Lead Software Architect  R84 233 pm

A reputable organization seeks a dedicated individual for this role.

The Role

As Lead Software Architect, you will be accountable for owning the software architecture and engineering delivery across a product or platform vertical within the group. You will provide technical leadership across the full engineering lifecycle, including backend and frontend architecture, infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines and operational readiness. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a meaningful role in shaping the technical foundations of globally used digital products, ensuring they remain scalable, secure and fit for the future.

Key Responsibilities: You will work closely with Solution Architects, Product Owners and UX colleagues to ensure requirements are technically feasible, well specified and correctly decomposed, acting as the key technical bridge between solution intent and engineering execution.

Owning the software architecture for an assigned product or platform area, ensuring solutions support both current delivery and future scalability.

Driving engineering delivery from planning through to production, translating solution designs into implementable engineering plans with clear scope, dependencies and sequencing.

Providing technical leadership and direction to distributed teams, including.

Defining and upholding technical standards, patterns and engineering conventions.

Leading the adoption of AI‑assisted software development practices and tooling across engineering teams.

Owning operational readiness, including infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring and developer experience.

Evaluating technology and tooling choices, including build‑vs‑buy decisions, with clear and defensible rationale.

This is a hybrid role, requiring the preferred candidate to typically spend 40-60% of their time collaborating and connecting face-to-face with their colleagues. Aside from the hybrid principle, other flexible working requests will be considered from the first day of employment, including other work arrangements should you require adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition. The closing date for all applications will be 29th May, 2026. We will review Application: s on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place shortly after it closes. Ready to take your career to the next level? Please email Cv to, [voir contact], Enq: [voir contact] Ashley