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Western Cape, Western Cape Lanza Solutions

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As an experienced .NET developer, you will maintain, extend, and continuously improve our back-end code base. Together with the team lead, you will ensure that our clients (front-end developers and other API clients) have a seamless experience. You will work on/within a microservices platform architecture with challenges such as multi-tenancy, caching, persistence, long-running jobs, messaging, and multi-threading.

If this excites you and you meet the requirements and profile below, we would love to hear from you!

You will work both from home and at our office in Cape Town, alongside a lead developer and a back-end developer. From our NL office, you will be supported by a Product Owner and an Azure deployment engineer.

Your responsibilities
  • Maintain, extend, and refactor our legacy code base.
  • Ensure our code base is future-proof by exploring new areas (.NET 6, Nullability, Mediator, Swagger, OpenAPI, etc.).
  • Work efficiently and deliver results.
  • Implement a test-driven approach, validating and testing your code via unit tests.
  • Ensure that the C# core code adheres to SOLID principles and refactor legacy code when needed to increase extendability, testability, readability, and reusability.
  • Stay updated on the latest development practices and discuss with the team lead on how to keep our code base current and future-proof.
  • Collaborate closely with our Azure engineer on topics like routing, caching, messaging, containerization, authentication, etc.
Requirements and qualifications
  • Proven experience building high-performing microservices in .NET (ASP) or .NET 6 minimal APIs.
  • Experience in unit testing code and services.
  • Proficiency with Visual Studio or JetBrains Rider, Git, NuGet, Postman, or other backend development tools.
  • Experience with Agile development methodologies (using Jira, GitLab, or Azure DevOps).
  • Excellent knowledge of C# and .NET Core, .NET 5/6.
  • Strong analytical thinking and abstraction skills to simplify complex tasks.
  • Nice to have: Experience with Azure AD integration and deployment.
  • Fluent in English, both written and verbal.
  • Bachelor's or master's degree in software engineering or related field.
Personality
  • Demonstrates tenacity and a willingness to see tasks through to completion.
  • Adapts quickly to changing priorities and conditions; copes effectively with complexity.
  • Passionate about technology with a positive, can-do attitude.
  • Self-starter who acts proactively and brings new ideas.
  • Honest, ethical, trustworthy, and transparent in communication.
About us

At Lanza, we develop digital solutions supporting businesses in spare parts management and inventory control. You will help shape and develop the look and feel of the Lanza web applications used by renowned companies across various industries such as defense, aerospace, rail, and manufacturing.

Our new development team

We are establishing a new development operation in South Africa to expand our efforts. Lanza seeks skilled candidates ready for a challenge.

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Western Cape, Western Cape Lanza Solutions

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As an experienced. NET developer, you will maintain, extend, and continuously improve our back-end code base. Together with the team lead, you will ensure that our clients (front-end developers and other API clients) have a seamless experience. You will work on/within a microservices platform architecture with challenges such as multi-tenancy, caching, persistence, long-running jobs, messaging, and multi-threading. If this excites you and you meet the requirements and profile below, we would love to hear from you! You will work both from home and at our office in Cape Town, alongside a lead developer and a back-end developer. From our NL office, you will be supported by a Product Owner and an Azure deployment engineer. Your responsibilities Maintain, extend, and refactor our legacy code base. Ensure our code base is future-proof by exploring new areas (. NET 6, Nullability, Mediator, Swagger, Open API, etc.). Work efficiently and deliver results. Implement a test-driven approach, validating and testing your code via unit tests. Ensure that the C# core code adheres to SOLID principles and refactor legacy code when needed to increase extendability, testability, readability, and reusability. Stay updated on the latest development practices and discuss with the team lead on how to keep our code base current and future-proof. Collaborate closely with our Azure engineer on topics like routing, caching, messaging, containerization, authentication, etc. Requirements and qualifications Proven experience building high-performing microservices in. NET (ASP) or. NET 6 minimal APIs. Experience in unit testing code and services. Proficiency with Visual Studio or Jet Brains Rider, Git, Nu Get, Postman, or other backend development tools. Experience with Agile development methodologies (using Jira, Git Lab, or Azure Dev Ops). Excellent knowledge of C# and. NET Core,. NET 5/6. Strong analytical thinking and abstraction skills to simplify complex tasks. Nice to have: Experience with Azure AD integration and deployment. Fluent in English, both written and verbal. Bachelor's or master's degree in software engineering or related field. Personality Demonstrates tenacity and a willingness to see tasks through to completion. Adapts quickly to changing priorities and conditions; copes effectively with complexity. Passionate about technology with a positive, can-do attitude. Self-starter who acts proactively and brings new ideas. Honest, ethical, trustworthy, and transparent in communication. About us At Lanza, we develop digital solutions supporting businesses in spare parts management and inventory control. You will help shape and develop the look and feel of the Lanza web applications used by renowned companies across various industries such as defense, aerospace, rail, and manufacturing. Our new development team We are establishing a new development operation in South Africa to expand our efforts. Lanza seeks skilled candidates ready for a challenge. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Software development

Cape Town, Western Cape Lanza Solutions

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As an experienced. NET developer, you will maintain, extend, and continuously improve our back-end code base. Together with the team lead, you will ensure that our clients (front-end developers and other API clients) have a seamless experience. You will work on/within a microservices platform architecture with challenges such as multi-tenancy, caching, persistence, long-running jobs, messaging, and multi-threading. If this excites you and you meet the requirements and profile below, we would love to hear from you! You will work both from home and at our office in Cape Town, alongside a lead developer and a back-end developer. From our NL office, you will be supported by a Product Owner and an Azure deployment engineer. Your responsibilities Maintain, extend, and refactor our legacy code base. Ensure our code base is future-proof by exploring new areas (. NET 6, Nullability, Mediator, Swagger, Open API, etc.). Work efficiently and deliver results. Implement a test-driven approach, validating and testing your code via unit tests. Ensure that the C# core code adheres to SOLID principles and refactor legacy code when needed to increase extendability, testability, readability, and reusability. Stay updated on the latest development practices and discuss with the team lead on how to keep our code base current and future-proof. Collaborate closely with our Azure engineer on topics like routing, caching, messaging, containerization, authentication, etc. Requirements and qualifications Proven experience building high-performing microservices in. NET (ASP) or. NET 6 minimal APIs. Experience in unit testing code and services. Proficiency with Visual Studio or Jet Brains Rider, Git, Nu Get, Postman, or other backend development tools. Experience with Agile development methodologies (using Jira, Git Lab, or Azure Dev Ops). Excellent knowledge of C# and. NET Core,. NET 5/6. Strong analytical thinking and abstraction skills to simplify complex tasks. Nice to have: Experience with Azure AD integration and deployment. Fluent in English, both written and verbal. Bachelor's or master's degree in software engineering or related field. Personality Demonstrates tenacity and a willingness to see tasks through to completion. Adapts quickly to changing priorities and conditions; copes effectively with complexity. Passionate about technology with a positive, can-do attitude. Self-starter who acts proactively and brings new ideas. Honest, ethical, trustworthy, and transparent in communication. About us At Lanza, we develop digital solutions supporting businesses in spare parts management and inventory control. You will help shape and develop the look and feel of the Lanza web applications used by renowned companies across various industries such as defense, aerospace, rail, and manufacturing. Our new development team We are establishing a new development operation in South Africa to expand our efforts. Lanza seeks skilled candidates ready for a challenge. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Software Development Engineer

R180000 - R260000 Y Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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At Amazon Web Services (AWS) we work hard, play hard and make history. We believe that work should be a fun place where you can hone your natural talents. We believe in people taking Ownership of their space, and driving initiatives with all their creativity to Deliver Results for our Customers. If this sounds like the place you would like to work, send us your resume/CV. You will be surrounded by people who are smart and passionate about cloud computing and supporting our customers.

We are looking for good people who love developing elegant solutions to solve hard problems to delight our customers. At Amazon, you'll learn new things and learn new perspectives.

When we say "working at scale" we really mean it. AWS Customers are continuing to leverage AWS Services for applications ranging from exploratory to targeted innovative solutions to business-critical systems. A key deciding factors for our customers in choosing AWS is the quality and reliability of the support they expect. Kumo is our software engineering organization that helps us scale our support capabilities. Kumo engineers build technology so our customers can make the best of their investment in AWS, and have world-class support along the way. Kumo engineers work on a range of interesting challenges, like (a) providing timely and personalized information about availability of AWS resources, (b) self-service ways to solve problems in using AWS resources, and (c) efficient case management for fast and complete resolution of cases. Kumo engineers leverage the latest AWS technologies, extensive set of Amazon/AWS tools and frameworks, and rely on a diverse, experienced and talented peer group to solve the challenges.

The Kumo Organization will provide you the opportunity to contribute to the complete vertical stack of a service-oriented architecture based system, which is horizontally connected to most systems in the larger Amazon ecosystem. We code mostly in Java, JavaScript and Python, and build on technologies powering the web such as Angular, Node and ElasticSearch as well as a broad range of in-house Amazon Cloud technologies and native AWS technologies, such as Lambda and DynamoDB.

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.

Amazon knows that a diverse, inclusive culture empowers us all to deliver the best results for our customers. We celebrate diversity in our workforce and in the ways we work. As part of our inclusive culture, we offer accommodations during the interview and onboarding process. If you'd like to discuss your accommodation options, please contact your recruiter, who will partner you with the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT). You may also contact ACAT directly by emailing acat- We want all Amazonians to have the best possible Day 1 experience. If you've already completed the interview process, you can contact ACAT for accommodation support before you start to ensure all your needs are met Day 1.

Key job responsibilities

In This Role You Will

  • Write high-quality, efficient, testable code in Java and other object-oriented languages.
  • Build highly available, secure, distributed systems in microservices, container, and distributed cluster-compute architectures.
  • Collaborate with some of the best engineers in the industry to work on some of the most complex challenges in large-scale computing.
  • Own and operate the systems that you build based on real-time customer data and demanding service-level agreements.
  • Contribute to planning, design, implementation, testing, operations, and process improvement as a member of a Scrum team.
  • Play an instrumental role in defining the system architecture, own and implement specific components, and help shape the overall user experience.

You must insist on the highest standards for quality, maintainability, security, and performance as you will ensure that engineering best practices are followed and that software is designed to be highly available, dynamically scalable, and resilient to continuity threats. You are a person with a commitment to team work and who enjoys working on new technology, is customer obsessed, and thrives on the challenge of building something new that will eventually operate at world-wide scale.

A day in the life

AWS Global Services includes experts from across AWS who help our customers design, build, operate, and secure their cloud environments. Customers innovate with AWS Professional Services, upskill with AWS Training and Certification, optimize with AWS Support and Managed Services, and meet objectives with AWS Security Assurance Services. Our expertise and emerging technologies include AWS Partners, AWS Sovereign Cloud, AWS International Product, and the Generative AI Innovation Center. You'll join a diverse team of technical experts in dozens of countries who help customers achieve more with the AWS cloud.

About The Team
AWS Global Services

AWS Global Services includes experts from across AWS who help our customers design, build, operate, and secure their cloud environments. Customers innovate with AWS Professional Services, upskill with AWS Training and Certification, optimize with AWS Support and Managed Services, and meet objectives with AWS Security Assurance Services. Our expertise and emerging technologies include AWS Partners, AWS Sovereign Cloud, AWS International Product, and the Generative AI Innovation Center. You'll join a diverse team of technical experts in dozens of countries who help customers achieve more with the AWS cloud.

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.

Basic Qualifications

  • 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
  • Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
  • Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent, or 5+ years of computer science fundamentals (object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving and complexity analysis) experience

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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- Amazon Development Centre (South Africa) (Proprietary) Limited

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Software Development Engineer

Cape Town, Western Cape Amazon

Posted 11 days ago

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Build the systems that optimize how EC2 matches requests for Instances with the underlying compute capacity. EC2 Placement is seeking talented engineers to build the online and offline optimization systems for compute workload scheduling, and the customer capabilities to better manage those workloads. Amazon EC2 provides on-demand scalable compute capacity, and powers some of the largest services in the world. You will collaborate with a top-tier community of engineers to build systems to improve how customers are able to access EC2 compute resources.
The successful candidate will have strong software engineering experience, with a passion for thinking about, building and testing distributed systems. You have an interest in how Machine Learning and other optimization techniques can be applied to large-scale problems. You have demonstrated experience working with a team to design, build and operate large-scale systems. With strong engineering fundamentals, an analytical and data-driven approach to your work, and strong communication skills, you have the ability to collaborate well to deliver results. We move fast and work together on small teams to solve big problems.
If this opportunity sounds interesting, we would love to talk to you more about our work and culture at AWS in Cape Town.
AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations - from foundational services such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS's services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you'll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.
About the team
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.
About AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Basic Qualifications
- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
Preferred Qualifications
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas. In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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Software Development Manager

Stellenbosch, Western Cape Capitec

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Overview

We're on the lookout for energetic, self-motivated individuals who share our passion for service in the banking industry. To be part of the journey, follow the steps below:

  • To see what life at Capitec is all about and complete a short assessment, please click here!
  • Once you have completed the above finalize your application by clicking apply below.

Join Us in Becoming the Best Bank in the world! We appoint energized and motivated people for their potential and continuously look for talented,driven individuals to help us innovate and evolve. That is why we focus on finding the right people for therightjobs.We love what we do because we focus on making a positive difference for our clients andemployees.Ourcompany DNA is built around talented and committed teams dedicated to build a brand that we are proudofand earns the trust of our clients

Who We Are

We are a bank, but we're much more than that. We believe that banking is about enabling people to control their financial lives through banking that is simplified, accessible, affordable, and delivered through a personal experience. By helping our clients manage their financial lives better, we enable them to live better

Why Choose Us

At Capitec, we offer our best by living up to our CEO values in every situation – we always put the Client first, act with Energy and take Ownership. And to support people in being their best, our Employee Value Proposition offers every value to all team members through cohesive teams, growth opportunities as well as employee benefits and savings. We make it a priority to ensure that each member of the Capitec team feels welcome, valued, focused, and has the opportunity to grow.

Purpose Statement
  • To provide strategic technical direction and manage multiple technical teams responsible for the technical delivery of the full product lifecycle; all product features and support and maintenance related tasks in respect of the product
  • Oversee the ongoing drive to increase efficiency, optimisation, innovation and people development in these environments.
Minimum Experience
  • At least 5 years’ experience in software development management
  • Experience of:
    • leading and working in an agile development environment
    • Experience in either back-end or front-end development
    • crafting roadmaps
    • managing a budget
    • using technical skills to support and guide a technical team
    • to establish priorities and successfully manage deliverables
    • utilizing communication and relationship management skills to engage with stakeholders
    • using leadership to influence in other areas.
Qualifications (Minimum)
  • Bachelor's Degree in Commerce or Information Technology - Computer Science
Qualifications (Ideal Or Preferred)
  • Honours Degree in Commerce or Information Technology - Computer Science
Knowledge

Minimum

  • Functional knowledge particular to the product (e.g. Credit or App)
  • People management and development practices and principles
  • Stakeholder management
  • Budgeting and accounting principles
  • Business analysis and design
  • Project Management principles and methodologies

Ideal

  • Banking industry
  • Central Collections environment
  • Capitec Bank Systems Environment
  • Capitec Bank Business Model
  • Agile development principles
  • Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Skills
  • Communications Skills
  • Decision making skills
  • Influencing Skills
  • Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills
  • Negotiation skills
Conditions of Employment
  • Clear criminal and credit record

Capitec is committed to diversity, applications to this position will strictly be considered in support of our employment equity goals.

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Head : Software Development

Cape Town, Western Cape Outsidecapital

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We are exclusively representing a major force in the South African payments and lending sector. As a subsidiary of a household-name retail giant our client provides innovative financial products and services to a massive and diverse customer base. They are on a mission to drive financial inclusion and are investing heavily in their technology platform to support this strategic goal. This is an opportunity to take ownership of a critical technology function within a stable high-impact business.

The core mission for this role is to transform the existing software development function into a world-class high-performance engineering and delivery engine. The current environment is ripe for evolution requiring a leader who can move beyond day-to-day management to architect a scalable agile and quality-first culture. You will be responsible for maturing processes mentoring leaders and ensuring that every line of code directly contributes to strategic business outcomes from enhancing customer experience to driving operational efficiency.

Performance Objectives for Year One

Success in this role will be measured by your ability to achieve the following in the first 12 months :

  • Elevate Agile Delivery & Predictability : Lead the evolution of the agile framework (Scrum / Kanban) across multiple development teams. The goal is to establish a rhythm of predictable high-quality software releases demonstrably improving delivery velocity and reducing post-deployment incidents.
  • Architect and Implement a Modern SDLC : Take full ownership of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). You will re-engineer and standardize the process embedding best practices for secure development CI / CD and test automation to significantly improve both the quality and frequency of deployments.
  • Build a High-Performance Engineering Culture : Reshape the development team by attracting mentoring and retaining top-tier talent. You will establish clear career paths and succession plans fostering a psychologically safe environment of continuous learning technical excellence and accountability.
  • Align Technology Delivery with Business Strategy : Partner directly with Product and Architecture leads to translate the companys strategic vision into a concrete actionable technology roadmap. You will ensure that all development initiatives are prioritized based on measurable business value and ROI.
  • Optimize Vendor and Budget Management : Conduct a strategic review of all external development partners and contractors. You will rationalize vendor engagements renegotiate SLAs where necessary and manage the software delivery budget to ensure maximum return on technology investment.

Profile for Success

  • Demonstrated experience transforming a software development function by implementing and maturing agile frameworks (Scrum Kanban) and modern SDLC practices.
  • A proven track record of building mentoring and leading multiple high-performing software engineering teams in an enterprise environment.
  • Evidence of successfully partnering with business and product leaders to align technology delivery with strategic objectives.
  • Past success in managing third-party vendor relationships contract negotiations and technology budgets.
  • Core Requirement : A Bachelors Degree or equivalent 3-year tertiary qualification in an IT-related field (e.g. BSc BTech).
  • Minimum Requirement : At least 12 years of experience in the IT industry with a minimum of 6 years in a leadership capacity managing software development teams.
  • Key Skills

    Feed,Jsf,Advocacy,Java,Automobile

    Employment Type : Full-Time

    Experience : years

    Vacancy : 1

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    Software Development Manager

    Cape Town, Western Cape wePlace

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    What you will be doing

    Lead multiple technical teams in delivering the full product lifecycle, from features to support and maintenance, while driving continuous improvements in efficiency, optimization, innovation, and team development.

    Minimum Experience

    • Bachelor's degree in commerce or information technology - Computer Science
    • Functional knowledge particular to the product (e.g. Credit or App)
    • People management and development practices and principles
    • Stakeholder management
    • Budgeting and accounting principles
    • Business analysis and design
    • Project Management principles and methodologies
    • At least 5 years experience in software development management
    • Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

    Experience of :

  • Managing a budget
  • Crafting roadmaps
  • Leading and working in an agile development environment
  • Using technical skills to support and guide a technical team
  • To establish priorities and successfully manage deliverables
  • Utilizing communication and relationship management skills to engage with stakeholders
  • Using leadership to influence in other areas.
  • Knowledge

    Minimum :

  • Functional knowledge particular to the product (e.g. Credit or App)
  • People management and development practices and principles
  • Stakeholder management
  • Budgeting and accounting principles
  • Business analysis and design
  • Project Management principles and methodologies
  • Ideal :

  • Banking industry
  • Central Collections environment
  • Bank Systems Environment
  • Bank Business Model
  • Agile development principles
  • Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • Conditions of Employment

    Clear criminal and credit record

    Should you not receive a response from us within one week of your application, your application has unfortunately not been successful.

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    Head : Software Development

    Cape Town, Western Cape Pepkor Payments & Lending

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    Head of Software Development to lead and evolve our enterprise software delivery function. This role is pivotal to building scalable, secure, and innovative software systems that support our strategic goals and drive real business impact. As a senior leader, you’ll lead multiple agile software delivery teams, drive the adoption of fit-for-purpose frameworks, and cultivate a high-performance culture that values technical excellence, agility, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

    Key Responsibilities :

    Leadership & People Development

    • Attract, recruit, and retain top software development talent with the skills to meet PPL’s evolving technology and business needs
    • Build and nurture high-performance, self-organising teams by setting clear expectations, defining team purpose, and promoting continuous learning
    • Provide strategic direction, mentorship, and hands-on coaching to drive excellence in team delivery and personal growth
    • Develop succession planning and manage individual development plans to minimise knowledge concentration risks
    • Cultivate a psychologically safe and inclusive work environment that values diversity, transparency, and emotional intelligence
    • Address performance concerns constructively and manage disciplinary processes where necessary, in collaboration with People Support

    Software Delivery & Quality

    • Drive the delivery of scalable, maintainable, and secure software systems that meet business objectives and architectural standards
    • Ensure adoption of Agile practices, with a strong emphasis on continuous integration, test automation, and built-in quality frameworks
    • Champion the use of metrics to assess software quality, delivery velocity, and team health—enabling early identification of issues and opportunities for improvement
    • Oversee technical design reviews, code quality assessments, and best practice alignment across all development teams
    • Encourage innovation through technical experimentation while maintaining the stability and integrity of the production environment
    • Ensure all software changes are tested, reviewed, and deployed in compliance with regulatory and internal risk management guidelines

    Strategic Alignment

    • Translate business strategy into actionable development goals and long-term delivery plans in collaboration with Product and Architecture leads
    • Actively participate in strategic planning forums and ensure software development priorities support the broader mission of the organisation
    • Ensure software delivery initiatives contribute measurable value to business KPIs, including customer experience, operational efficiency, and digital transformation
    • Align technology capabilities with evolving customer and market demands, ensuring that development efforts stay relevant and impactful

    Process Ownership

    • Define, govern, and continuously improve the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), ensuring it is pragmatic, scalable, and fit for PPL’s delivery environment
    • Lead the implementation and evolution of Agile frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban across teams, promoting standardisation without stifling contextual flexibility
    • Monitor adherence to delivery processes, facilitating retrospectives, process audits, and continuous improvement cycles to boost productivity and predictability
    • Design visibility mechanisms like dashboards and information radiators to ensure clear reporting and accountability
    • Align delivery processes with compliance, data protection, and audit requirements

    Transparency & Communication

    • Foster a culture of open and honest communication within teams and with business stakeholders
    • Maintain transparency on project progress, risks, dependencies, and team capacity using clear visual management tools and performance dashboards
    • Establish mechanisms for regular updates to executives, including milestone tracking, delivery forecasts, and retrospectives
    • Create an environment where innovation, experimentation, and constructive failure are encouraged as learning opportunities
    • Ensure that team goals and outcomes are clearly aligned and communicated across functions

    Vendor & Budget Oversight

    • Lead the strategic sourcing, onboarding, and management of external development partners and contractors to supplement in-house capability
    • Negotiate and maintain service level agreements (SLAs), ensuring vendors deliver on scope, quality, and time commitments
    • Oversee the software delivery budget (annual and 3-year plans), ensuring effective cost management and ROI on technology investments
    • Monitor vendor performance, mitigate delivery risks, and take corrective actions where contractual obligations are not met
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    Software Development Manager

    Somerset West, Western Cape Exceed Human Resource Consultants

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    Reference: 10392 NB Consultant: NineBroodryk Job Description:
    • Lead and manage the software development team to achieve strategic and operational business goals.
    • Ensure consistency and stability across all systems using standardised development protocols.
    • Improve user experience, reduce support needs, and enhance system performance.
    • Foster team productivity year-on-year, skills development, and alignment with company values.
    • Creating a unified approach to development across the business.
    • Ensure integration with all software systems
    • Design, development and internal testing of existing and new products according to the company’s prescribed standards
    • Take responsibility for team performance as measured against KPIs and development targets.
    • Facilitate regular one-on-ones, performance reviews, and team goal setting.
    • Mentor and guide less experienced team members
    • Contribute to the overall product and technology strategy in alignment with company'sbusiness goals.
    • Manage key vendor relationships, ensuring service quality and alignment with internal tech standards.
    Qualifications:
    • Relevant tertiary qualification in Information Technology or Computer Science
    • 5+ years in a senior software development or technical leadership role
    • Proven experience leading or managing development teams.
    • At least 3 - 5 years of relevant experience as a full stack software developer using technologies such as Net Core / ASP.Net MVC / C# / SQL / RESTful Web API / React / C++
    • Must be able to handle evolving business needs and technical challenges.
    • Excellent communication and teamwork skills
    • Great attention to detail
    • Capable of problem-solving independently
    • Delivering on requirements on-time and to specification with a high level of quality
    • Proficiency in software architecture and design patterns.
    • Ability to work calmly and methodically when under pressure
    • Must be a keen knowledge seeker who shares acquired knowledge across teams
    • Understanding of system stability, security best practices, and performance optimisation.
    • Strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to engage and align cross-functional teams.
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