability, testing, and continuous improvement

Team Management & People Leadership

Provide daily guidance and direction to the engineering team (seniors, mids, juniors, QA)

Drive team rituals: standups, planning, grooming, retros, and technical sessions

Support team members with prioritisation, blocking elements and workload distribution

Mentor the team whilst ensuring team members take ownership and accountability for their contributions

Maintain a healthy team environment built on transparency, integrity, accountability, and collaboration

Identify performance gaps early and work proactively to resolve them

Coordinate closely with project management to align team capacity with delivery expectations

Conduct Interviews for hiring of new team members

Approve Timesheets and Leave applications