Java Team Lead

Entelect; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Twice-yearly salary increases

Guaranteed bonuses

Tenure-based loyalty leave

Wellness programs

Professional development

Job summary

Entelect in Cape Town seeks a Java Team Lead to drive delivery of world‑class web and mobile applications across enterprise clients, while nurturing a culture of growth and collaboration.

You will mentor engineers, guide architecture, and collaborate with cross‑functional teams in a hybrid work model, typically office 2–3 days per week, focusing on clean code, best practices, and customer value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 6 years’ experience as a software engineer in an enterprise environment.
• Experience driving a delivery team together with other disciplines to deliver a product.
• Mentorship and guidance to grow the team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver world-class web and mobile applications for leading organisations in SA.
• Champion DevOps practices, CI/CD and containerisation.
• Oversee SDLC from design to estimation and delivery.
• Mentor and coach team members to uphold standards of excellence.

Skills

Java

Team leadership

Mentoring

Delivery management

Communication

DevOps familiarity

Hybrid work capability

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Engineering or related fields

Tools

Spring

Spring Boot

Maven

Gradle

Terraform

AWS CDK

Kafka

RabbitMQ

PostgreSQL

Job description

Exciting Opportunity for a Java Team Lead at Entelect

Elevate your career at Entelect, where we prioritise people and nurture a culture of growth, collaboration, and innovation.

Join a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment that encourages versatility, and provides individual attention to career development, including intentional and regular one-on-ones with leadership.

Tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact alongside passionate professionals who inspire and support each other.

What You'll Be Doing:

Delivery

• Leveraging your expertise to guide and deliver world-class web and mobile applications for leading organisations in South Africa.
• Exploring methods to enhance product quality through containerisation and continuous integration, fostering a streamlined DevOps culture.
• Engaging in various stages of the SDLC, from system design to analysis, scoping, and estimation.
• Researching innovative technologies and implementing them in projects to drive innovation.

People

• Demonstrating maturity, motivation, and leadership in the workplace.
• Championing change within the team and fostering a collaborative culture.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to tackle complex business challenges, driving continuous improvement.
• Mentoring and coaching team members to uphold standards of excellence and accountability while helping them grow.
• Carrying out regular team and individual feedback through involvement in monthly one-on-ones and twice-yearly performance reviews.
• Leading your team in implementing best practices and processes.

Customer

• Building strong relationships and understanding customer needs to deliver impactful solutions.
• Managing customer expectations and identifying opportunities for service improvements.
• Ensuring compliance with data security and industry regulations.

What We Need from You:

• A bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, or related fields.
• Minimum 6 years’ experience as a software engineer in an enterprise environment.
• Experience driving a delivery team together with other disciplines to successfully deliver a product.
• A hunger to continually improve those around you through mentorship, guidance, and awareness of what drives those on your team.
• A solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals and commitment to clean code and best practices.
• Mastery of various technologies with the agility to adapt to new frameworks.
• Ability to architect and structure small projects within an enterprise environment.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with a drive for continual improvement.
• Pro hybrid working model working from the office on average 2 - 3 times per week.
• A strong customer-facing ability.
• Flexibility to work across a variety of different environments and tooling.

What You'll Get from Us:

• A competitive compensation package with twice-yearly salary increases and guaranteed bonuses.
• Tenure-based loyalty leave.
• Access to employee wellness programs and rewards for professional development.
• Commission incentives for successful business development leads and employee referrals.
• Hands-on support from leadership through regular one on ones and quarterly reviews.
• Continuous development programs offering training in leadership and technical skills.
• Exposure to enterprise projects across multiple domains and problem spaces for South Africa's most esteemed organisations.

*Popular but not limited to:

• Frameworks: Spring, Spring Boot
• Frontend techs: Angular, React, Vue
• ORM Tools: JPA, Spring Data, Hibernate
• Relational databases: Oracle, MSSql, PostgreSQL, MySQL
• Build Tools: Maven and Gradle
• IAC: Terraform, Bicep, AWS CDK
• Event-based messaging queues: KAFKA, RabbitMQ, Amazon SQS

What To Expect from the Recruitment Process:

Our aim is to make the recruitment process as efficient as possible, keeping you informed every step of the way.

• The first step is an initial conversation with our talent team to get to know you better and introduce you to Entelect and all that we have to offer.
• The next step will be a 1.5-hour in-person technical interview at one of our offices where you will meet some of our leadership team.
• Following the technical interview, we will invite you back for an in-person case study presentation where we will give you the opportunity to showcase your leadership skills.
• Finally, if we are both aligned, we wrap up the process with salary discussions and present you with an offer of employment.