SaaS Engineering Lead: Build High-Performing Teams

Lead Forensics; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,100,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

One Team culture

Volunteer days and charity events

Job summary

Lead Forensics in Cape Town is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead our customer-facing engineering teams. You will drive performance, mentor developers, and shape a culture of innovation in a fast-paced SaaS environment.

The role requires strong technical leadership, a solid DevOps background, and the ability to scale complex distributed systems while promoting security best practices.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software development in SaaS environments.
• Proven ability to monitor and improve engineering performance.
• Hands-on background with mature DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of secure, maintainable system design.
• Strong collaboration and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and line manage a section of the engineering department.
• Champion performance management and coaching.
• Support recruitment, retention, and career development.
• Drive continuous improvement and adoption of best practices.
• Foster a high-trust, collaborative engineering culture.

Skills

SaaS development

Engineering performance monitoring

DevOps practices

Problem-solving

Interpersonal collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

NestJS/Node.js

Vue

Redis

SQL Server

Snowflake

Job description

Lead Forensics in Cape Town is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead our customer-facing engineering teams. You will drive performance, mentor developers, and shape a culture of innovation in a fast-paced SaaS environment.

The role requires strong technical leadership, a solid DevOps background, and the ability to scale complex distributed systems while promoting security best practices.