Telecoms Engineering Lead - Stellenbosch / Hybrid) - R1.8m pa
- Location
- Stellenbosch, Western Cape
- Work model
- Hybrid
- Contract
- Permanent
- Salary (as advertised)
- R1 800 000 per year
- Closing date
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In brief
**Overview** This is a permanent, hybrid role for a Telecoms Engineering Lead in Stellenbosch, South Africa, within a fast-growing MVNO environment. The position focuses on shaping the future of telecommunications technology by driving innovation in areas such as cloud-native engineering, real-time charging systems, and next-generation digital services. The role is for a technically strong and people-focused leader passionate about building scalable, high-performance systems in complex telecom environments. E-Merge is the specialist recruitment agency handling this opportunity. **What you will do** * Leading and mentoring software engineering teams * Driving architecture and design decisions across multiple telecom domains * Building and evolving scalable cloud-native platforms * Collaborating with product, operations, and business stakeholders * Overseeing the development of real-time charging, provisioning, and service orchestration solutions * Ensuring seamless integration across OSS/BSS platforms * Championing engineering best practices, APIs, microservices, and event-driven solutions **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Leadership & Technical Expertise:** * 2 to 3 years' proven experience leading software engineering teams * Minimum 10 years' strong software engineering experience * Demonstrated ability to drive architecture, design, and technical strategy * Strong stakeholder, customer, and partner management skills * Passion for mentoring and developing engineering talent * **Modern Engineering Practices:** * RESTful API design and integration * Event-driven architecture patterns * Cloud-native engineering * Containers and Kubernetes * Microservices architecture * **Telecommunications Experience:** * Solid experience in one or more of the following areas: * MVNO environments * Order Management * Service Provisioning * Charging Platforms * OSS/BSS ecosystems **Who should apply** This role is suited for an experienced Engineering Lead who is technically strong, people-focused, and passionate about building scalable, high-performance systems within complex telecom environments. The ideal candidate will have substantial software engineering and team leadership experience, expertise in modern engineering practices, and proven experience in telecommunications domains. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.jobmail.co.za/jobs/it-computer/other-it-computer/south-africa/telecoms-engineering-lead-stellenbosch-hybrid-r1.8m-pa-id-7520966 Source: jobmail
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