Engineering Lead

Job Locations
ZA-GP-Johannesburg
Job area
IT & Digital
Employment type
Fixed Term Contract
Visa sponsorship
None
Workplace
Hybrid

Overview

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We are seeking a highly experienced Engineering Lead with a strong Solution Architecture and Technical Leadership background to envision, design, and lead the delivery of end-to-end, scalable, and future-proof technology solutions across multiple platforms and industries.

 

The successful candidate will combine hands-on software development expertise, architectural design capability, and inspirational technical leadership to drive product and programme alignment, mentor engineering teams, and deliver robust, enterprise-grade solutions.

 

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Solution Design 

  • Lead the end-to-end design and development of integrated technical solutions across multiple technologies. 
  • Analyse complex business and technical problems and formulate scalable, secure, and operational solutions within organisational architectures and constraints. 
  • Drive solution decomposition, sequencing, and resourcing planning. 
  • Design robust, sustainable, and future-proof architectures, covering people, processes, systems, and data. 
  • Own technical decision-making, trade-offs, and risk management. 
  • Present and defend solutions in architecture governance forums and obtain stakeholder buy-in. 
  • Apply product-thinking and long-term strategic vision when designing solutions. 

Hands-on Technical Contribution 

  • Provide hands-on technical leadership including software development, coding, system design, and DevOps pipeline implementation. 
  • Assist software engineers with low-level design and troubleshooting technical delivery challenges. 
  • Maintain and continuously enhance technical assets for long-term sustainability. 
  • Lead delivery of solutions from concept through to production. 

People Leadership & Mentorship 

  • Lead and mentor engineering teams and technical practitioners. 
  • Provide coaching, upskilling, and professional development. 
  • Grow and contribute to the Engineering Lead community of practice. 
  • Drive cross-functional collaboration and organisational alignment. 

Strategic & Business Alignment 

  • Support business strategy, objectives, and values. 
  • Identify opportunities to improve business processes, systems, and models through agile thinking. 
  • Influence and negotiate with senior stakeholders. 
  • Participate in corporate responsibility and continuous improvement initiatives. 

Qualifications

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or related field. 
  • Diploma (advantageous). 
  • TOGAF Certification, ITIL or equivalent architecture certification. 
  • Cloud Certifications: AWS (mandatory), Azure / GCP / DevOps (advantageous). 

Essential skills

Architecture & Engineering 

  • Enterprise & Solution Architecture 
  • End-to-end Systems Design 
  • Systems Engineering 
  • Software Engineering & Development 
  • IT Architecture & Concepts 
  • Systems Analysis & Design 
  • Distribution Systems Experience (advantageous) 

Software Development 

  • Strong hands-on coding experience. 
  • Proven ability to build systems from scratch to production. 
  • Track record of delivery across multiple projects and industries. 
  • Banking / Financial Services experience (bonus). 

Cloud & DevOps 

  • Strong AWS experience. 
  • Azure and GCP exposure. 
  • CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices. 
  • Infrastructure as Code. 

Delivery & Agile 

  • Strong SDLC understanding. 
  • Agile methodologiesScrum, Kanban, SAFe. 

Experience

  • Minimum 5 years in technical leadership roles. 
  • Proven ability to lead engineering teams and delivery. 
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills. 
  • Ability to clearly articulate solution design decisions. 
  • Demonstrated personal ownership of solution delivery. 

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