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Software Engineering Team Lead - Cloud

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-16 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead and develop a team of cloud engineers to provision, maintain, and secure mission-critical cloud infrastructure for a high-volume payment processing platform.

Role type

Senior IC/Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (Team Lead)

Builds

Cloud-native payment processing infrastructure and services

Domain

Fintech / Payments / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Linux system administration, AWS services (EC2, RDS, ELB, S3), networking, Infrastructure-as-Code, Agile/Scrum, cloud security controls, capacity optimization

Preferred skills

Fintech or payment platforms domain experience, Architectural certifications

Technologies

AWS (EC2, RDS, ELB, S3), Linux, Infrastructure-as-Code

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and support team member growth; drive design and implementation of cloud infrastructure and networking; manage capacity and ensure high-quality releases; partner across departments to prioritize and execute releases; oversee automation and maintenance of AWS environments with security compliance; collaborate with Finance to optimize cloud costs.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with people leadership

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