Software Lead (Cape Town) at Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence

Responsibilities

• Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division(Hexagon) is seeking a Software Lead.
• In this position, individuals plan, conduct, and provide leadership for a variety of programming assignments for a single development project.
• Guides team development efforts towards successful project delivery, providing technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship in broad area of expertise.
• Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
• Contributes to internal engineering processes and tasks, recommending new technologies to ensure quality and productivity.
• Recommends adjustments to resolve software issues, improve the functionality of existing software, and ensure that the design, application, and maintenance of software meets quality standards.
• Uses strong, effective communication skills to work closely with cross-functional team members, product owners, and other product stakeholders to develop applications that meet customer needs.
• Experience in designing, building and operating cloud-native applications and microservices is strongly preferred, ideally with experience in Kubernetes and IaC tools such as Terraform. This role includes providing leadership for full-stack development. 
• Familiarity with Python and React is also and advantage.

Education / Qualifications

• A postgraduate degree in Computer Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering is preferable, with at least 5 years of relevant experience.