Senior Software Delivery & Platform Leader

Capitec; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Capitec is seeking a Software Development Manager to provide strategic technical direction and lead multiple engineering teams through a cloud and platform transformation. You will partner with the product head, shape architecture, and drive scalable, secure software delivery.

You will oversee governance, modernisation efforts and build high-performing teams, ensuring operational reliability and strong cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of software engineering experience with 3–5 years in engineering leadership or technical management.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, delivering cloud-native solutions (AWS), event-driven architectures, and stakeholder management.
• Proven ability to drive DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, IaC and platform practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end technical leadership across product/platform delivery, system health, engineering standards, support and maintenance.
• Build and lead high-performing software teams, enable predictable delivery and continuous improvement.
• Set standards for code deployment across pipelines, ensure reliability and modern platform practices.
• Collaborate with architects to shape solutions and guide implementation decisions.
• Oversee IT governance across teams and drive technology modernisation.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across the business.

Skills

AWS

Event-driven

Leadership

Delivery management

DevOps

Education

Degree in Computer Science / Information Technology / Software Engineering

Job description

Capitec is seeking a Software Development Manager to provide strategic technical direction and lead multiple engineering teams through a cloud and platform transformation. You will partner with the product head, shape architecture, and drive scalable, secure software delivery.

You will oversee governance, modernisation efforts and build high-performing teams, ensuring operational reliability and strong cross-functional collaboration.