Senior Engineering Delivery Lead

HelloKindred; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 895,440 - 1,057,996; Full time

Job summary

HelloKindred is seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to coordinate delivery across business, product, architecture and build stakeholders. Although titled Engineering Lead, the role oversees multiple workstreams and ensures technical readiness for the build phase, with strong emphasis on governance, risk and timely delivery.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years in software development, Agile/SAFe experience, and a track record delivering mission-critical platforms in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field preferred.
• At least 10+ years of experience in software development teams.
• Formal training or certification in software engineering practices, architecture, or cloud technologies.
• Agile delivery certification (e.g. Scrum, or equivalent).
• Strong grounding in secure software development practices and non-functional requirements.
• Proven track record leading large engineering teams across complex enterprise programmes.
• Experience delivering mission critical platforms in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end technical delivery through the build phase, ensuring work is sequenced, controlled and aligned to priorities, scope and milestones.
• Coordinate Product Owners, Chief Architect and engineering teams to maintain delivery clarity and momentum.
• Oversee development, review and readiness of technical specification documents and artefacts before execution starts.
• Manage delivery risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies and decisions across multiple workstreams.
• Provide governance, status reporting and escalation management to support quality delivery.
• Act as the integration point between design intent and build execution for clarity to deliver.
• Translate business and product intent into a coordinated technical execution plan for the build team.
• Ensure technical requirements, interfaces and acceptance criteria are defined before build starts.
• Direct and coordinate build activities across development and supporting teams.
• Facilitate alignment between architecture decisions and engineering execution.
• Track progress against milestones and intervene when blockers arise.
• Support readiness for testing, release and implementation.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Technical fluency

Cross-functional collaboration

DevSecOps

CI/CD pipelines

Software architecture

Project governance

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

10+ years software development experience

Agile delivery certification

Security/non-functional requirements knowledge

Tools

Cloud native platforms

API-first / microservices

Event-driven architectures

SAFe / hybrid delivery models

Job description

HelloKindred is seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to coordinate delivery across business, product, architecture and build stakeholders. Although titled Engineering Lead, the role oversees multiple workstreams and ensures technical readiness for the build phase, with strong emphasis on governance, risk and timely delivery.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years in software development, Agile/SAFe experience, and a track record delivering mission-critical platforms in regulated environments.