Lead Software Architect - Remote & Strategic Tech Leader

Placements24; Richards Bay; Hybride; ZAR 1 200 000 - 1 800 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible remote work

Health and wellness benefits

Professional development

Conference attendance

Collaborative team environment

Résumé du poste

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Software Architect for a pioneering software development company in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal. The role offers a flexible arrangement with substantial remote contribution and occasional in-office engagement.

You will define high-level architecture, set coding standards, and guide teams to build scalable, maintainable software. You will mentor engineers, drive technical excellence, and translate business needs into elegant solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven senior architect with large-scale system design experience.
• Experience in Java, Python, .NET, or frontend frameworks.
• Strong microservices and distributed systems knowledge.
• Cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) and containerization.
• SQL and NoSQL databases with data modeling skills.
• Excellent leadership and communication abilities.
• Experience with Agile methods and guiding teams.

Responsabilités

• Define and document overall software architecture for new and existing products.
• Make key technology decisions across stack (languages, frameworks, databases, cloud).
• Establish coding standards, design patterns, and best practices across teams.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software engineers.
• Collaborate with product managers to translate requirements into solutions.
• Design scalable, reliable, maintainable systems; conduct reviews.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks and dependencies.
• Evaluate and integrate third-party technologies and services.
• Drive continuous improvement of software development processes and tools.

Connaissances

Lead Architect

Multiple languages

Microservices

Cloud platforms

Databases

Leadership

Agile

Communication

Formation

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Outils

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Description du poste

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Software Architect for a pioneering software development company in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal. The role offers a flexible arrangement with substantial remote contribution and occasional in-office engagement.

You will define high-level architecture, set coding standards, and guide teams to build scalable, maintainable software. You will mentor engineers, drive technical excellence, and translate business needs into elegant solutions.