Software Engineering Team Lead – Cloud & FinTech

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work Hours

Generous Leave

Cape Town Office Perks

Fully-stocked kitchen

Daily catered lunch

Job summary

Electrum Payments seeks a Software Engineering Team Lead to guide a cloud engineering team responsible for Electrum’s mission-critical cloud infrastructure. You will bridge hands-on delivery with people leadership, driving timely releases, security controls, and ISO-aligned processes.

You will work with AWS services, IaC, and cross-functional partners to optimise costs while maintaining high reliability. This role emphasizes architectural leadership and hands-on mentoring.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 2–3+ years of technical team leadership or management experience.
• 3–5 years of hands-on software development and cloud operations/infrastructure management.
• Domain experience in Fintech or payment platforms is highly advantageous.
• Deep proficiency in Linux, AWS (EC2/RDS/ELB/S3), networking, and IaC concepts.
• Strong Agile/Scrum, cloud administration, capacity optimization, security controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and support the growth of a cloud engineering team with regular 1-on-1s and performance reviews.
• Drive design and implementation for cloud infrastructure, VPCs, and networking using AWS and IaC.
• Manage delivery with Agile/Scrum to ensure timely software/infrastructure releases.
• Partner across departments to scope, prioritise, and execute releases with stakeholders.
• Oversee automation, security controls, encryption, access management, and ISO compliance.
• Collaborate with Finance to improve cloud cost visibility and drive optimisations.

Skills

Linux administration

AWS services

Networking

Infrastructure as Code

Agile/Scrum

Cloud security controls

Vulnerability management

Capacity optimization

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering / IT

Tools

Architectural certifications

Job description

Electrum Payments seeks a Software Engineering Team Lead to guide a cloud engineering team responsible for Electrum’s mission-critical cloud infrastructure. You will bridge hands-on delivery with people leadership, driving timely releases, security controls, and ISO-aligned processes.

You will work with AWS services, IaC, and cross-functional partners to optimise costs while maintaining high reliability. This role emphasizes architectural leadership and hands-on mentoring.