Senior Cloud-Native Architect — Lead Scalable Systems

Placements24; Sandton; Hybrid; ZAR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-tier compensation

Executive medical, dental & vision

Superior retirement fund

Generous paid time off

Learning & conference opportunities

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Software Architect in Sandton to lead the design of scalable, cloud-native solutions. You will drive architectural standards, mentor teams, and shape technical strategy in a fast-moving financial district environment.

The role requires 10+ years in software development with 5+ in architecture, strong cloud/microservices expertise, and a hands-on leadership style. Expect collaboration with product and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years in software development, with 5+ years in architecture/leadership.
• Proven experience designing distributed systems with microservices on cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Deep understanding of containers (Docker/Kubernetes) and serverless computing.
• Expertise in RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures; strong programming language knowledge (Java, Python, Go) and SQL/NoSQL databases.
• Experience with Agile and DevOps; excellent communication and stakeholder skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and document high-level software architecture for large-scale cloud-native apps.
• Set architectural standards and best practices across multiple teams.
• Lead technology evaluation of frameworks, tools for cloud-based solutions.
• Translate requirements into robust technical designs with product/business teams.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers; foster quality and innovation.
• Address technical debt, performance, and scalability challenges.
• Oversee CI/CD implementations and infrastructure-as-code strategies.
• Conduct architectural reviews respecting security and compliance.

Skills

Cloud computing

Microservices architecture

Technical leadership

Communication

Security & compliance

Architectural design

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/SE

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Software Architect in Sandton to lead the design of scalable, cloud-native solutions. You will drive architectural standards, mentor teams, and shape technical strategy in a fast-moving financial district environment.

The role requires 10+ years in software development with 5+ in architecture, strong cloud/microservices expertise, and a hands-on leadership style. Expect collaboration with product and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality systems.