AI & Automation Engineering Lead (Hybrid)

Ovations Talent Sourcing; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Ovations Talent Sourcing seeks an Engineering Lead to drive the technical implementation, engineering standards, infrastructure planning, and governance of Digitization and Automation (DnA) solutions. This hands-on leadership role designs and builds technical solutions, conducts code reviews, develops prototypes, and guides engineering teams to secure, scalable, and production-ready outcomes.

You will mentor developers, perform reviews, and advance DevOps/CI/CD and architectural governance

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years' experience in software engineering, automation, systems development, or solution delivery.
• Experience across traditional software development and low-code/automation technologies.
• Demonstrated .NET and/or Java development experience.
• Experience producing technical designs and infrastructure artefacts.
• Proven experience in code reviews and technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across RPA, Power Platform, AI, intelligent automation, integrations, and custom development.
• Define and maintain engineering standards, frameworks, reusable components, and best practices.
• Translate approved solution designs into practical engineering and implementation approaches.
• Design and review technical architectures, infrastructure, deployment models, and integrations.
• Build proof-of-concepts, technical prototypes, and reference implementations.
• Conduct code reviews and guide developers on coding standards, testing, security, and design patterns.
• Support technical governance, architecture reviews, and production-readiness processes.
• Identify technical risks and resolve complex engineering and integration challenges.
• Drive DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and continuous engineering improvement.
• Mentor developers, automation specialists, and engineers.

Skills

RPA

Power Platform

Software Development

API Integration

Azure Cloud

AI

DevOps

CI/CD

Security

Governance

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering

Tools

Blue Prism

Power Apps

Power Automate

Copilot Studio

.NET

Java

Job description

Ovations Talent Sourcing seeks an Engineering Lead to drive the technical implementation, engineering standards, infrastructure planning, and governance of Digitization and Automation (DnA) solutions. This hands-on leadership role designs and builds technical solutions, conducts code reviews, develops prototypes, and guides engineering teams to secure, scalable, and production-ready outcomes.

You will mentor developers, perform reviews, and advance DevOps/CI/CD and architectural governance