103 Technical Team Lead jobs in South Africa

Engineering Team Lead - Remote in South Africa, Full-Time Contract
Lead a cross-functional engineering team to drive technical excellence, mentor developers, and deliver scalable software solutions. Oversee agile project execution, full-stack development, and DevOps practices, while fostering collaboration and professional growth in a balanced, innovative environment.

Requirements

• Leadership experience managing teams and complex projects using agile methodologies
• Expertise in .NET for full-stack development, API integration, testing, debugging, and DevOps (CI/CD, containerisation, cloud deployment)
• Proficiency with cloud services (AWS) and microservices architecture
• Agile/Scrum certification and project management tool experience

Preferred

• Experience in recruitment and mentoring
• Knowledge of emerging technologies and industry trends
• Background in stakeholder communication and technical strategy

This role is with a leading technology company specialising in innovative software solutions and trusted by global organisations for scalable tech excellence.

Our client based in Midrand is seeking the expertise of a Tech Lead

Responsibilities:

• Oversee all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including planning, organizing, monitoring, and delivery.
• Manage both the development of new strategic applications and the maintenance of existing systems.
• Facilitate regular discussions between business stakeholders and project teams to align on priorities and reach consensus.
• Serve as the technical owner for a portfolio of applications, ensuring their ongoing alignment with business needs.
• Maintain strong working relationships with business units to ensure technical solutions support broader business objectives.
• Lead and coordinate projects or programs within the application area of responsibility.
• Ensure applications evolve to meet changing client or business requirements over time.
• Develop or improve operational processes to support application performance and service delivery.
• Manage vendor relationships, including service delivery and commercial agreements.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and performance management for direct reports, including skill development and goal setting.
• Support the development of IT and business strategies.
• Promote continuous improvement in processes and operational practices within the team.
• Ensure security considerations are embedded in all technical solutions and operations.
• Oversee audit, risk, and compliance activities to meet internal and external regulatory requirements.

Minimum requirements:

B. Com Informatics/B. Engineering/ B.Sc.

Agile or equivalent contemporary development methodology certification

ITIL or equivalent certification

Demonstrated experience in managing scrum team

Proven experience as a Full Stack React Native Developer or similar role.

• Experience developing microservice based desktop and mobile applications.

• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML,

jQuery)

• Knowledge of multiple JavaScript frameworks with below as mandatory:

1. React Native

And below as good to have:

1. Angular

2. React JS

• Well versed with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g. Apache) and UI/UX

design

• Excellent communication Skills

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, design and support infrastructure solutions with cloud managed service team help for solution implementation. This includes designing the cloud infrastructure and designing the security architecture e.g. data centers, AWS, Azure
• Translate client/product requirements into solutions, and confident with an ability to handle pressure in critical situations by always ensuring that client requirements are met i.e. solution design, POC verification, and traditional IT cloud solution design for public cloud projects
• Assist in project delivery from a perspective of architecting, designing and delivering capabilities to the existing environment from infrastructure through to systems and application
• Provide various technical support and advice especially on OS level.
• Support implementation of the cloud solutions for the various applications and help define operational procedures if needed for that application post go live, for the cloud operators
• Support and lead bids, presentations and PoC
• Ensure the efficient development of digital products in the portfolio
• Build strong and collaborative relationships with product, and business partners among others to ensure deep understanding of various systems and integrations
• Staying updated, researching, reviewing, and making recommendations on Software applications or innovations from a perspective of design, integration, and technical fit with other systems
• Translates functional requirements into the architecture for that solution and describing it through architecture and design
• Call out risks and issues appropriately and proactively to resolve blockers and ensure timely delivery of agreed business outcomes.
• Select, review, and efficiently handle external agencies and suppliers as required, including via blended internal/external delivery models
• Collaborate with digital partners on digital products roadmap
• To ensure Cybersecurity is a vital aspect considered in all stages of design

Required Qualifications:

• Good bachelor's degree, ideally in a relevant subject such as Computer Science, Computer Engineering and relevant Technology degrees
• Strong Software/Application/Platform and Cybersecurity understanding
• Have a strong acumen to fit portfolio/solutions to customer problems
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build positive relationships across diverse groups, translating technical concepts for business audiences, and business concepts for technical audiences
• Strong understanding of SDK, API and industry standards communication protocol.
• Keen interest in emerging technologies to support and improve consumer experience at interview and application
• Experience of B2B2C digital product development, including full product lifecycle, and development of multiple high-usage, high-profile digital products
• Detailed practical understanding of digital development technologies and subject areas e.g. UX, business analysis, UI design, architecture, testing, technology infrastructure
• Professional certifications in AWS and/or Azure Certified Solution Architect will be added advantage
• Experience in Smart building design and technologies will be added advantage
• Vertical exposure in Insurance will be added advantage
• Strong reading, writing and presentation skills in English is important
• Experience in Financial/Insurances industry is preferred.

We Want You
Our Platform Teams are driving the transformation of BETSoftware's core system – Leading innovation across integrated services and web-based products that power our global scale. As a
Technical Lead
, you won't just guide code – you'll lead architecture decisions, drive engineering excellence and mentor a Team of skills developers using technologies like C
#, .Net Core, Kafka, React, Docker and SQL
. You'll be the technical heartbeat of platforms that demand resilience, performance and rapid revolution. Apply today and be part of building something exceptional with the
Durban Team.
You Bring

• Minimum of 7 years experience within a development environment;
• 3- 6 years' SQL experience;
• 5 -8 years' C# experience;
• 5 -8 years' .NET core experience;
• 5 -8 years' RESTful API experience.

Nice To Have

• 1- 4 years' experience in document stores such as Couchbase / Mongo;
• 1- 4 years' experience in Message Brokers such as RabbitMQ / Kafka / Red Panda.

What You'll Do
Technical Leadership:

• Provide technical leadership to the team through collaboration sessions and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Engage regularly with software architects in order to ensure the development within the team is according to architectural guidelines.
• Work with other developers, designers/analysts, and architects to make sure that the solutions meet application requirements and performance goals.
• Ensure checked-in code is reviewed to ensure standards are met and the code base is sound.
• Ensure that all technical solutions that are rolled out consider compatibility with other environments and dependencies; have a high usability factor; are reliable to reduce downtime and perform at maximum efficiency during peak periods of usage; consider security at its highest level (third-party attacks; data protection etc).
• Drive the adoption of processes within the team which consider and meet the expectations of technical throughput rates and responses; processing times; effective resource utilization during operation and where the system or solution ensures maximum operational capacity requirements are met.

Quality Of Software Implementation

• Ensure rigorous testing of any solution before deployment and create standards and processes within the team to align with these.
• Ensure the delivery of a complete and technically appropriate solution which covers all the agreed specified tasks and user objectives and has been tested thoroughly.
• Ensure relevant documentation is provided to support teams to reduce the development support load.
• Where possible work to develop and implement a quality mechanism for the solution to analyse its own faults and provide reports prior to a critical failure.
• Develop the solution that supports modification for future developers, thereby reducing the number of defects or negatively affecting system quality.

Initiative And Innovation

• Implement improved processes that have a positive effect on the team's performance and company's bottom line.
• Technical problems and opportunities are anticipated and dealt with immediately considering any technical dependencies.
• Take an active involvement in problem resolution and where necessary works after hours to ensure that problems are resolved.
• Shows foresight to prevent errors or delays in projects.
• Demonstrate initiative by understanding, acquiring and implementing new knowledge and skills both within the team and to the wider group.
• Incorporates the new abilities into the day to day operational activities to improve the performance of products and systems.
• Ensure techniques, technologies, tools and processes used are in line with industry best practices.

Knowledge Share

• Identify team members requiring a piece of specific knowledge, skill or understanding and seek ways to impart or upskill the team members through coaching and mentorship.
• Verify the knowledge has been imparted successfully and if not, take steps to rectify gaps in the transfer of the knowledge.

Living The Spirit

• Actively drives a culture of collaboration and open communication within the team.
• Actively promotes authenticity and drives the spirit of diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging within the team.
• Actively drives a culture of versatility and adaptability by modelling and encouraging team members to support each other not only within the department, but within the business as a whole.
• Actively become a change agent and drive continuous learning within the team thus ensuring that the team approaches all tasks or challenges with enthusiasm and proactivity.

The Company We Keep
At BET Software, we don't just recruit talent, we cultivate it. Our learning and development programmes, our various opportunities for growth and our well-deserved incentives are what keep our All-Star Team the best amongst the rest.

Please note that only candidates who meet the stipulated minimum requirements will be considered. If you have not been contacted within 30 days, kindly find your application to be unsuccessful.

Job Description

• Excellent communication, motivational and interpersonal skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated mentoring/leadership skills.
• Proficiency in architectural design principles and fundamental concepts.
• Be able to Adapt to change.
• Time Management skills.

Responsibilities
Technical Leadership

• Provide technical leadership to the team through collaboration sessions and knowledge sharing initiatives.
• Engage regularly with software architects in order to ensure the development within the team is according to architectural guidelines.
• Work with other developers, designers/analysts, and architects to make sure that the solutions meet application requirements and performance goals.
• Ensure checked in code is reviewed to ensure standards are met and the code base is sound.
• Ensure that all technical solutions that are rolled out consider compatibility with other environments and dependencies; have a high usability factor; are reliable to reduce down time and perform at maximum efficiency during peak periods of usage; consider security at its highest level (third party attacks; data protection etc).
• Drive the adoption of processes within the team which consider and meet the expectations of technical throughput rates and responses; processing times; effective resource utilization during operation and where the system or solution ensures maximum operational capacity requirements are met.

Quality Of Software Implementation

• Ensure rigorous testing of any solution before deployment and create standards and processes within the team to align to these.
• Ensure the delivery of a complete and technically appropriate solution which covers all the agreed specified tasks and user objectives and has been tested thoroughly.
• Ensure relevant documentation is provided to support teams to reduce development support load.
• Where possible work to develop and implement a quality mechanism for the solution to analyse its own faults and provide reports prior to a critical failure.
• Develop the solution in a manner which supports modification for future developers thereby reducing the numbers of defects or negatively affecting system quality.

Initiative and Innovation

• Implement improved processes that have a positive effect on the team's performance and company bottom line.
• Technical problems and opportunities are anticipated and dealt with immediately considering any technical dependencies.
• Take an active involvement in problem resolution and where necessary works after hours to ensure that problems are resolved.
• Shows foresight to prevent errors or delays in projects.
• Demonstrate initiative by understanding, acquiring and implementing new knowledge and skills both within team and to the wider group.
• Incorporates the new abilities into the day-to-day operational activities to improve performance of products and systems.
• Ensure techniques, technologies, tools and processes used are in line with industry best practices.
• Generates new ideas and challenges the status quo, takes risk, supports change and encourages innovation.
• Searches for opportunity to create new ideas and innovate or improve efficiencies wherever possible.
• Solves problems through questioning the status quo.
• Adapts to change by having a growth mindset, handling pressure well and demonstrating resilience.
• Ensure quality decisions are made by collaborating with others, considering the possible short- and long-term implications, and basing decisions on a careful and systematic review of all the information.

Knowledge Share

• Identify team members requiring a specific knowledge, skill or understanding and seek ways to impart or upskill the team members through coaching and mentorship
• Verify the knowledge has been imparted successfully and if not, take steps to rectify gaps in transfer of the knowledge

Coaching/Mentoring

• Provides guidance, training, and problem-solving assistance to other Team Members from a technical point of view.
• Mentors and contributes to the growth of junior, intermediate and senior team members.
• Designs and delivers end-user training and training materials.

Living The Spirit

• Actively drives a culture of collaboration and open communication within the team.
• Actively promotes authenticity and drives the spirit of diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging within the team.
• Actively drives a culture of versatility and adaptability by modelling and encouraging team members to support each other not only within the department, but within the business as a whole.
• Actively become a change agent and drive continuous learning within the team thus ensuring that the team approaches all tasks or challenges with enthusiasm and proactivity.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 7 years' experience within a development environment.
• Proficiency in architectural design principles and fundamental concepts.
• Demonstrated mentoring/leadership skills.
• Detailed knowledge of the SDLC and management of software projects.
• Excellent communication, motivational and interpersonal skills.
• Strong attention to detail

Job Information

• Date Opened 08/09/2025
• Job Type Full time
• Industry Software Development
• Work Experience 7 years
• Education Level Degree/B-Tech
• City Cape Town
• Province Western Cape
• Country South Africa
• Postal Code 7405

Job Description
Octotel is an established and rapidly expanding Open Access Service Provider, specializing in Open Access & GPON connectivity. We are Cape Town's largest Open Access Network focused on both Fibre To The Home (FTTH) and Business (FTTB). Our fibre network has passed over homes and businesses in Cape Town. We offer a choice of services from over 65 of the country's leading Internet Service Providers.

Where will the successful candidate fit in?
We are on the hunt for a Technical Lead to join our Rockstar Software Development team. By providing technical and strategic support, the Technical Lead will play a critical role in the Software Development Life Cycle and outputs for major directives.

Our Tech Stack
Proficiency or interest in these platforms are welcome.

PHP | Python | Ruby | Go | Django | Flask | RabbitMQ | VMware | EC2 | Lamda | Apache Mesos | React | Bootstrap | Foundation | Kubernetes | Docker | Swagger | MVC | Debian | Vagrant | Chef | Ansible | Git | Jira | Confluence | MySQL | GIS | GeoDjango | REST | Mobile App Development | Wordpress | Apache | Ngnix | HAProxy | Varnish

Job Duties

• Construct and support code across a wide array of projects
• You will need some involvement (consulting) in almost all major directives.
• Coordinate technical requirements between DevOps and 3rd Parties.
• Provide support and strategic vision for technical development of systems.
• Work closely with the product manager & solutions architect to develop technical designs.
• Take a key role in the design and implementation of the development life cycle.
• Analyze, code, review, implement and update existing systems.
• Develop solutions for the company's current technology needs.
• Assist developers in the removal of technical blockers and impediments.
• Coaching/Mentoring of team members
• Maintain technical documentation.
• Define and maintain development standards.
• Ensure system architecture maintains an acceptable security standard.
• Any other reasonable tasks within the Development team

Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years as a Software Developer
• At least 2 of those years as a Software Technical Lead, or in a similar capacity.
• Proficient in modern programming languages with a focus on Python and PHP
• Proven ability to lead a Development Team with success.
• Full software development life-cycle experience
• A relatively grounded understanding of Automated Testing platforms, such as unit testing and behavior-driven development
• Some knowledge of continuous integration or automated deployment, orchestration on the cloud with containerizations
• A well-grounded knowledge of source control. Extra brownie points for GIT and GITflow
• A grounded understanding of OOP, MVC, DDD, and other software development patterns
• A solid foundation or sufficient exposure in working with MVC frameworks such as Rails, Cake, code-ignitor, Zend, Django
• Experience in agile or other development methodologies
• A grounded understanding of SOA (Micro Services) and Rest API
• Grounded Experience in working with & building REST API's
• Experience with large scale business-grade software and heavily integrated systems
• Articulate with Good interpersonal relationship skills
• Ability to work with a diverse array of people with different values and concerns
• Ability to work under pressure
• An ability to acclimate to new systems quickly, and easily transition between problems

Benefits

• Medical Aid (Discovery)
• Reduced Gap Cover Rates (Turnberry Premier)
• Medical Insurance (Momentum - Health4Me)
• Discounted Internet Connectivity
• Free Employee Wellness Programme (Lyra)
• Team Buildings
• Exposure to latest industry technologies and standards
• Lastly, a work environment that rivals the very best

If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of submitting your application, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

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We're a 6-year-old B2B services company operating across the UK, US, Europe, and Australia, and we're building our in-house development team to create new software platforms. Our first major project is a jobs marketplace platform. We need someone to lead this project from the technical side while keeping the business goals in focus. This is a ground-floor opportunity to shape how we build software and establish our technical processes.

Compensation:
R20,000 - R100,000 ZAR (monthly)

What you'll do:

• Manage a small team building our marketplace platform
• Plan sprints, manage timelines, ship features weekly
• Translate between business needs and technical requirements
• Keep the team focused and delivering

You need:

• 3+ years managing software projects that actually shipped
• Experience with marketplace/SaaS platforms
• Comfortable using AI tools (ChatGPT/Claude) daily
• Excellent communication skills
• Remote work experience

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Technical Lead (POS25065)

Somerset West

R 45 000 to R 47 000 per month

PURPOSE OF JOB

We are seeking a Technical Lead who is hands-on with coding and architecture while also being an effective mentor and leader. Play a critical role in guiding our development team, ensuring high-quality code, scalable architecture, and efficient processes. Position requires someone who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and has a

passion for both people and technology.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 7+ years experience in software development with at least 2 years in 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.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong people management skills
• Experience with containerisation e.g. Docker
• Knowledge of front-end frameworks (React, Vue.js, or Angular).
• Prior experience in a SaaS environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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, scrummasters, 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.

Closing Date: 17 April 2025