Our client based in Cape Town is looking for a highly talented Engineering Team Lead (Checkout and Customer Self-service) to join their team.

Your responsibilities will include:

– We are looking for an experienced software development team lead to join a versatile and creative IT management team. As the development lead you will lead a group of developers and testers constantly striving for quality solutions that are delivered on time, within budget and scope, and drive a culture of quality and personal accountability.
– You will need a strong understanding of large-scale e-commerce platform development, have experience building backend services and api’s.
– You will have strong architectural and coding experience building complex systems.
– You will be an advocate of Agile engineering practices and you will have prior line management experience with a track record of keeping highly skilled developers motivated.
– Successfully launch new products quickly as well as manage a large existing code base. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a growing team of engineers working on the companys ambitious development roadmap.
– This is a hands-on role: you should expect to spend at least 50% of your time writing code, or working with others on your team directly contributing to the production of code. The other 50% of your time will be split between architectural and strategic planning with peers and senior developers and the day-to-day people management and development required of a high-performing and successful team.

Qualifications & Experience:

– Degree in Computer Science or engineering
– Post graduate degree preferred
– Experience with and an understanding of line management responsibility for a technical team
– Experience developing software for a highly-transactional platform
– Strong linux experience and working with production systems
– A thorough understanding of software engineering practices and best practices, including Agile software development, source code control systems and the use of software IDEs and development and testing tools.
– An understanding of software deployment tools, deployment processes and best practices
– Experience working with no-SQL data stores like Mongo/Redis etc
– Experience with cloud implementations such as Google Cloud (or AWS,Azure) platforms
– Experience with building Restful API web services

Technical Skills & Knowledge:

– Experience in developing distributed, high transactional and available systems
– Experience leading a team technically, with a focus on a very high quality output
– Experience mentoring and developing technical teams
– Experience working within an Agile and Devops team, and an advocate of that culture
– Excellent problem-solving skills
– Excellent technical app architecture experience
– Experience developing Python in a test-driven environment (and/or at least in one of the following – Java, C, C++)
– Good SQL and MySQL experience in a high-load environment
– Significant technical experience and a proven track record of architectural ownership and understanding.
– A thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented design and data structures and algorithms
– Experience mentoring and developing others technically

If you are interested in this position, please feel free to send your CV to (email address)

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