Engineering Lead: Scale Platforms & Lead High-Impact Teams

People Dimension; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,328,000 - 1,797,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diverse Culture

Flexible Work Hours

Group Risk Cover

Employee Wellbeing Program

Staff Discount

Access To Learning Platforms

Job summary

People Dimension in Cape Town is seeking an Engineering Lead to head the IT division, guiding a team of engineers to deliver scalable, secure platforms aligned with business needs. You will partner with product stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions and drive execution.

The role requires strong leadership, architectural expertise, and hands-on backend/frontend experience, with a focus on innovation and measurable business impact. Competitive package offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or related field.
• Proven software development and technical leadership experience delivering complex projects.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Deep understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and best practices with hands-on backend/frontend experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) and modern frameworks/tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering collaboration and continuous learning.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute the technical roadmap.
• Drive design, development, and optimization of platforms for scalability, reliability, and security.
• Provide technical guidance to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and evaluate their relevance to the business.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions with product managers and stakeholders.
• Implement best practices, processes, and tools to streamline development workflows.
• Monitor platform performance and identify optimisation opportunities to improve customer experience.

Skills

Team leadership

Software development

Cloud platforms

Communication

Architectural design

Education

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

Tools

Angular

React

.NET

.NET Core

Entity Framework

Hibernate

Oracle

MS SQL

MySQL

Kafka

Azure

AWS

Job description

People Dimension in Cape Town is seeking an Engineering Lead to head the IT division, guiding a team of engineers to deliver scalable, secure platforms aligned with business needs. You will partner with product stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions and drive execution.

The role requires strong leadership, architectural expertise, and hands-on backend/frontend experience, with a focus on innovation and measurable business impact. Competitive package offered.