Senior Software Architect & Code Quality Leader

HENSOLDT South Africa; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

HENSOLDT South Africa is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain software aligned with our roadmap and standards. The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership and deliver robust software solutions across the development lifecycle.

You will work across software design and development, mentor teams, ensure code quality, conduct reviews, and integrate with Jira/Confluence workflows to meet project milestones.

Qualifications

• B.Eng in Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of software development experience.

Responsibilities

• Design software based on user and functional requirements.
• Document implementation plans and break down tasks using Jira or Confluence.
• Estimate task effort and remain within allocated hours.
• Provide design input for product development.
• Develop functionality aligned with sprint goals and deadlines.
• Identify and report bugs to the Team Lead.
• Participate in sprint reviews and update task progress.
• Develop modular, maintainable, secure, and reusable code following established standards.
• Conduct software code reviews and implement unit testing.
• Ensure thorough testing of software within the system context before release.
• Commit source code regularly to repositories.

Skills

Java, C#, C++

Unit testing

Code reviews

Sprint planning

Education

B.Eng in Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Eclipse

IntelliJ

VS Code

Sonarlint

Git

SVN

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Sonarqube

Job description

HENSOLDT South Africa is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain software aligned with our roadmap and standards. The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership and deliver robust software solutions across the development lifecycle.

You will work across software design and development, mentor teams, ensure code quality, conduct reviews, and integrate with Jira/Confluence workflows to meet project milestones.