Remote Engineering Manager — AI-Powered SaaS Platform

Vuejobs; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Growth opportunities

Cape Town office access

Job summary

Storyteq is seeking an engineering leader to guide a ~10-person team in the Templating Domain, reporting to the VP of Software Engineering. This remote role is based in South Africa with an option to work from the Cape Town office, offering a clear growth path toward a Group Engineering Manager role.

You’ll stay close to architecture and technical decisions, participate in design reviews and incident discussions, and coach engineers while guiding teams to adopt AI thoughtfully for real business

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as a Lead/Engineering Manager, leading 5+ engineers, including remote teams.
• Strong software engineering background, ideally in a B2B SaaS environment.
• Experience with modern web technologies: TypeScript (Node.js/Vue.js) and Python for AI-related work.
• Hands-on leadership style, staying close to technology and the team’s challenges.
• Pragmatic approach to AI, delivering practical value rather than trends.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing engineering team of ~10, including hiring, onboarding, and structuring.
• Provide technical leadership across architecture, practices, and operational excellence.
• Partner with Product and Design to define priorities and deliver business impact.
• Own delivery quality, reliability, and long-term health of the domain.
• Drive technical direction and architectural decisions balancing speed, scalability, and maintainability.
• Remove obstacles and foster a high-ownership engineering culture.
• Champion pragmatic adoption of AI across engineering and product development.
• Collaborate with adjacent teams to deliver end-to-end experiences.
• Lead production incident management and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Architecture decisions

Coaching engineers

Technical communication

AI adoption

Tools

TypeScript

Node.js

Vue.js

Python

Job description

Storyteq is seeking an engineering leader to guide a ~10-person team in the Templating Domain, reporting to the VP of Software Engineering. This remote role is based in South Africa with an option to work from the Cape Town office, offering a clear growth path toward a Group Engineering Manager role.

You’ll stay close to architecture and technical decisions, participate in design reviews and incident discussions, and coach engineers while guiding teams to adopt AI thoughtfully for real business