Software Engineering Team Lead - Cloud

About the role

Electrum is a payment software technology company delivering enterprise-grade, cloud-native software for high-volume, low-value payment schemes. As Software Engineering Team Lead, you report directly to the Head of Platforms Engineering and lead a team of cloud engineers responsible for provisioning, maintaining and securing mission-critical cloud infrastructure in compliance with ISO standards. The role combines hands-on technical work with people leadership.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, coach and support team members through regular 1-on-1s, goal setting, career pathways and performance reviews, and recruit to fill talent gaps.
• Drive design and implementation of cloud infrastructure, VPCs and networking components using AWS services (EC2, RDS, ELB, S3), Linux and Infrastructure-as-Code best practices.
• Manage capacity and backlog health with Agile/Scrum, ensuring on-time, high-quality releases.
• Partner across departments to prioritise, scope and execute releases and optimise cloud systems.
• Oversee automation, setup and maintenance of AWS environments, and implement security controls, encryption, access management and vulnerability assessments with the security team in line with ISO standards.
• Collaborate with Finance to improve cloud cost visibility, forecasting and cost reduction across AWS resources.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or a related field.
• 2-3+ years of technical team leadership or management experience.
• 3-5 years of hands-on software development and cloud operations/infrastructure management experience.
• Fintech or payment platform domain experience is highly advantageous.

Required skills

• Linux system administration, AWS (EC2, RDS, ELB, S3), networking and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Agile/Scrum, cloud platform administration and capacity optimisation.
• Cloud security controls, encryption and vulnerability management.
• Excellent stakeholder management, cross-functional communication and goal setting.

What we offer

• World-class training, mentorship and career growth in a FinTech environment.
• Small, focused teams and autonomy to manage your own time.
• Open discussion of strategy, finances and salaries.
• Flexible hours in an office-first environment, starting at 20 days of leave per year.
• In Cape Town: fully-stocked kitchen and daily catered lunch, plus team activities such as hikes, getaways and dinners.