Software Development Manager -Cloud Infrastructure - Remote, Cape Town

Technical Engineering Manager – Infrastructure Tribe

Duties and Responsibilities

• What does world class look like? Are you ready to help define and set that standard? A strong, inspirational, transformative leader of engineering is needed, who can develop growth mindsets, professionalise the way they operate and develop people
• You will have the opportunity to drive change and transform the way they do things. Develop, nurture and recruit top talent and build high-performance, world-class engineering teams. This is an opportunity to do your careers best.
• This is a hands-on role: you should expect to spend some of your time writing/reviewing code or working with other team members directly. The rest of your time will be split between architectural and strategic planning with peers and senior developers and the day-to-day people management and development required of a high-performing and successful team.
• Extensive engineering management experience, including experience with global, cross-functional teams and operational and cost efficiencies
• You will be from a development background and have a good understanding of architectural practices. You will be an advocate of Agile engineering practices and you will have prior line management experience with a track record of keeping highly skilled developers motivated.
• Proven results-oriented person with a delivery focus and demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment.
• Translation of complex functional and technical requirements into detailed project plans and schedules; manage the day-to-day activities of the engineering team by defining, implementing and maintaining a coherent, progressive development strategy for product line.
• Evolution of the software engineering practice within the organization, including better reporting, tools, and evolution of development methodology
• Continue to build an effective development organization by driving the recruiting and hiring of senior level engineers, developing and managing the group, and conducting performance reviews of team members
• Be curious, research and try new working practices that can enhance the team's performance
• Drive consistent standards and approaches throughout the development teams
• Define and report on appropriate KPIs for both the team and executive stakeholders

Behaviours to demonstrate

• Be ambitious, don't hold back
• Evangelize and embrace design thinking
• Hungry for market knowledge
• Collaborative and transparent
• Set and expect high standards
• Encourage and expect high levels of self-improvement from team members

Essential skills, qualifications and experience

• 5+ Years working experience in software development preferably with .NET, C#.
• Must come from a Design led, high-growth SaaS business background
• Expertise in technology areas including but not limited to APIs, C#, Java, Angular, NgRx, CSS3
• 3+ Year's experience in a line management role with direct reports
• Strong working knowledge of Cloud Infrastructure platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP
• Knowledge on building complex web applications (RESTful APIs, Security best practices, Scalability)
• Experience in developing engineering processes
• Experience leading a team technically, with a focus on a very high-quality output
• Experience mentoring and developing technical teams
• Excellent written and spoken English and communication skills