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Engineering Lead

Psybergate

South Africa · On-site Contract Lead Today

About the role

What you will be doing:

  • Lead technical engagements with client stakeholders, acting as the primary interface between business and engineering teams
  • Ensure architectural governance and technical standards are consistently applied across delivery teams
  • Guide and oversee delivery across pods (±15 team members including developers and BAs)
  • Translate business requirements into high-level and low-level technical designs
  • Drive alignment between onshore and offshore (India-based) development teams
  • Provide technical direction and mentorship to engineering teams
  • Oversee delivery within fixed scope and tight governance frameworks
  • Contribute to architecture definition, solution design, and implementation planning
  • Ensure quality, scalability, and performance of solutions
  • Collaborate closely with platform leads and senior stakeholders to manage risks and dependencies
  • Support the rollout of a large-scale mobile banking application (iOS, Android, Huawei/Harmony OS)
  • Contribute to documentation including architecture, design, and technical standards

What we are looking for:

  • Relevant qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
  • 8+ years’ experience in software engineering, with experience in a technical leadership role
  • Strong experience in solution architecture, system design, and technical governance
  • Proven experience leading engineering teams and managing delivery in complex environments
  • Ability to engage with senior stakeholders and lead deep technical discussions
  • Experience working in large-scale, enterprise delivery environments
  • Understanding of Agile delivery and distributed team models
  • Experience with backend technologies (Java, Spring Boot, Reactive frameworks)
  • Exposure to event-driven architecture (Kafka)
  • Understanding of API and integration layers (experience layer / proxy services)
  • Basic understanding of mobile development (iOS/Android – Swift/Kotlin)
  • Exposure to cloud-native and scalable architectures

Advantageous:

  • Strong mobile development experience (iOS, Android, Huawei / Harmony OS)
  • Experience in banking or financial services
  • Experience working in global delivery models with offshore teams
  • Exposure to GenAI or modern digital platform innovation

Please note if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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Skills

AWS LambdaAndroidAPIAgileCloud-nativeDockerEvent-driven architectureGenAIHuawei/Harmony OSiOSInformation TechnologyIntegrationJavaKafkaKotlinMobile developmentPostgreSQLReactive frameworksSolution architectureSpring BootSwiftSystem design

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