Engineering Lead

Indsafri; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Indsafri is seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to envision and drive end-to-end technical solutions across multiple technologies. The role demands inspirational leadership, long-term strategy, and the ability to guide engineers, align programs, and foster innovation.

You will mentor software practitioners, manage technical constraints and risks, and collaborate with stakeholders to achieve strategic goals in a dynamic banking environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in engineering leadership roles.
• Proven expertise in IT Architecture, IT Concepts, and Systems Analysis and Design.
• Demonstrated ability in decision making, collaboration, innovation, influencing, managing work, continuous learning, and coaching.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex problems and formulate achievable, operational solutions.
• Navigate solutions through governance forums and secure acceptance from specialists.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and obtain buy-in.
• Decompose solutions, sequence work, and identify resources.
• Develop detailed designs and contribute to requirements.
• Provide guidance to software designers on lower-level designs.
• Troubleshoot and resolve delivery issues.
• Future-proof solutions with long-term thinking and product management perspective.

Skills

IT Architecture

IT Concepts

Systems Analysis and Design

Decision Making

Collaboration

Innovation

Influencing

Managing Work

Continuous Learning

Coaching

Education

BSc (Computer Science)

BCom (Information Systems)

Professional Qualification Level 6

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Engineering Lead to envision, lead, and develop integrated, end-to-end technical solutions across multiple technologies. This role requires inspirational technical leadership and long-term strategic thinking to guide engineering practitioners, ensure product and program alignment, and drive innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze complex problems and formulate achievable, operational solutions aligned with organizational boundaries, architectures, and constraints, while also pushing for continuous improvement and innovation.
• Navigate proposed solutions through relevant governance forums, securing acceptance from domain and technology specialists.
• Collaborate effectively with key stakeholders, fostering communication and obtaining buy-in.
• Decompose solutions, assist with work sequencing and scheduling, and identify resourcing needs.
• Develop detailed designs and contribute to functional and non-functional requirements.
• Provide guidance and support to software designers on lower-level designs.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical delivery issues.
• Design with a holistic, robust, and sustainable mindset, applying a product management perspective with long-term thinking.
• Mentor and coach software engineering practitioners, fostering their growth.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the technical landscape and its interdependencies.
• Identify and manage technical constraints and risks, making necessary trade-offs.
• Influence and negotiate with key stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.
• Craft end-to-end solutions considering people, technology, systems, and data.
• Future-proof solutions within organizational constraints, ensuring long-term sustainability of technical assets.
• Contribute to the growth of the engineering lead practice through active participation in the engineering lead chapter.
• Drive organizational alignment across areas of accountability.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and upskilling to others within areas of expertise.
• Support the achievement of business strategy, objectives, and values.
• Stay abreast of developments in the field of expertise.
• Ensure personal growth and effectiveness in role responsibilities.
• Contribute to the Bank's culture-building initiatives and corporate responsibility programs.
• Proactively seek opportunities to improve business processes, models, and systems through agile thinking.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in similar engineering leadership roles.
• Proven expertise in IT Architecture, IT Concepts, and Systems Analysis and Design.
• Demonstrated ability in Decision Making, Collaboration, Innovation, Influencing, Managing Work, Continuous Learning, and Coaching.

Preferred Qualifications

• BSc (Computer Science) or BCom (Information Systems).
• Professional Qualification Level 6 (or equivalent under current naming conventions).
• TOGAF Certification, ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library), or equivalent.

Skills

IT Architecture IT Concepts systems analysis and design Decision Making Collaboration Innovation Influencing Managing Work Continuous Learning Coaching