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Job summary
A leading technology company based in Cape Town seeks a Technical Lead to drive the technical aspects of sales and lead a high-performing team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in APIs and programming, as well as experience in customer-facing roles. This position is pivotal for ensuring successful AI integrations and requires excellent communication skills in English and the local language.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
- Excellent English, written and spoken, plus native local language.
- Solid programming skills; experience with TypeScript is a strong advantage.
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical side of sales and guide architecture discussions.
- Act as hands-on engineering lead, shipping code and setting quality standards.
- Drive customer integrations and ensure production accuracy.
Skills
Education
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- Lead the technical side of sales: join early-stage conversations, present demos, and guide architecture and security discussions.
- Act as hands-on engineering lead - shipping code, building integrations, and setting high quality standards.
- Build and lead a high-performing technical team across engineering, integration, and pre-sales.
- Drive customer integrations, from scoping to deployment of AI agents, and ensure production accuracy.
- Gather customer feedback, localize the product, and represent regional needs to the global Product team.
- Serve as the local technical point of contact, building partnerships and handling escalations.
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
- Excellent English, written and spoken + native local language
- Strong hands-on skills with APIs, backend logic, and system integrations.
- Solid programming skills; experience with TypeScript is a strong advantage.
- Experience in technical, customer-facing roles (integrations, solutions engineering, etc.) is a strong plus.
- Familiarity with monitoring, dashboarding, or analytics tools (e.g., Datadog) is an advantage.
- Problem-solving mindset, attention to detail, and passion for AI.
- Prior experience with conversational AI or large language models – advantage
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