Telecoms Engineering Lead
Full-time
e-Merge IT Recruitment
Are you an experienced Engineering Lead with a passion for building scalable, high-performance systems in complex telecom environments?
An exciting opportunity exists for a technically strong and people-focused Engineering Lead to join a forward-thinking team driving innovation within a fast-growing MVNO environment. This role offers the chance to work at the forefront of telecommunications, cloud-native engineering, real-time charging systems, and next-generation digital services.
What We're Looking For
Leadership and technical expertise
- 2 to 3 years' proven experience leading software engineering teams
- Minimum 10 years' strong software engineering experience
- Demonstrated ability to drive architecture, design, and technical strategy
- Strong stakeholder, customer, and partner management skills
- Passion for mentoring and developing engineering talent
Modern Engineering Practices
- RESTful API design and integration
- Event-driven architecture patterns
- Cloud-native engineering
- Containers and Kubernetes
- Microservices architecture
Telecommunications Experience
You will have solid experience in one or more of the following areas:
- MVNO environments
- Order Management
- Service Provisioning
- Charging Platforms
- OSS/BSS ecosystems
What You'll Be Doing
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading and mentoring software engineering teams
- Driving architecture and design decisions across multiple telecom domains
- Building and evolving scalable cloud-native platforms
- Collaborating with product, operations, and business stakeholders
- Overseeing the development of real-time charging, provisioning, and service orchestration solutions
- Ensuring seamless integration across OSS/BSS platforms
- Championing engineering best practices, APIs, microservices, and event-driven solutions
Reference Number : GZ61421
Location: Stellenbosch (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary
Up to R1.7m per annum CTC (Negotiable based on experience and ability)
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