Cape Town Lead .NET Architect – Enterprise SaaS

Pinewood.Ai; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinewood.AI is expanding its software development team in Cape Town, South Africa. As Lead Developer, you will guide a group of developers and engineers, shaping technical decisions, delivering high-quality features, and maintaining security and scalability for our enterprise SaaS platform.

You will work closely with UK teams and stay hands-on in the .NET stack, mentoring others and driving engineering excellence within the new Cape Town hub.

Qualifications

• Proven Lead Developer or Technical Lead in SaaS/enterprise software.
• Strong hands-on C#, .NET/.NET Core and SQL experience.
• Experience with Azure Cloud Services and Azure DevOps.
• Proficiency with HTML, JavaScript and Razor.
• Experience mentoring teams and leading through influence.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers in the Cape Town hub, providing day-to-day technical direction.
• Collaborate with UK Product and Engineering teams to deliver features for Pinewood Automotive Intelligence Platform.
• Remain hands-on in coding, design, and architecture across the .NET stack.
• Mentor team members and foster a culture of learning and improvement.
• Ensure scalable, secure, maintainable solutions meeting enterprise SaaS standards.
• Support Engineering Manager on local engineering processes and CI/CD practices.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and long-term technical direction.
• Promote strong communication across Cape Town and UK teams.
• Diagnose complex issues, review code, and drive resolution.

Skills

C#

.NET/.NET Core

SQL

HTML/JavaScript

Razor

Azure Cloud

Azure DevOps

Visual Studio

CI/CD

Distributed teams

Tools

Azure DevOps

Visual Studio

VS Code

Job description

Pinewood.AI is expanding its software development team in Cape Town, South Africa. As Lead Developer, you will guide a group of developers and engineers, shaping technical decisions, delivering high-quality features, and maintaining security and scalability for our enterprise SaaS platform.

You will work closely with UK teams and stay hands-on in the .NET stack, mentoring others and driving engineering excellence within the new Cape Town hub.