Software Engineering Manager

Resourgenix (Pty) Ltd; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Resourgenix (Pty) Ltd is seeking an experienced Software Development Manager to provide strategic technical direction and lead multiple engineering teams in building resilient, scalable and secure systems. You will partner with the Product Head to deliver end-to-end technical leadership across delivery, platform health and modernisation.

You will influence engineering practices, drive cloud-based transformations and manage governance, while building high-performing teams and fostering a culture

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with leadership/management exposure.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and delivering cloud-native solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end technical leadership across product and platform delivery, system health, engineering standards, support and maintenance.
• Lead, develop and grow high-performing, multidisciplinary software engineering teams.
• Create conditions for predictable delivery by setting clear expectations, removing blockers and driving continuous improvement.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards for how code is developed, tested, deployed and operated.
• Drive improvements across CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, reliability and modern platform engineering practices.
• Partner with architects to shape technical solutions and influence implementation.
• Provide deep technical guidance and balance architecture with practical execution.
• Oversee governance, standards and controls across engineering teams.
• Lead technology modernisation through cloud, AWS, event-driven architecture, automation and platform engineering.
• Drive reskilling and team transformation as tech landscape evolves.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across technology and business.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software engineering

AWS experience

DevOps

Stakeholder comms

Education

Bachelor's or Honours in CS/SE

Tools

AWS Certifications

Job description

We’re looking for an experienced Software Development Manager to provide strategic technical direction, lead multiple multidisciplinary engineering teams, and help shape a technology environment that is resilient, scalable and secure.

This is more than a people-management role. You’ll be a strategic technology partner to the Product Head, providing end-to-end technical leadership across delivery, engineering practices, platform health and modernisation.

You’ll have the opportunity to influence how we engineer and operate technology at scale, while leading our teams through a meaningful cloud and platform transformation journey.

As Software Development Manager, you will:

• Provide end-to-end technical leadership across product and platform delivery, system health, engineering standards, support and maintenance.
• Lead, develop and grow high-performing, multidisciplinary software engineering teams.
• Create the conditions for predictable delivery by setting clear expectations, removing blockers and driving continuous improvement.
• Establish and maintain engineering standards for how code is developed, tested, deployed and operated.
• Drive improvements across CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, reliability and modern platform engineering practices.
• Partner closely with architects to shape technical solutions and determine how those solutions should be implemented.
• Bring sufficient technical depth to challenge, guide and influence architecture and implementation decisions, while recognising architecture as a specialist discipline.
• Oversee technology governance across engineering teams and ensure appropriate standards, controls and practices are embedded.
• Drive technology modernisation through cloud computing, AWS, event-driven architecture, automation and platform engineering.
• Lead team transformation and reskilling initiatives as our technology landscape evolves.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across both technology and the broader business.
• Balance strategic thinking with hands-on technical leadership, ensuring technology decisions translate into reliable business outcomes.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for a technically credible engineering leader who can operate comfortably at both strategic and delivery levels.

Technical expertise

You’ll bring strong knowledge of modern software engineering and technology practices, particularly:

• Cloud computing, with strong AWS experience highly advantageous.
• Event-driven architecture and the patterns used to build distributed systems.
• Distributed systems, system reliability and observability.
• Architecture and technical strategy, with the ability to engage confidently with senior architects and influence solution design and implementation.
• DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, Infrastructure as Code and platform engineering practices.
• Technology modernisation and cloud-native engineering approaches.
• Leadership & management
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related Engineering discipline.
• Certifications:
• AWS Cloud Practitioner or an equivalent cloud foundation certification.
• AWS Solutions Architect certification is strongly preferred.
• FinOps, DevOps, Security, TOGAF, SAFe and/or Kubernetes certifications will be advantageous.
• An Honours degree or relevant postgraduate qualification will be advantageous.

You’ll also have a proven track record of:

• Leading, developing and growing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Managing delivery effectively, setting the pace and removing obstacles.
• Building high-performing teams and creating a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Leading reskilling, organisational change and engineering team transformation.
• Managing senior stakeholders and communicating effectively with both technical and business audiences.
• Translating technical strategy into practical execution and measurable outcomes.
• Experience

You’ll ideally have:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3–5 years in an engineering leadership or technical management role.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary software engineering teams.
• A track record of delivering cloud-native solutions, preferably using AWS.
• Experience working with event-driven and distributed architectures in high-volume or highly integrated environments.
• Experience improving engineering maturity through DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, Infrastructure as Code and platform engineering.
• Experience working closely with architects and senior technology stakeholders to shape and implement technical solutions.