Senior Software Engineer & Tech Lead - Python/C++ Linux

Psybergate (Pty) Ltd; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Wellbeing initiatives

Shared parental leave

Job summary

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking an experienced software engineer to lead software architecture and deliver reliable, safety‑critical mining and industrial software solutions. You will own the software backlog, guide development in Python and C++, and mentor engineers across hardware interfaces and machine vision tasks.

You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams and contribute to CI/CD improvements, tooling, and release management while ensuring compliance with safety, quality,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional software development experience.
• Minimum of 2 years in a technical leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain software architecture, standards, and best practices.
• Own and manage the software backlog with prioritization and estimation.
• Design, develop, and maintain production software using Python and C++.
• Develop and support software/interfaces with hardware platforms and sensors.
• Provide technical leadership for machine vision development, model training, evaluation, and deployment.
• Lead code reviews, improve CI/CD pipelines, and drive software quality.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

C#

.NET

REST APIs

Angular

TypeScript

SQL Server

Automated testing

Git

CI/CD

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenCV

PyTorch

TensorFlow/TensorFlow Lite

ONNX

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitLab CI/CD

Jira

Confluence

Yocto/Buildroot

Job description

LexisNexis Legal & Professional is seeking an experienced software engineer to lead software architecture and deliver reliable, safety‑critical mining and industrial software solutions. You will own the software backlog, guide development in Python and C++, and mentor engineers across hardware interfaces and machine vision tasks.

You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams and contribute to CI/CD improvements, tooling, and release management while ensuring compliance with safety, quality,