Our client based in Cape Town are looking for an Engineering Team Lead (eCommerce)to add to their team on a permanent basis Main Requirements and Capabilities for this role: • Degree in Computer Science or engineering • Experience leading a team technically, with a focus on a very high-quality output • Experience mentoring and developing technical teams • Experience working within an Agile and Devops team, and an advocate of that culture • Excellent problem-solving skills • Experience developing Python in a test-driven environment (and/or at least in one of the following - Java, C, C++) • Solid Web and Front-end Development experience with PHP, Html and Javascript and related libraries (React, Angular, Backbone) • Good SQL and MySQL experience in a high-load environment • Significant technical experience and a proven track record of architectural ownership and understanding. • A thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented design and data structures and algorithms • Experience in developing distributed, high transactional and available systems • Experience mentoring and developing others technically • IT Related Degree • 6+ years’ experience Required Experience: • Experience with and an understanding of line management responsibility for a technical team • Experience developing software for a highly-transactional retail online platform • A thorough understanding of software engineering practices and best practices, including Agile software development, source code control systems and the use of software IDEs and development and testing tools. • An understanding of software deployment tools, deployment processes and best practices • Experience working with no-SQL data stores like Mongo/Redis etc • Experience working with the AWS and/or Azure platforms • Experience with building Restful API web services Interested candidates can forward their comprehensive written applications to the following e-mail: (at) or fax to: (***)-***-****, you can also contact Caitlin on (***)-***-**** Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 3 working days after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. Hire Resolve offers a R1000 for any candidate that is referred and placed through Hire Resolve. Hire Resolve also offers a R1000 job spec fee for any referral that results in a placement through Hire Resolve. If your company is looking for any IT, Finance or Engineering staff, please email us at jobspec(at) with the company name, a contact person and contact email or number of the person doing the hiring. We will keep the referral strictly confidential