Remote Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Placements24; Benoni; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance

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Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for a remote South Africa-based role. You will guide design, development, and deployment of scalable cloud infrastructure, mentor engineers, and drive technical initiatives across the team.

This leadership position requires strong communication, strategic thinking, and hands-on excellence in cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), containers, and microservices. You will own architecture decisions and collaborate with product leaders in a remote-first

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with cloud infra and backend development.
• Proven leadership of software teams and projects.
• Deep cloud expertise: AWS, Azure, or GCP; core services knowledge.
• Strong programming in Python, Go, or Java.
• Extensive experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of microservices and distributed systems.
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and maintenance of scalable, secure cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Architect and implement CI/CD pipelines, automation tools, and monitoring systems.
• Define technical requirements and roadmaps for cloud infrastructure with cross-functional teams.
• Mentor engineers and promote coding, testing, and deployment best practices.
• Enforce coding standards and conduct code reviews to ensure quality.
• Troubleshoot complex issues to minimize downtime and maximize availability.
• Stay current with new cloud technologies and tools; evaluate adoption.
• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code development using Terraform or CloudFormation.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud infra

Backend development

Python

Go

Java

CI/CD

Mentoring

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for a remote South Africa-based role. You will guide design, development, and deployment of scalable cloud infrastructure, mentor engineers, and drive technical initiatives across the team.

This leadership position requires strong communication, strategic thinking, and hands-on excellence in cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), containers, and microservices. You will own architecture decisions and collaborate with product leaders in a remote-first