Tech Lead
Listed on 2026-02-19
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IT/Tech
Who are we?
Sanlam Fintech is a newly established digital first business within the Sanlam Group on a mission to democratize financial advice and solutions for everyone across the African continent. We exist to pioneer inclusive financial confidence helping people build strong foundations to bridge the gap in generational wealth. Our culture us that of agility and constant deployment, we believe in learning fast, learning cheap and learning forward.
Our aim is to provide a work environment where knowledge workers can accelerate the development of their ideas and bring innovation to market, at the same time provide compelling career and development proposition that will enable them to realize their dreams.
Positions Overview
A Technical lead is responsible for larger components, sets of features, or whole applications. They typically have 8-10 years or more of software engineering experience and at least 3 years’ experience managing/coaching a team. They work closely with Design and Product Management but may also work broadly across an organisation on critical contributions. They help others with planning and reviews and propose solutions to complex problems.
They have technical writing skills and help drive the overall vision and system design.
What will you do?
Reporting to the CTO, this role drives technical leadership, mentorship and innovation within a fintech agile team.
Key responsibilities include:
Align team deliverables with strategic technical decisions, ensuring scalable, high-quality solutions
Foster team growth through coaching, cultivating top-tier engineering talent
Deliver robust, maintainable code in a collaborative, cross-functional environment
Leverage pragmatic, cutting-edge technologies to build scalable distributed systems
Ideal for fintech innovators passionate about disrupting finance, this role combines hands-on development with stakeholder management, guiding projects from inception to delivery while optimizing team productivity and communication. Join us in shaping the future of finance through technology
Qualification and Experience
QL)
SQL) and messaging systems (Kafka, Rabbit
MQ)
Ability to guide, inspire and grow engineering teams
What will make you successful in this role?
This role requires extensive hands-on experience designing, developing, and testing distributed, high-volume, and highly reliable software. You will need a solid understanding of requirements and excellent communication skills for explaining technical solutions. Business and operational awareness, as well as experience with cloud-based infrastructure, ideally AWS, are also required.
At Sanlam Fintech, we demand a lot from each other, but we also give a lot in return.
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