Senior Lead Full-Stack Engineer — Remote SaaS Innovator

Lead Forensics

Cape Town

On-site

ZAR 1,227,600 - 1,562,400

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Future SA office

Competitive salary

Growth culture

Volunteer days

Job summary

Lead Forensics, a UK-based SaaS company, is hiring a Lead Full Stack Software Developer in Cape Town. You will guide technical projects from design to implementation, collaborating with stakeholders and product teams, and delivering scalable solutions on our NodeJS/Vue.js/AWS stack.

You should have 10+ years in software development, strong TypeScript, CI/CD, DevSecOps experience, and a track record leading teams.

Qualifications

10+ years’ experience in software development with recent tech lead role.
Fluency in TypeScript (5+ years).
Strong full-stack experience building large-scale SaaS platforms.
Deep understanding of SOLID principles and design patterns.
Experience with CI/CD and DevSecOps in production.
Experience with automated testing and QA best practices.
AI-positive approach to accelerating software development.
Excellent collaboration and customer-facing skills.
Secure, high-performance systems.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with stakeholders on initial solution design, scope, and system architecture.
Spike and prototype areas of technical uncertainty, building PoCs as required.
Decompose work into Epics and Stories with initiative managers.
Develop production-ready code as a lead developer/architect within small squads.
Ensure quality, maintainability, and operational excellence of software.
Support and maintain products post-launch, handling issues as they arise.
Contribute to design, architecture, and implementation decisions.