Remote Senior Tech Lead - Architecture & Mentorship

Placements24; East London; Hybrid; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Competitive salary

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 is searching for a Senior Technical Lead to guide distributed software teams in a remote-first environment. The role emphasizes translating business goals into scalable technical architectures while mentoring engineers and balancing hands-on coding with strategy.

The successful candidate will drive architectural vision, oversee delivery, and collaborate with stakeholders to align project scope, milestones, and quality standards across multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in software delivery and team mentoring.
• Experience designing large-scale software systems with modern languages.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction and architectural vision for projects.
• Oversee design, development, testing and deployment of software solutions to quality standards.
• Lead code reviews and mentor engineers across career levels.
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to define scope and timelines.
• Drive adoption of best practices and modern technologies.
• Guide roadmap development and manage technical risks.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Problem solving

Agile

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Java

C#

Python

JavaScript

AWS

Azure

GCP

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

Placements24 is searching for a Senior Technical Lead to guide distributed software teams in a remote-first environment. The role emphasizes translating business goals into scalable technical architectures while mentoring engineers and balancing hands-on coding with strategy.

The successful candidate will drive architectural vision, oversee delivery, and collaborate with stakeholders to align project scope, milestones, and quality standards across multiple projects.