Description:
Lead a development team within Technology Services, combining hands-on development, technical guidance, and people management to drive cloud-based product delivery and support the strategic roadmap in a high-performance environment.For brevity, a key summary of the job specification is provided below. Full details are available after shortlisting.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Technical Leadership & Hands-on Development
Lead a team of 46 developers; provide mentorship, regular code reviews, and uphold architectural standards. Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance web apps on GCP (Firebase/Firestore) with Angular; contribute ~5060% hands-on coding. Address technical debt; champion modern technologies and sound software design principles. Act as a subject-matter participant in the Architecture forum; ensure adherence to defined solution architectures. Delivery, Operations & Quality
Plan and estimate work; drive sprints with product and QA; communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Oversee deployments, release management, and ongoing maintenance; troubleshoot complex issues. Ensure robust testing (unit, integration, performance) and optimize for performance, scalability, and cloud cost efficiency. Team & People Management
Manage 46 permanent employees and contractors; foster a high-performance, quality-driven culture. Handle conflict resolution, motivation, coaching, and ownership of outcomes. Collaborate effectively with diverse, cross-functional, and remote teams (including where distance/language barriers exist). Product & Project Delivery
Drive platform modernization (especially cloud components) through sprint contributio
08 Jan 2026;
from:
gumtree.co.za