Tech Lead – Risk & Savings (Bellville)

About the role

Sanlam Risk & Savings is looking for a seasoned Tech Lead to drive technical excellence and people development for its SLS team in Bellville. You will combine hands‑on coding with strategic architecture, mentor a high‑performing team and ensure reliable delivery of cloud‑native solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and mentor team members, conduct performance reviews, support hiring and career growth.
• Stay hands‑on with code, make architectural decisions, guide system design and manage technical debt.
• Champion DevOps practices, CI/CD, infrastructure automation and incident response.
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to define road‑maps, manage risks and remove blockers.
• Implement agile processes, track metrics, ensure service reliability and produce clear documentation.

Required profile

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years in a technical leadership role covering modern software, cloud platforms and secure solution design.
• Degree or diploma in Computer Science, IT or related field (advantage).
• Experience in the banking/insurance sector is a plus.

Required skills

• Modern backend technologies and frontend frameworks.
• Microservices, event‑driven architecture and API design.
• DevOps practices: CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, containers and observability tools.
• Cloud engineering with scalable, cost‑aware solutions.
• AI engineering maturity, responsible AI adoption and reusable patterns.