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We are seeking a skilled and dynamic Technical Lead to guide our client's engineering team in building a scalable, secure, and high-performance integration platform for restaurant reservation systems. In this role, you will set the technical vision, lead the team, and shape the architecture of our event-driven microservices platform. Your work will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams both within and outside the organization to ensure the delivery of robust and efficient solutions.

Our client is a technology-driven platform designed to make spontaneous bookings at restaurants and venues seamless. It connects individuals seeking last-minute reservations with businesses that have immediate availability, simplifying the process of finding open spots in real-time.

• Lead and mentor a team of developers, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
• Establish and enforce best practices in software design, testing, deployment, and system monitoring.
• Architect and oversee an event-driven microservices platform, ensuring efficient API design and integration.
• Optimize system performance, security, and reliability, ensuring compliance with standards such as PCI DSS and GDPR.
• Take a proactive approach to incident management, risk mitigation, and production stability.
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies, integrating modern solutions to enhance the platform's capabilities.
• Manage relationships with third-party integration partners, resolving API-related issues effectively.

• Proven experience in a Tech Lead role with a focus on event-driven architecture.
• Strong leadership skills with a track record of mentoring and growing engineering teams.
• Expertise in Kafka, AWS (API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB), and microservices architecture.
• Proficiency in backend development using Java or Node.js, along with database technologies.
• Deep understanding of DevSecOps practices and cloud-native architecture principles.
• Experience designing scalable, real-time solutions that ensure data consistency across services.

• Experience with Stripe or other payment gateway integrations.
• Background in the restaurant tech or booking systems industry.
• Familiarity with front-end frameworks and API consumer best practices.

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Engineering and Information Technology

IT Services and IT Consulting

Company Description

At Trustonic our products are making a difference across the world. One moment we’re ensuring low-income families worldwide can access the life-changing benefits of an internet-enabled smartphone. The next we’re protecting the safety and integrity of the vehicles we drive and the devices we care about.

Company Description

At Trustonic our products are making a difference across the world. One moment we’re ensuring low-income families worldwide can access the life-changing benefits of an internet-enabled smartphone. The next we’re protecting the safety and integrity of the vehicles we drive and the devices we care about.

We pride ourselves on living by the Trustonic culture code, a blueprint for our journey that recognises that great working environments don’t guarantee success, but bad ones almost always ensure failure.

Working here, you’ll find a company that celebrates its diversity and is looking to do the right thing: for each other, the community and the planet. We believe in equal opportunities and take to heart the old African proverb ’If you only want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together’.

We work flexibly when and where we’re at our best, but regardless of how you choose to work, we’ll make sure you feel like one of the team.

Click here if you would like to find out more about Trustonic's culture code.

If you would like to work in a fast-moving global technology company, with great ambition, then we’d love to hear from you!

Job Description

We’re looking for a Technical Project Manager to join our Program Management & Operations (PMO) Team.

A Bit About The Team And What You'll Deliver.

The Program Management & Operations (PMO) Team is responsible for planning and delivering several product lines and Professional Services projects for various customers. As the Technical Project Manager, you will be in charge of managing, coordinating and overseeing some customer facing and internal projects related to one program. Some projects require a deep technical understanding and the ability to explain technically complex topics to a broader audience. You will also be involved in operational activities: procurement, suppliers management, costs, budgets, documents and reports. This involves close interactions with related product, engineering, QA, architecture, PMO, sales, finance teams and reporting via the PMO organisation.

As the Technical Project Manager , your main responsibilities include:

• Initiating & Planning projects within a program
• Organise project kick-off
• Determine and define project scope and objectives
• Foresee resources needs to reach the objectives
• Facilitate project planning by prioritising tasks, identifying dependencies and work packages, setting deadlines and deliverables
• Propose and oversee timelines for the projects
• Executing projects within a program
• Manage detailed and high-level project schedules and plans
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Operationally manage and coordinate internal and external resources efficiently
• Liaise with product managers and other PMO colleagues to translate internal and customers roadmap and requirements into engineering plans, processes
• Ensure plan accuracy and manage the associated risks
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within scope, within budget and quality
• Provide regular project updates to various stakeholders
• Communicate, report and collaborate consistently with other managers, suppliers, customers and contractors
• Operational oversight, Monitoring & Controlling projects within a program
• Monitor and track progress, change requests, risks
• Assist with daily operational activities
• Facilitate & coordinate procurement activities
• Liaise with and manage relationships with suppliers
• Plan purchase orders and check invoices
• Prepare & maintain operations documents & reports
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Measure performance and propose improvements
• Review processes and ensure efficiency
• Contribute to ISMS, GDPR, ISO9001 and ISO27001 processes and procedures
• Review budget and reassess costs with PnL owners
• Closing projects
• Perform due diligence for necessary processes
• Assess the strengths and the weakness and possibly organize a post-mortem
• Use program/project management best practices, standards
• Develop and maintain relationships with key internal stakeholders and executives
  
  

• have worked at a project/program coordination/management position before and have been able to plan big internal and customers challenges in a time constrained landscape using a limited number of resources
• are familiar with complex technologies landscape or security software
• are a team player
• are able to thrive in a dynamic, constantly evolving, small team environment
• are prepared to invest whatever effort is required to get the job done
• operate with integrity and transparency and conduct business in a proper manner
• have good creative intelligence
• are tenacious with a problem-solving approach
• are organised, rigorous and autonomous
  
  

• A high degree of natural ability to be organised and organise others with influencing or external leadership skills
• Self-motivated attitude with the ability to multitask and thrive in a timeline-driven environment
• Interpersonal communication skills with expertise in distilling complicated topics to a broader audience internally (product management, exec team, broader engineering team, finance,) and externally (customers, suppliers, contractors)
• Strong negotiation/mediation skills
• Ability to motivate and drive focus for internal/external people not under direct reporting
• Ability to problem-solve any challenge with creativity, organisation and patience
• Strong ability to understand technically SaaS cloud based platforms (ideally on AWS), software development and migration projects
• Ability to work in an international environment with distributed teams all around the world
• Fluency in English is required as it is the business language in the Company
• Fluency in the main regional/local languages is also required
  
  

• Knowledge of software development lifecycle
• Knowledge of PRINCE 2 or PMBOK is a plus
• Knowledge of Agile approach: Scrum, Nexus
• Knowledge of Scaled Agile frameworks: Scrum of Scrums is a plus
• Knowledge of AWS cloud
• Experience with cloud-to-cloud migration customers facing projects
• Experience with Datawarehouse systems and associated data migration projects
• Knowledge & practical use of ISO9001, ISO27001, GDPR standards is a plus
• Use of JIRA Advanced Roadmap, MS Project or similar PPM/project management tools
• Use of recent version of Microsoft Office tools
• Awareness of security software and practices
  
  

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in computer science, business or project management
• Master’s degree in software engineering / project management, or equivalent experience preferred
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Project Management and Information Technology
• Industries Technology, Information and Internet

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• Master Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science
• Project Management Professional (PMP®) or PRINCE2® Practitioner strongly recommended
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or PMI-ACP® for Agile-focused environments
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) minimum baseline for cloud understanding
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) preferred for deeper technical collaboration
• ITIL® v3 or ITIL® 4 Foundation Certification for service-oriented delivery and governance
• ISO 27000, other IT security Training
  • 58 years of experience in IT project management , including:
    • Cloud projects (preferably Azure)
    • Networking or infrastructure rollouts
    • Software implementation or integration
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical teams across multiple disciplines (cloud, DevOps, infrastructure, applications)
  • Strong understanding of:
    • Azure services and architecture (IaaS, PaaS, VMs, networking, security)
    • Enterprise networking concepts (LAN/WAN, VPN, firewalls, DNS, load balancers)
    • IT service management and delivery models
    • Agile, Scrum, and/or Waterfall project methodologies
  • Proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget in dynamic or large enterprise environments
  • Ability to manage vendors, contracts, and third-party services
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills , both technical and business-facing
  • Comfortable with project management tools (e.g., Jira, MS Project, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Trello)
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive mindset , especially in mixed technical-functional roles
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices, version control, and Agile methodologies is a plus

• Lead and manage end-to-end delivery of IT projects , including cloud solutions (Azure), software deployments, infrastructure rollouts, and network upgrades.
• Serve as a bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders , ensuring clear communication, goal alignment, and project transparency.
• Drive projects to successful completion by managing scope, timelines, risks, resources, and budgets while maintaining high technical quality and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Oversee the planning, execution, and integration of cloud-based and on-prem IT services within complex enterprise environments.

• 7+ Years enterprise server support
• Strong background on severs technologies and storage.

• Relevant IT qualification
• Diploma (NQF Level 6) or higher

• Co-ordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors to ensure efficient execution of projects;
• Ensure projects are delivered on time within scope and budget;
• Ensure resource availability and allocation;
• Develop a detailed project plant to track progress;
• Report and escalate to management as needed;
• Regular feedback to the operations and/or branch manager;
• Manage the relationship with client and all stakeholders involved;
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks;
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors;
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation;
• Ensure adherence to the agreement between the client and the company;

• Grade 12 or equivalent qualification;
• PSIRA registered;
• Tertiary qualification or diploma in the field of engineering for technical project managers would be
• advantageous;
• Proven work experience as a project manager in the technology and electronic security sector is essential;
• Sound knowledge and understanding of CCTV, Cathexis systems and access control;
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office;
• Strong organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Proven track record in the electronic security industry;
• Drivers license and own vehicle;
• Clean disciplinary, criminal and credit record;