Mobile App Tech Lead: Architecture, Mentorship, Delivery

SIHAMCO; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa and flights for non-citizens

Accommodation

Transportation allowance

Career development & internal growth

Job summary

SIHAMCO is seeking a Senior Software Engineer who will step into a Team Lead role to design, develop, and deliver robust solutions across the full technology stack. You will lead a team, drive architecture, and advance DevOps practices to ensure scalable and secure systems.

The ideal candidate combines strong frontend and backend skills with database design experience, microservices architecture, and cloud deployment know-how.

Qualifications

• Experience designing scalable software architectures.
• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities.
• Hands-on development experience across front-end and back-end stacks.

Responsibilities

• Lead a software engineering team through full SDLC.
• Architect and develop scalable, secure systems with modern technologies.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to translate requirements.

Skills

Python

Dart (Flutter)

PHP

JavaScript

TypeScript

Node.js

React

HTML5

CSS3

Bootstrap

Tailwind

Google Apps Script

Solidity

Microservices

REST

gRPC

Kafka

RabbitMQ

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Job description

SIHAMCO is seeking a Senior Software Engineer who will step into a Team Lead role to design, develop, and deliver robust solutions across the full technology stack. You will lead a team, drive architecture, and advance DevOps practices to ensure scalable and secure systems.

The ideal candidate combines strong frontend and backend skills with database design experience, microservices architecture, and cloud deployment know-how.