Technical Lead (DBN)

BETSoftware; Durban; On-site; ZAR 700 000 - 1 000 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in Durban is seeking a Technical Lead to guide architecture decisions and drive engineering excellence. The ideal candidate will have at least 7 years of experience, including strong skills in C#, .NET Core, RESTful APIs, and SQL. Responsibilities include providing technical leadership and ensuring a high standard of software implementation while fostering collaboration and innovation within the team. Apply if you are ready to build exceptional products with a dedicated team in a vibrant environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years experience within a development environment.
• 3–6 years' SQL experience.
• 5–8 years' C# experience.
• 5–8 years' .NET Core experience.
• 5–8 years' RESTful API experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership through collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Engage with software architects to align development with guidelines.
• Drive rigorous testing and ensure thorough documentation.
• Implement improved processes that enhance team performance.

Skills

C#

.NET Core

SQL

RESTful API

Kafka

React

Docker

Job description

Job title : Technical Lead (DBN)

Job Location : KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

Deadline : February 26, 2026

We Want You

• Our Platform Teams are driving the transformation of BETSoftware's core system – leading innovation across integrated services and web‑based products that power our global scale.
• As a Technical Lead, you won't just guide code – you’ll lead architecture decisions, drive engineering excellence, and mentor a team of skilled developers using technologies like C#, .Net Core, Kafka, React, Docker and SQL.
• You’ll be the technical heartbeat of platforms that demand resilience, performance and rapid revolution.
• Apply today and be part of building something exceptional with the Durban Team.

You Bring

• Minimum of 7 years experience within a development environment
• 3–6 years' SQL experience
• 5–8 years' C# experience
• 5–8 years' .NET Core experience
• 5–8 years' RESTful API experience

Nice To Have

• 1–4 years' experience in document stores such as Couchbase / Mongo
• 1–4 years' experience in Message Brokers such as RabbitMQ / Kafka / Red Panda.

What You’ll Do

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical leadership to the team through collaboration sessions and knowledge‑sharing initiatives.
• Engage regularly with software architects in order to ensure the development within the team is according to architectural guidelines.
• Work with other developers, designers/analysts, and architects to make sure that the solutions meet application requirements and performance goals.
• Ensure checked‑in code is reviewed to ensure standards are met and the code base is sound.
• Ensure that all technical solutions that are rolled out consider compatibility with other environments and dependencies; have a high usability factor; are reliable to reduce downtime and perform at maximum efficiency during peak periods of usage; consider security at its highest level (third‑party attacks; data protection etc).
• Drive the adoption of processes within the team which consider and meet the expectations of technical throughput rates and responses; processing times; effective resource utilisation during operation and where the system or solution ensures maximum operational capacity requirements are met.

Quality of Software Implementation

• Ensure rigorous testing of any solution before deployment and create standards and processes within the team to align with these.
• Ensure the delivery of a complete and technically appropriate solution which covers all the agreed specified tasks and user objectives and has been tested thoroughly.
• Ensure relevant documentation is provided to support teams to reduce the development support load.
• Where possible work to develop and implement a quality mechanism for the solution to analyse its own faults and provide reports prior to a critical failure.
• Develop the solution that supports modification for future developers, thereby reducing the number of defects or negatively affecting system quality.

Initiative and Innovation

• Implement improved processes that have a positive effect on the team’s performance and company's bottom line.
• Technical problems and opportunities are anticipated and dealt with immediately considering any technical dependencies.
• Take an active involvement in problem resolution and where necessary works after hours to ensure that problems are resolved.
• Shows foresight to prevent errors or delays in projects.
• Demonstrate initiative by understanding, acquiring and implementing new knowledge and skills both within the team and to the wider group.
• Incorporates the new abilities into the day‑to‑day operational activities to improve the performance of products and systems.
• Ensure techniques, technologies, tools and processes used are in line with industry best practices.

Knowledge Share

• Identify team members requiring a piece of specific knowledge, skill or understanding and seek ways to impart or upskill the team members through coaching and mentorship.
• Verify the knowledge has been imparted successfully and if not, take steps to rectify gaps in the transfer of the knowledge.

Living the Spirit

• Actively drives a culture of collaboration and open communication within the team.
• Actively promotes authenticity and drives the spirit of diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging within the team.
• Actively drives a culture of versatility and adaptability by modelling and encouraging team members to support each other not only within the department, but within the business as a whole.
• Actively becomes a change agent and drives continuous learning within the team thus ensuring that the team approaches all tasks or challenges with enthusiasm and proactivity.

Closing Date : 19 February 2026