Engineering Integration Manager

Salt Digital Recruitment; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking an Engineering Manager located in South Africa to lead a team of engineers and own a critical integration platform. This role involves shaping how digital systems scale across markets while influencing architecture and improving delivery practices.

Ideal candidates will have over 8 years of software engineering experience, including 3 years in leadership, and a solid technical foundation in C#, .NET, and Azure. The position is hybrid and focuses on creating a high-performance engineering culture.

Qualifications

• 8+ years software engineering experience.
• 3+ years in engineering leadership or management.
• Strong technical background in C#, .NET, and Azure.
• Experience building and scaling integration or backend platforms.
• Strong understanding of API-led and event-driven architectures.
• Proven ability to lead teams of 5-8+ engineers.
• Experience with CI/CD, testing, and modern delivery practices.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder, and people skills.

Responsibilities

• Leading, mentoring, and growing a team of engineers.
• Creating a healthy, high-performance engineering culture.
• Owning the architecture and delivery of backend and integration platforms.
• Guiding designs for APIs, event-driven systems, and integrations.
• Partnering with product and business stakeholders on priorities.
• Overseeing sprint planning, delivery timelines, and dependencies.
• Improving engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, observability).
• Managing technical debt while keeping delivery moving.
• Coordinating with vendors and external delivery partners.

Skills

C#

.NET

Azure

Leadership

CI/CD

API-led architectures

Event-driven architectures

Communication

Job description

Engineering Manager - Integration People Leadership | C# | .NET | Azure | Platforms Full-time | Hybrid

Why this role is awesome
This role blends technical leadership and people leadership. You'll lead a team of engineers, own a critical integration platform, and help shape how digital systems scale across markets. You won't just manage, you'll influence architecture, improve delivery, and grow engineers.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading, mentoring, and growing a team of engineers
• Creating a healthy, high‑performance engineering culture
• Owning the architecture and delivery of backend and integration platforms
• Guiding designs for APIs, event-driven systems, and integrations
• Partnering with product and business stakeholders on priorities
• Overseeing sprint planning, delivery timelines, and dependencies
• Improving engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, observability)
• Managing technical debt while keeping delivery moving
• Coordinating with vendors and external delivery partners

What you need to bring

• 8+ years software engineering experience
• 3+ years in engineering leadership or management
• Strong technical background in C#, .NET, and Azure
• Experience building and scaling integration or backend platforms
• Strong understanding of API‑led and event‑driven architectures
• Proven ability to lead teams (5‑8+ engineers)
• Experience with CI/CD, testing, and modern delivery practices
• Excellent communication, stakeholder, and people skills
• Bonus: Azure Functions, Service Bus, Logic Apps, Event Grid
• Bonus: Experience with multi‑market or multi‑product platforms
• Bonus: Managing distributed or hybrid teams
• Bonus: Strong operational and monitoring experience

Salt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.