Software Tech Lead - Hands-on Architect & Team Leader

Prime South Africa; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Prime South Africa seeks an experienced Software Development Technical Lead to steer technical direction and drive growth across Data Science, Data Engineering and BI teams. The role blends architecture, hands-on coding, and people leadership for high-quality software solutions aligned with business goals.

The candidate will shape strategy, guide development choices, and contribute to codebase, while mentoring a growing team and ensuring robust delivery of critical projects.

Qualifications

• Proven software development experience in industry.
• Experience leading or managing developers.
• Strong Python development experience.
• Good SQL knowledge.
• Experience building APIs and production applications.
• Experience designing software systems and making architectural decisions.
• Experience reviewing code and guiding other developers.
• Understanding of Git and modern development workflows.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and collaborate with stakeholders.
• Experience in a lead/ senior developer role is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the development team, including performance management and growth planning.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural decisions.
• Remain hands-on and contribute to critical projects.
• Review code and uphold high coding standards across the team.
• Establish development standards and best practices.
• Translate requirements from stakeholders into practical technical solutions.
• Decompose large projects into manageable work items.
• Support developers and resolve technical issues.
• Identify and manage technical debt.
• Improve deployment, testing, and source-control processes.
• Ensure reliability and maintainability of systems.
• Collaborate with Data Science/Data Engineering on data-centric apps.
• Assist with recruitment and technical interviews.
• Own the overall performance and delivery of the development function.

Skills

Team leadership

Python development

API design

SQL

Git workflows

Code review

Full stack mindset

Communication

Problem solving

Mentoring

Tools

Python

FastAPI

SQL Server

React

HTML/CSS

HTMX

JavaScript/TypeScript

REST APIs

Git/GitHub

Job description

Prime South Africa seeks an experienced Software Development Technical Lead to steer technical direction and drive growth across Data Science, Data Engineering and BI teams. The role blends architecture, hands-on coding, and people leadership for high-quality software solutions aligned with business goals.

The candidate will shape strategy, guide development choices, and contribute to codebase, while mentoring a growing team and ensuring robust delivery of critical projects.