Job Description
Somerset West – Western Cape – South Africa
- 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 & Design: Define and oversee the system architecture, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and efficient.
- Mentorship & Team Development: Guide and mentor junior and mid-level developers, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
- Code Review & 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, scrum masters, UX designers, solution architects, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Tech Stack & Innovation: Stay up to date with new technologies, suggesting and implementing improvements where applicable.
- 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.
- Experience with containerisation e.g. Docker
- Knowledge of front-end frameworks (React, Vue.js, or Angular).
- Prior experience in a SaaS environment.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Strong people management skills
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