Engineering Lead II

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments in Johannesburg seeks a seasoned engineering leader to guide a technical team, translate business needs into technical specifications and deliver high quality software.

You will mentor engineers, report to stakeholders, stay current with trends, and ensure secure, scalable solutions while collaborating with Product Managers and Project Leads.

The role emphasizes accountability, mentorship, and hands-on software development background to drive successful project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• 6 years of experience with engineering and/or software development projects.
• Strong understanding of business processes and software practices incl. Agile/Scrum, DevOps, CI/CD and Lean.

Responsibilities

• Have solid experience leading and mentoring a technical team with background in software development.
• Demonstrate accountability for technical projects and how to make them successful.
• Deliver project updates to stakeholders and use user feedback to inform improvements.
• Stay up to date with trends and technologies to ensure best practices in software development and testing.
• Work with Product Managers, Project Leads, and Engineers to translate business requirements into clear technical specs.
• Understand internet technologies and security principles.

Skills

Leadership & Mentorship

Agile/Scrum

DevOps

CI/CD

Lean

Stakeholder communication

Technical mentorship

Accountability

Web technologies

Security principles

Requirements analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field

Job description

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field required.
• 6 years of experience with engineering and/or software development projects.
• Strong understanding of high-level business processes and software engineering practices including Agile/Scrum methodologies, DevOps, Continuous Delivery and Lean.

Responsibilities:

• Have solid experience leading and providing mentorship to a technical team, with a background in software development.
• Demonstrate a history of accountability for technical projects and an understanding of how to make projects successful.
• Be experienced delivering project updates to a range of stakeholders and working with user feedback to inform and optimize projects.
• Keep up to date with the latest trends and technologies in software in order to ensure that best practices for quality software development and testing methodologies are followed.
• Work with Product Managers, Project Leads, and Engineers to ensure that business requirements have been turned into technical requirements with clear technical specifications and work with your team to identify and implement those specification.
• Strong understanding of internet technologies and security principles.