Lead Software Engineer - OCR/IDP (AWS Environment)

Psybergate Pty Ltd; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 750,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in bespoke software solutions seeks a Lead Software Engineer with expertise in OCR/IDP and AWS integration for a 6-month contract role. The successful candidate will lead the technical efforts for an enterprise AI strategy and drive transformation while building a team. This role involves evaluating vendor solutions, integrating them into AWS, and providing mentorship to the development team while aligning deliverables with strategic goals.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead the evaluation and selection of OCR/IDP vendor solutions.
• Architect and integrate the selected solution into AWS-based infrastructure.
• Design scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions leveraging AWS services.

Skills

OCR/IDP

AWS Cloud

EC2

ECS

Lambda

IAM

Education

Completed IT degree / BSc degree or other related fields

Job description

Psybergate is anITcompany that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.
We are looking for aLead Software Engineer – OCR/IDP & AWS Integrationto join our financial services client based in Johannesburg for a6-months contractrole.

We are seeking aLead Software Engineerwith strong hands-on experience inOCR (Optical Character Recognition)andIDP (Intelligent Document Processing)solutions, alongside a solid background inAWS cloud infrastructure. You will lead the technical effort to evaluate, integrate, and scale an OCR/IDP system as part of our enterprise AI strategy.

This role requires a mix of technical leadership, software engineering, and stakeholder engagement, and offers the opportunity to build a team from the ground up to drive this key transformation.
What you will be doing:

• 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.

Desired Skills:

• OCR/IDP
• AWS Cloud
• EC2
• ECS
• Lambda
• IAM