C# Software Engineer Team Lead

e-Merge IT Recruitment; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1 100 000 - 1 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mobile payment platform in Cape Town is seeking a Software Engineer Team Lead to head their development team. You will lead the delivery of scalable software solutions and drive innovation in digital payments. Ideal candidates have 5–8 years in software engineering with proven leadership experience, particularly in fintech. This permanent position offers a salary of up to R1.3 million per annum depending on experience.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of software engineering experience, including at least 3 years in a lead role.
• Experience in mentoring and growing engineers.
• Proven track record in large-scale system delivery.
• Fintech or payments domain experience required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers to deliver innovative payment solutions.
• Ensure scalable, secure, and efficient software delivery.

Skills

C#

SQL

JavaScript/TypeScript

HTML

CSS

MSSQL

MySQL

Postgres

Redis

AWS

Git

Docker

Postman

RabbitMQ

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

About the role

One of South Africa’s leading mobile payment and loyalty platforms is on the hunt for a Software Engineer Team Lead to head up their Cape Town development team and drive the next wave of innovation in digital payments. They are revolutionising the way people pay, earn, and interact through seamless mobile payment and loyalty solutions.

As a Software Engineer Team Lead, you will be the driving force behind a high‑performing team of developers, ensuring the successful delivery of scalable, secure, and efficient software solutions. If you are passionate about technology and leadership, and ready to build the next generation of payment solutions, we would love to hear from you!

Requirements

• 5–8 years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead role with proven team leadership responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring, coaching, and growing engineers.
• Proven experience leading and delivering large‑scale systems in production.
• Fintech or payments domain experience is essential.
• Languages: Strong technical foundation in C#, SQL, JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Web: HTML and CSS.
• APIs & Integration: Proficiency in designing, building, and maintaining robust, scalable APIs.
• Databases: MSSQL, MySQL, Postgres, Redis.
• Cloud: Strong AWS experience (Lambda, ECS, EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, ELB).
• Tools & Frameworks: Git, Docker, Postman, RabbitMQ.
• Architectural Knowledge: Expert level knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, serverless, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices.
• Technical judgement: Ability to evaluate trade‑off and guide decisions that balance ideal solutions with delivery needs.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant work experience.

Reference Number for this position is MAT60765 which is a permanent position based in Cape Town offering a cost to company salary of up to R1.3m per annum depending on experience and ability. Contact Mavis on [e-mail] or call her on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.