Technical Lead Developer (AI)

SUMMARY:
Psybergate is an IT company that builds bespoke software solutions and provides highly skilled resources to its clients.

We are looking for a Technical Lead Developer (AI) to join our financial services client based in Pretoria on a contract basis.

POSITION INFO:

What you will be doing:

• Design, build, and deliver production-grade software across AI-enabled delivery stacks, including backend services, APIs, and integration layers
• Develop banking-grade solutions with strong focus on security, observability, resilience, and performance
• Define and implement technical reference architectures and reusable engineering patterns (e.g. service scaffolding, integration adapters, agent orchestration components)
• Provide hands-on coding and technical leadership within delivery teams
• Lead code reviews and enforce engineering standards including testing discipline, secure coding practices, error handling, and maintainability
• Mentor and coach engineers through practical, code-level guidance and technical reasoning
• Own non-functional requirements including logging, tracing, monitoring, secrets management, dependency hygiene, and CI/CD quality
• Improve and modernise existing systems where AI-assisted development exposes technical debt or architectural limitations
• Ensure that the “correct engineering path” is the easiest and most consistent path for development teams
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure AI-assisted development practices are safely embedded into production environments

What we are looking for:

• Relevant Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Strong experience as a Senior Developer or Technical Lead in enterprise environments
• Hands-on software engineering experience across backend services, APIs, and distributed systems
• Proven experience leading code reviews and enforcing engineering standards in production environments
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and production-grade delivery
• Experience working in regulated or banking environments (advantageous)
• Strong focus on system reliability, observability, security, and performance engineering
• Ability to mentor and uplift engineering teams through hands-on technical leadership
• Strong problem-solving and architectural thinking ability
• Experience working in modern software engineering environments where AI-assisted development tools are used (advantageous)

Advantageous:

• Exposure to AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Claude Code or similar)
• Experience with AI/ML-enabled applications or agent-based systems
• Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architecture
• Exposure to secure enterprise integration patterns