Lead Software Engineer

Performit Personnel; Oos-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Performit Personnel in South Africa seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive technical excellence and strategic project delivery across complex systems.

You will lead development, guide solution design, and ensure secure coding while modernising legacy applications with close collaboration with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 10 years in software development with at least 5 years in senior/lead roles.
• Proven experience delivering business-critical applications and guiding teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across the software development function.
• Oversee solution design, coding, testing, deployment and production support.
• Guide engineers, perform code reviews and ensure architectural integrity.
• Support modernisation of legacy applications and collaborate with stakeholders.
• Ensure secure coding and adherence to SDLC and release management.

Skills

C# / .NET

SQL Server

REST APIs

OOP & design patterns

DevOps / source control

Testing & QA

Security best practices

SDLC & change management

Documentation practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Job description

Join a dynamic team committed to innovation and excellence in a collaborative work environment. Our client, a leading organization in the tech industry, is seeking a seasoned Lead Software Engineer to drive technical excellence and strategic project delivery.

PURPOSE OF POSITION

The Lead Software Engineer provides technical leadership across the software-development function while remaining actively involved in solution design, coding, testing, deployment, and production support. The position ensures that business-critical applications and integrations are secure, reliable, maintainable and aligned with approved business requirements and the organisation’s technology strategy.

The Lead Software Engineer will guide the development team, oversee technical quality, support the modernisation of legacy applications and work closely with business stakeholders, infrastructure, data, security and external service providers.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• A completed bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in Computer Science, Information
• Technology, Software Engineering or a related discipline.
• A minimum of ten years’ professional software-development experience.
• At least five years’ experience in a senior engineer, lead engineer or technical-lead role.
• Demonstrated experience developing and supporting business-critical applications.
• Demonstrated experience guiding engineers and conducting code reviews.
• Experience in solution design, systems integration and database development.
• Experience supporting production systems and resolving complex technical incidents.
• Experience working within formal testing, change-management and release-management processes.

REQUIRED TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

Strong practical knowledge of:

• C#, the .NET and PHP development ecosystem.
• Microsoft SQL Server, including database design, stored procedures, query optimisation and performance troubleshooting.
• REST APIs, web services and systems integration.
• Object-oriented programming and recognised software-design patterns.
• Bitbucket or DevOps or comparable source-control platforms.
• Application debugging, logging, monitoring and error handling.
• Unit, integration and regression testing.
• Secure coding and common application security risks.
• Software-development lifecycle and change-management practices.
• Technical documentation and solution-design principles

ADVANTAGEOUS KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• Experience in healthcare, medical schemes, insurance, financial services or another regulated environment.
• Experience with claims-processing or benefits-administration platforms.
• Experience modernising legacy desktop or client-server applications.
• Experience with automated testing and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with modern web-development frameworks.
• Exposure to workflow automation, OCR, analytics or artificial intelligence (AI) solutions.
• Understanding of POPIA, cybersecurity controls and IT-governance frameworks.
• Experience managing third-party development or integration partners.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Technical Leadership
• Software Design and Development
• Requirements and Solution Delivery
• Application Support and Incident Management
• Quality Assurance and Testing
• Release and Change Management
• Architecture and Modernisation
• Automation, Data and Innovation
• Team and Stakeholder Management