Lead Full-Stack Engineer — Remote (Cape Town)

Lead Forensics; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 1,228,000 - 1,562,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Office in future SA location

Volunteer days and charity events

Job summary

Lead Forensics in Cape Town, South Africa, is seeking a Lead Full Stack Software Developer with 10+ years of experience to guide projects from design through to production on a modern AWS-based stack.

You will collaborate with stakeholders and product teams, prototype solutions, and lead development within small squads, delivering scalable, secure software while maintaining high quality and continuous delivery.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience, with recent tech/team lead experience.
• Fluent TypeScript coding skills (5+ years).
• Strong full-stack experience building large-scale SaaS platforms.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders on initial solution design, scope, and system architecture.
• Spike and prototype areas of technical uncertainty with PoCs as needed.
• Decompose work into Epics and Stories with initiative managers.
• Develop production-ready code as a lead developer/architect within small squads.
• Ensure quality, maintainability, and operational excellence of software delivered.
• Support and maintain products post-launch and address issues.

Skills

TypeScript

NodeJS

Vue.js

SQL Server

SingleStore

AWS

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Automated testing

SaaS

Lead / mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Lead Forensics in Cape Town, South Africa, is seeking a Lead Full Stack Software Developer with 10+ years of experience to guide projects from design through to production on a modern AWS-based stack.

You will collaborate with stakeholders and product teams, prototype solutions, and lead development within small squads, delivering scalable, secure software while maintaining high quality and continuous delivery.