Port Elizabeth: Lead Software Engineer posted by Performit Personnel

About the Role

Performit Personnel is seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to join their team at our office in Port Elizabeth. As a renowned company, we are looking for a technical expert who can take ownership of our platforms’ development and engineering. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading the design and delivery of our 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.

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