Technical Software Team Lead (CH1207) (Remote)

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Our client in the fraud prevention industry is looking for a Technical Team Lead to join their team. The role is fully remote and can be performed from anywhere in South Africa.

The company combats fraud across the financial services industry by providing a shared database to member organisations, and offering the public a way to protect themselves against impersonation and identity theft.

Role Purpose

Lead the ongoing development, maintenance, and enhancement of a cloud-based anti-fraud platform, ensuring high security standards, stable delivery, and strong technical governance.

Key Accountabilities

• Oversee the full software development lifecycle: development, deployments, enhancements, and support.
• Lead and manage the internal development team (team lead plus front-end developers).
• Maintain and enforce coding standards, quality practices, and technical governance.
• Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for deployments to Azure.
• Evaluate and prioritise service and change requests.
• Provide 2nd and 3rd line technical support and problem resolution.
• Manage technical resources and delivery within the SAFPS team environment.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Relevant tertiary qualification in IT / Computer Science / Software Development (or equivalent experience).
• 5–8 years’ software development experience, with proven technical leadership or team lead exposure.
• Strong experience designing and delivering secure, cloud-hosted systems (ideally aligned with financial services security expectations).

Technical Requirements

Core (must-have):

• C# and .NET (including Entity Framework)
• Secure authentication/authorisation (e.g., IdentityServer or similar)
• Azure cloud management (hosting, monitoring, and operational oversight)
• DevOps / CI/CD pipeline management (Azure DevOps or similar)
• Docker and containerised deployments
• Microservices architecture with REST API creation and integration
• SQL Server: database design/architecture, optimisation, and performance tuning
• API documentation tools such as Swagger/OpenAPI

Front-end exposure (advantageous):

• Vue.js, TypeScript, Webpack

Working knowledge (nice-to-have / not expert level):

• MVC
• MinIO
• RabbitMQ

Competencies

• Strong technical leadership and ability to guide standards and best practices.
• Delivery-focused with a structured approach to change, incident, and release management.
• Strong problem-solving skills (hands-on, senior-level troubleshooting).
• Clear communicator, able to align technical decisions with business and risk requirements.

General

• We are committed to fair and inclusive hiring. All suitably qualified applicants are welcome to apply.
• Preference may be given in line with our client’s Employment Equity plan and applicable legislation.
• Applicants must have the legal right to work in South Africa at the time of application.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 30 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
• Please include your current remuneration (CTC), salary expectation, and notice period (optional but helpful for screening).
• By applying, you consent to the processing of your personal information for recruitment purposes in accordance with POPIA.