Senior Java Lead: Mentoring & Cloud-Native Fintech

Acuity Consultants; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1 300 000 - 1 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech product house is seeking a Senior Java Software Developer / Team Lead in Cape Town. This role offers a unique blend of hands-on engineering and leadership, requiring expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and cloud-native solutions. The ideal candidate will mentor a software team, deliver high-scale systems, and contribute to a dynamic tech stack while enjoying competitive compensation of R1.3m – R1.6m.

Qualifications

• 2+ years leading a software development team.
• 6+ years of solid software development experience.
• Someone who enjoys mentoring, learning, and solving complex technical problems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers and business analysts.
• Guide project delivery from design through deployment, ensuring high-quality, on-time delivery.
• Architect and review scalable, cloud-native software solutions.

Skills

Java (8+)

Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

Microservices Architecture

Cloud-Native Application Design (preferably Azure or AWS)

CI / CD using tools like Jenkins

Containerisation and Orchestration – Docker

SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL)

NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra)

Kafka

Agile Development Practices

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar

Tools

Git

JUnit

Mockito

Job description

A leading fintech product house is seeking a Senior Java Software Developer / Team Lead in Cape Town. This role offers a unique blend of hands-on engineering and leadership, requiring expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and cloud-native solutions. The ideal candidate will mentor a software team, deliver high-scale systems, and contribute to a dynamic tech stack while enjoying competitive compensation of R1.3m – R1.6m.