Lead Software Engineer: AWS at Sabenza IT & Recruitment

DCV Sabenza IT and Recruitment; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a hands-on Technical Lead to drive the integration of an AWS-based OCR/IDP solution. This strategic role involves evaluating and implementing advanced document understanding technologies, leading technical initiatives, and collaborating with teams to shape the organization's AI and data strategy. Candidates should possess strong AWS experience and a solid track record in software development, OCR, and AI-driven projects.

Benefits

At the forefront of AI/ML adoption

Shape the organization's document intelligence approach

Collaborate with data and engineering teams

Qualifications

• 5–10 years as a Senior/Lead Software Developer.
• Hands-on OCR & IDP Project Experience.
• Proven track record in peer code reviews and technical mentorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead vendor evaluation for OCR/IDP systems.
• Integrate selected solutions into our AWS-based architecture.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align solutions with business goals.

Skills

AWS

OCR

IDP

Technical Mentorship

Peer Code Reviews

Education

Degree

Job description

This is a remote position.

We are building a cutting-edge, data-driven platform to enable insight generation across teams, business units, and value streams. As part of our digital transformation, we're integrating an AWS-based OCR/IDP (Intelligent Document Processing) solution and seeking a hands-on Technical Lead to join our team.


This is a strategic and technical leadership role where you will evaluate, lead, and implement advanced document understanding technologies — becoming a key contributor to our broader AI and data strategy.


Mandatory Skills & Experience

• Strong AWS Cloud Experience, including:
  
  
  
  • EC2, ECS, Lambda, Step Functions, IAM
    
    
    
• 5–10 years as a Senior/Lead Software Developer
  
  
  
• Hands-on OCR & IDP Project Experience
  
  
  
• Proven track record in:
  
  
  
  • Peer code reviews
    
    
    
  • Technical mentorship or team leadership
    
    
    
• Experience integrating OCR/IDP tooling into enterprise systems
  
  
  

Highly Desirable / Bonus Skills

• AWS Textract, AWS Comprehend, AWS A2I
  
  
  
• Exposure to LLM-based QA or AI vision models for OCR and document understanding
  
  
  
• Experience with HuggingFace or other open-source vision/NLP libraries
  
  
  
• Knowledge of technical evaluation techniques for OCR/IDP tooling
  
  
  

You Will:

Lead vendor evaluation for OCR/IDP systems

Integrate selected solutions into our AWS-based architecture

Extend and optimize IDP systems as part of our enterprise AI roadmap

Collaborate with stakeholders to align solutions with business and data goals

Work in a team responsible for interpreting and visualizing data to inform strategic decisions

Skill Matrix (Ideal Candidate)
Skill
Experience
Programming
9–10 years
Web Development
9–10 years
AWS Environment
5+ years
OCR/IDP Tooling & Projects
5+ years
Microsoft Azure (optional)
9–10 years (nice-to-have)

Why Join Us?

• Be at the forefront of AI/ML adoption
  
  
  
• Shape the way our organization uses document intelligence
  
  
  
• Collaborate with forward-thinking data and engineering teams
  
  
  
• Enjoy a role with strategic impact and technical depth
  
  
  

Apply Now
If you're passionate about building intelligent systems that drive business insights — and have the AWS and OCR chops to prove it — we want to hear from you.

Desired Skills:

• AWS
• OCR
• IDP.

Desired Qualification Level:

• Degree

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