Java Team Lead

Exciting Opportunity for a Java Team Lead at Entelect

Elevate your career at Entelect, where we prioritise people and nurture a culture of growth, collaboration, and innovation.

Join a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment that encourages versatility, and provides individual attention to career development, including intentional and regular one‑on‑ones with leadership.

Tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact alongside passionate professionals who inspire and support each other.

• Leveraging your expertise to guide and deliver world‑class web and mobile applications for leading organisations in South Africa.
• Exploring methods to enhance product quality through containerisation and continuous integration, fostering a streamlined Dev Ops culture.
• Engaging in various stages of the SDLC, from system design to analysis, scoping, and estimation.
• Researching innovative technologies and implementing them in projects to drive innovation.

• Demonstrating maturity, motivation, and leadership in the workplace.
• Championing change within the team and fostering a collaborative culture.
• Collaborating with cross‑functional teams to tackle complex business challenges, driving continuous improvement.
• Mentoring and coaching team members to uphold standards of excellence and accountability while helping them grow.
• Carrying out regular team and individual feedback through involvement in monthly one‑on‑ones and twice‑yearly performance reviews.
• Leading your team in implementing best practices and processes.

• Building strong relationships and understanding customer needs to deliver impactful solutions.
• Managing customer expectations and identifying opportunities for service improvements.
• Ensuring compliance with data security and industry regulations.

• A bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, or related fields.
• Minimum 6 years’ experience as a software engineer in an enterprise environment.
• Experience driving a delivery team together with other disciplines to successfully deliver a product.
• A hunger to continually improve those around you through mentorship, guidance, and awareness of what drives those on your team.
• A solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals and commitment to clean code and best practices.
• Mastery of various technologies with the agility to adapt to new frameworks.
• Ability to architect and structure small projects within an enterprise environment.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with a drive for continual improvement.
• Pro hybrid working model working from the office on average 2 – 3 times per week.
• A strong customer‑facing ability.
• Flexibility to work across a variety of different environments and tooling.

• A competitive compensation package with twice‑yearly salary increases and guaranteed bonuses.
• Tenure‑based loyalty leave.
• Access to employee wellness programmes and rewards for professional development.
• Commission incentives for successful business development leads and employee referrals.
• Hands‑on support from leadership through regular one‑on‑ones and quarterly reviews.
• Continuous development programmes offering training in leadership and technical skills.
• Exposure to enterprise projects across multiple domains and problem spaces for South Africa’s most esteemed organisations.

* Popular but not limited to:

• Frameworks:
  Spring, Spring Boot
• Frontend techs:
  Angular, React, Vue
• ORM Tools: JPA, Spring Data, Hibernate
• Relational databases:
  Oracle, MSSql, Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL
• Non‑relational databases:
  Mongo
  
  DB, Cosmos DB
• Build Tools:
  Maven and Gradle
• Cloud environments:
  Azure, AWS
• IAC:
  Terraform, Bicep, AWS CDK
• Event‑based messaging queues: KAFKA, Rabbit
  
  MQ, Amazon SQS

Our aim is to make the recruitment process as efficient as possible, keeping you informed every step of the way.

• The first step is an initial conversation with our talent team to get to know you better and introduce you to Entelect and all that we have to offer.
• The next step will be a 1.5‑hour in‑person technical interview at one of our offices where you will meet some of our leadership team.
• Following the technical interview, we will invite you back for an in‑person case study presentation where we will give you the opportunity to showcase your leadership skills.
• Finally, if we are both aligned, we wrap up the process with salary discussions and present you with an offer of employment.

Not quite ready but eager to learn more? Click the apply button and select, “I’m not ready but keen to explore my options” on form to set up an exploratory chat. Our team understands that good things take time and are happy to wait until that time is right for you.