C# Software Engineer Team Lead

A Cape Town-based fintech company changing the eCommerce world as we know it is looking for an experienced C# Software Engineer Team Lead to join their team and help them shape the future of digital payments and commerce solutions. They are known for driving ambitious change in payments, insights, loyalty, and rewards platforms

The current need is for a leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, embraces complex challenges, and leads with empathy, influence and clarity

To be part of this team that is combining innovation with excellence and encouraging their teams to push boundaries and create technology that makes life easier, smarter, and more rewarding 

This is what you need to land an interview:

• 5–8 years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead role with proven team leadership responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring, coaching, and growing engineers.
• Proven experience leading and delivering large-scale systems in production.
• Fintech or payments domain experience is essential.
• Languages: Strong technical foundation in C#, SQL, JavaScript/TypeScript
• Web: HTML and CSS.
• APIs & Integration: Proficiency in designing, building, and maintaining robust, scalable APIs.
• Databases: MSSQL, MySQL, Postgres, Redis.
• Cloud: Strong AWS experience (Lambda, ECS, EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, ELB).
• Tools & Frameworks: Git, Docker, Postman, RabbitMQ.
• Architectural Knowledge: Expert level knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, serverless, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices.
• Technical judgement: Ability to evaluate trade-off and guide decisions that balance ideal solutions with delivery needs.

Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant work experience

Reference Number for this position is MAT60765 which is a permanent position based in Cape Town offering a cost to company salary of up to R1.3m per annum depending on experience and ability. Contact Mavis on mavism@e-merge.co.za or call her on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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Posted on 05 Nov 10:58, Closing date 3 Jan