Principal Engineer - AI, RPA & Automation

The Focus Group

Sandton

Presencial

ZAR 1.200.000 - 1.800.000

Jornada completa

Hace 2 días

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Descripción de la vacante

The Focus Group is seeking an Engineering Lead to drive technical leadership and engineering readiness across Digitization and Automation. You will own engineering standards, deployment architectures, and secure, scalable solution delivery, while guiding cross‑functional teams through complex challenges.

You will design, review, and implement infrastructure models, code reviews, and governance‑driven artefacts.

Formación

Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
8+ years' experience in software engineering, automation, systems development, or solution delivery.
Experience across traditional software development and low-code/automation technologies.
Demonstrated experience in .NET and/or Java development.
Experience producing technical design and infrastructure artefacts.
Experience conducting code reviews and providing technical leadership.
Preferred: Banking or financial-services experience.
Experience with AI, Azure, and enterprise integration solutions.
Experience supporting governance and production-readiness processes.
Relevant Microsoft, Azure, Power Platform, Blue Prism, or architecture certifications.

Responsabilidades

Act as the senior engineering authority across DnA.
Define and maintain engineering standards, frameworks, patterns, and best practices.
Provide technical leadership across automation, AI, low‑code, integration, and software engineering initiatives.
Serve as the technical escalation point for complex engineering challenges.
Drive engineering quality, consistency, scalability, security, and maintainability across all DnA solutions.
Translate solution designs into implementable engineering approaches.
Produce and review technical designs, infrastructure designs, deployment models, and integration architectures.
Ensure solutions align to enterprise architecture, security, infrastructure, and operational standards.
Identify technical risks, dependencies, and implementation challenges early.
Validate engineering readiness before governance and production deployment.
Support GT, architecture, security, infrastructure, and production‑readiness forums.
Ensure engineering artefacts are complete, accurate, and governance‑ready.
Present and defend engineering designs when required.
Review technical assumptions, non‑functional requirements, and deployment approaches.
Ensure that approved solutions can be successfully implemented and supported.
Develop proof‑of‑concepts, technical spikes, and reference implementations.
Build reusable frameworks, components, and solution skeletons.
Conduct detailed code reviews across relevant technology stacks.
Guide developers on coding standards, design patterns, testing, security, and engineering best practices.
Support teams in resolving complex technical and integration challenges.
Maintain practical development capability to validate designs and implementation approaches.
Mentor developers, automation specialists, and engineers.
Promote reusable engineering patterns and assets.
Drive adoption of DevOps, DevSecOps, and modern engineering practices.
Improve engineering maturity across all DnA streams.
The successful candidate must demonstrate strong practical engineering capability across multiple technologies, including:
RPA (Blue Prism or equivalent)
Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio)
.NET and/or Java Development
API and Integration Development
Azure Cloud Services
AI and Intelligent Automation Solutions
DevOps and CI/CD Practices
Infrastructure and Deployment Design
Application Security and Engineering Governance
The role requires a hands‑on engineer who can both build and review solutions, not solely a manager or architect.