Johannesburg: Technical Development Lead

Lead a development team within Technology Services, combining hands-on development, technical guidance, and people management to drive cloud-based product delivery and support the strategic roadmap in a high-performance environment. For brevity, a key summary of the job specification is provided below. Full details are available after shortlisting. RESPONSIBILITIES Technical Leadership & Hands-on Development Lead a team of 46 developers; provide mentorship, regular code reviews, and uphold architectural standards. Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance web apps on GCP (Firebase/Firestore) with Angular; contribute ~5060% hands-on coding. Address technical debt; champion modern technologies and sound software design principles. Act as a subject-matter participant in the Architecture forum; ensure adherence to defined solution architectures. Delivery, Operations & Quality Plan and estimate work; drive sprints with product and QA; communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Oversee deployments, release management, and ongoing maintenance; troubleshoot complex issues. Ensure robust testing (unit, integration, performance) and optimize for performance, scalability, and cloud cost efficiency . Team & People Management Manage 46 permanent employees and contractors; foster a high-performance, quality-driven culture. Handle conflict resolution, motivation, coaching, and ownership of outcomes. Collaborate effectively with diverse, cross-functional, and remote teams (including where distance/language barriers exist). Product & Project Delivery Drive platform modernization (especially cloud components) through sprint contribution, planning, and stakeholder engagement to deliver high-quality solutions. REQUIREMENTS Tertiary technology degree strongly preferred. 8 years in software development; 23 years in a leadership/mentorship role. Healthcare experience advantageous. Modern SDLC (Agile/Scrum/Kanban). KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Strong in GCP (Firebase/Firestore), Angular (v12), HTML5/CSS3, RESTful APIs, Git, CI/CD, and containerization (e.g., Docker). Broad architectural understanding (solution, business, information, and application architecture) and systems thinking . Familiarity with agentic AI in the SDLC is required. BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving; collaborative, adaptable, growth-oriented. Takes full ownership of outcomes and engages effectively across stakeholders and remote teams. COMPENSATION: The proposed salary for the role is R120k CTC per month. It can potentially be marginally negotiable, but the offer will be market related based on your value proposition (qualifications, skills, and experience).