Software Development Manager (CPT Onsite)

Datafin; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Supply Chain Group is looking for a Software Development Manager in Cape Town. This role involves guiding a multidisciplinary team to shape innovative solutions across various channels like cloud, mobile, and API. You will provide technical leadership, drive developer training, and ensure alignment with business priorities. The ideal candidate should have 5-10 years of Software Development experience, proficiency in languages such as C#, Python, .NET, and Java, and possess strong leadership skills in Agile environments.

Qualifications

• 5 -10 years of Software Development experience.
• 2 years as a Solution Architect.
• 3 - 5 years working in a Lead or Management role.
• 3–5 years in a lead or management role.
• Experience with API-driven platforms.

Responsibilities

• Guide technical solution designs and strive for reusable API environments.
• Provide technical leadership across Agile teams.
• Drive developer training and on-boarding.
• Collaborate to set development technologies and standards.
• Lead by example and contribute to hands-on development when needed.
• Collaborate with leadership to set technologies and processes for fast, quality delivery.
• Stay current with emerging technologies.
• Ensure API and digital solutions adhere to standards and security practices.
• Measure developer quality and efficiency.

Skills

C#

Python

.NET

Java

Lead / Management

Education

NQF8 Level in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

Software Development Manager (CPT Onsite)IT - Software Development
Cape Town - Western Cape - South Africa

ENVIRONMENT

A leading Supply Chain Group seeks an accomplished Software Development Manager to lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team blending technical mastery with people‑centric leadership. This strategic role will shape & drive innovative, scalable digital solutions across cloud, mobile, web, and API channels, and by closely collaborating with Enterprise and Solution Architects to ensure alignment with business priorities and industry best practices. You will champion modern engineering and delivery methods, cultivate a high‑performance, inclusive culture while support career growth, setting goals, and coaching teams operating within agile environments. Acting as a trusted expert for Software Engineering concepts, this individual will ensure that all solutions adhere to technical standards and foster continuous improvement through effective leadership, technical guidance, and hands‑on support.

DUTIES

• Guide, review and approve technical solution designs, striving towards a reusable API environment where appropriate.
• Provide technical leadership across Agile teams ensuring they are aligned and deliver to the development strategy, patterns and standards that respect compliance, security, operational best practice and best possible user experience.
• Provide Agile bespoke development capability in response to business requirements and technology exploitation.
• Drive Developer training plans and on‑boarding to ensure relevant and up to date digital development skills are available.
• Drive bespoke development architecture and coding standards in line with digital transformation strategy.
• Measure Developer quality and efficiency.
• Assist the leadership team in building a digitally capable, business relevant API Developer pipeline within the team.
• Collaborate with the leadership team to set Development technologies, architectures, coding standards and processes that enable a speed with quality Agile delivery culture.
• Stay current with emerging new technology.
• Lead by example and is able to get into the technical details of the development landscape when needed.

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

• NQF8 Level in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent with experience in Software Development.

Experience/Skills

• 5 -10 Years Software Development experience (C#, Python, .NET, Java).
• 2 Years as a Solution Architect.
• Cloud Computing - SaaS (AWS and Azure).
• 3 - 5 Years working in a Lead or Management role.
• Platform creation through APIs.

ATTRIBUTES

• Tech savvy - Anticipates and adopts innovations in business-building digital and technology applications.
• Action oriented - Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Communicates effectively - Ability to communicate with both technical and non‑technical audiences, enabling you to influence change within an enterprise environment.
• Manages Complexity - Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Collaborates - Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Supports the development of business acumen of team through knowledge sharing and upskilling.
• Factors in retail models and levers in building an effective IT landscape.
• Leverages research on technology-related concepts, trends, and best practices to provide guidance on IT roadmap.
• Can easily simplify large amounts of information into a format that others can understand.
• Consistently maintains a keen awareness of the interrelationships among various components of large‑scale activities.
• Accurately interprets the moods, feelings and reactions of others and adjusts their own behaviour to build effective relationships within the organisation and with its business partners.
• Establish connections that help facilitate the accomplishment of broader organisational objectives.
• Consistently addresses groups of people confidently.
• Continually and proactively searches for effective means of adaptation and improvement through change.