Java Team Lead — Hybrid Leadership & Delivery

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

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.