Lead Developer overseeing a team in Cape Town, building scalable solutions for Pinewood Automotive Intelligence Platform. Collaborating with UK teams and shaping engineering practices in South Africa.
Responsibilities
Lead a team of developers and senior engineers within the Cape Town hub, providing day-to-day technical direction and support.
Collaborate closely with UK-based Product and Engineering teams to deliver high-quality features and enhancements for the Pinewood Automotive Intelligence Platform.
Remain hands-on in coding, design, and architecture, promoting best practices across the full .NET stack.
Mentor and coach team members, helping them grow their technical capability and encouraging a culture of learning and improvement.
Ensure the team delivers scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions that meet enterprise SaaS standards.
Support the Engineering Manager with shaping local engineering processes, CI/CD pipelines, and development practices.
Participate in architectural discussions, contributing to long-term technical decisions.
Encourage strong communication and collaboration across the Cape Town and UK engineering teams.
Diagnose complex issues, review code, and lead the resolution of technical challenges.
Contribute to building a positive, high-performing team culture within the new hub.
Requirements
Proven experience as a Lead Developer, Senior Developer, or Technical Lead within a SaaS or enterprise software environment.
Strong hands-on expertise in C#, .NET / .NET Core, and SQL / T-SQL.
Solid understanding of database design, performance optimisation, and query tuning.
Experience delivering front-end functionality using HTML, JavaScript, and Razor.
Practical experience working with Azure Cloud Services and Azure DevOps (or equivalent CI/CD tooling).
Proficiency with Visual Studio or VS Code.
Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, and agile delivery practices.
Experience guiding or mentoring developers, with the ability to lead through influence as well as example.
Excellent communication skills, confident working with distributed teams across regions and time zones.
Experience in the automotive or enterprise SaaS industries, or with complex, high-availability platforms, is highly desirable.
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