Tech Lead

In brief

**Overview** This is a role for a Technical Lead within Sanlam Fintech x, a small business unit operating within the Sanlam Group office. The role reports to the CTO and is responsible for driving technical leadership, mentorship, and innovation within a fintech agile team. A Technical Lead at Sanlam Fintech x is typically accountable for larger components, sets of features, or entire applications. Individuals in this role generally have 8-10 years or more of software engineering experience and at least 3 years of experience managing or coaching a team. They collaborate closely with Design and Product Management, and may also contribute broadly across the organization on critical projects. Key responsibilities include assisting others with planning and reviews, proposing solutions to complex problems, utilizing technical writing skills, and helping to steer the overall vision and system design. **What you will do** * **Technical Direction:** Align team deliverables with strategic technical decisions, ensuring scalable, high-quality solutions. * **Leadership & Mentorship:** Foster team growth through coaching, cultivating top-tier engineering talent. * **Code Excellence:** Deliver robust, maintainable code in a collaborative, cross-functional environment. * **Modern Tech Stack:** Leverage pragmatic, cutting-edge technologies to build scalable distributed systems. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * A relevant bachelor's degree or diploma. * 8+ years of software development experience, with 3+ years in a technical leadership role (e.g., Tech Lead, Senior Engineer, or Architect). * Proven track record of designing, building, and scaling distributed systems in cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP). * Strong expertise in modern backend technologies (e.g., Java, Python, Node.js, Go) and frontend frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue). * Experience with microservices, event-driven architectures, and API design (REST/gRPC/GraphQL). * Hands-on experience with databases (SQL/NoSQL) and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ). * Familiarity with DevOps practices (CI/CD, IaC, Kubernetes, Docker) and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK). * Ability to guide, inspire and grow engineering teams. * Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills. * Extensive hands-on experience designing, developing, and testing distributed, high-volume, and highly reliable software. * A solid understanding of requirements (for explaining technical solutions). * Excellent communication skills for explaining technical solutions. * Business and operational awareness. * Experience with cloud-based infrastructure, ideally AWS. **Required Behavioural Competencies (SFTx's 6 Leadership Principles):** * Ownership Mindset – Looking for ways to do, instead of reasons not to. Being accountable for actions and decisions, owning both successes and mistakes, and learning and growing from each experience. * Growth Mindset – Always learning and improving, getting better each time. Embracing challenges and failures as opportunities for growth. * Customer Centricity – A deep understanding of the customer seen in everything you do. Being led by customers, their feedback and their behaviours. * Innovation Jugaad – Where some see impossible, seeing a way. Doing more with less, applying creativity to turn obstacles into opportunities, chance into change. * Velocity – Moving fast and fixing things. Working iteratively to deliver customer value without sacrificing long-term value for short-term results. * Inclusion – Seeking out and valuing different perspectives. Believing that when we change how we look at things, how things look for us also changes, making tomorrow not just different, but better. **Who should apply** This role is ideal for fintech innovators who are passionate about disrupting finance. The successful candidate should be prepared for a role that combines hands-on development with stakeholder management, guiding projects from inception to delivery while optimizing team productivity and communication. Candidates should have extensive experience designing, developing, and testing distributed, high-volume, and highly reliable software, along with a solid understanding of requirements and excellent communication skills for technical explanations. Business and operational awareness, as well as experience with cloud-based infrastructure (ideally AWS), are also desired. Fintech/banking experience (payments, lending, wealth management) is considered a plus. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/tech-lead-sanlam-3 Source: myjobmag

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• At least 3 years of experience.

• Python
• Java
• JavaScript
• React
• Angular
• Node.js
• SQL
• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Agile / Scrum

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