Lead Software Engineer - OCR / IDP (AWS Environment)

Penny The Recruiter; Johannesburg; Remote; USD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Johannesburg. The successful candidate will evaluate and integrate OCR solutions into an AWS environment and manage software development teams while driving AI-driven workflows. Ideal candidates will have an IT degree and considerable experience with OCR technologies and AWS services.

Qualifications

• 5 - 10 years experience as a Lead Software Engineer or Technical Lead.
• Proven experience with OCR / IDP tools and end-to-end projects.
• Hands-on expertise in AWS Cloud Services.

Responsibilities

• Lead the evaluation and selection of OCR / IDP vendor solutions.
• Architect and integrate the selected solution into AWS infrastructure.
• Provide technical mentorship and leadership to the development team.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Architecture and System Scaling

Stakeholder Engagement

AWS Services

OCR / IDP Tools

Education

Completed IT degree / BSc degree

Tools

AWS EC2

AWS Lambda

AWS ECS

AWS Step Functions

AWS Textract

AWS Comprehend

AWS Amazon A2I

Job description

Lead the evaluation and selection of OCR / IDP vendor solutions

Architect and integrate the selected solution into our AWS-based infrastructure

Extend the system into broader AI-driven workflows, including document intelligence, summarization, and automation

Manage stakeholder engagement and align technical deliverables with strategic goals

Provide technical mentorship and leadership to the development team

Design scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions leveraging AWS services

Apply modern evaluation techniques for OCR / IDP tooling to ensure optimal solution performance

What we are looking for :

Completed IT degree / BSc degree or other related fields

5 - 10 years of experience as a Lead Software Engineer or Technical Lead

Proven experience with OCR / IDP tools and end-to-end projects

Strong hands-on expertise in AWS Cloud Services, especially :

EC2, ECS, Lambda, Step Functions, IAM

Solid understanding of solution integration, architecture, and system scaling

Experience leading software development teams and working across departments

Familiarity with AWS Textract, Comprehend, and Amazon A2I

Exposure to LLM-based OCR, document QA, or intelligent decision-making

Experience with HuggingFace or open-source computer vision models

Background in implementing or evaluating modern IDP / OCR architectures and frameworks

Please note that if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks, consider your application unsuccessful.

Please note that most of our positions are remote however candidates should be residing within the traveling distance as circumstance of the opportunity can change.

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