Lead Engineer

A leading, internationally recognised management consulting firm specialising in banking and insurance is looking for an accomplished Lead Engineer. With an international footprint, a strong reputation within the financial services industry and four consecutive years of Top Employer recognition, you will be joining an environment that values exceptional talent, continuous development and a culture of engineering excellence
This is an opportunity to step into a crucial leadership position within a business that partners with leading financial institutions. You will play an influential role in shaping engineering practices, driving technical decisions and ensuring the delivery of scalable, high-quality solutions
Ready to lead beyond the code? Bring your technical expertise, strategic thinking and leadership to an environment where your decisions matter, your ideas carry influence and your contribution makes a lasting impact- Apply now!

Requirements:

• 10+ years in technology consulting, software delivery, cloud, data engineering, AI or related fields
• Degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, business science or business management. A postgraduate qualification is advantageous
• A hands-on engineering background: previously a software, data, cloud or platform engineer, technical lead or architect, with production platforms designed, built or supported
• Credible with engineers, architects and client technical stakeholders on delivery, architecture, engineering practice and technology decisions
• Strong grasp of modern delivery practice: cloud platforms, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, software and data engineering, platform operations
• Proven delivery of client projects
• Experience leading technical professionals
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and relationship-building
• Basic commercial awareness
• Solid understanding of data platform, cloud, analytics or AI delivery environments
• Professional-level certification in cloud, data platforms or project delivery
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly to client sites
• Experience in a consulting or professional-services firm
• Experience delivering data platform, cloud, data engineering, AI or software engineering projects
• Experience with Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, AWS, Azure or modern data platforms
• Experience working with enterprise clients

Reference number for this position is MAT61586 which is a permanent position based in Sandton offering a cost to company salary of up to R1.3m negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Mavis on az.oc.egrem-e@msivam or call her on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
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Posted on 09 Nov 16:11, Closing date 8 Jan