Systems Architect (Team Lead) Full Time Job

Systems Architect (Team Lead) – Observatory, Cape Town.

A pioneering IoT-adjacent firm, specializing in professional connectivity solutions for enterprise IoT players is looking for a Team Lead to join their Team.

The focus is on scalable managed edge-to-core-and-back (E2CnB) connectivity, streamlining operations for IoT businesses. Offerings include business-aware digital twins, consulting, and custom software for seamless integration and efficiency improvement.

With a collaborative approach, products are developed and maintained alongside clients, ensuring reliability and continuity. Leveraging Python, Django, Node.js, and more, solutions are robust and innovative.

The Team Lead Systems and Architecture role is critical in designing and maintaining the backend infrastructure, driving secure and efficient IoT integration for enterprise clients.

R65 000 to R85 000 per month.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (Not essential but would be an added Advantage)
• 5+ years of experience as a backend engineer, with some specific expertise in at least some stack technologies
• Experienced in designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices that are well-documented and a pleasure to use.
• MQTT used heavily – Be familiar with IoT concepts and technologies and have a passion for contributing to innovative IoT solutions
• Experience with database design, optimisation, and query performance tuning
• Proficiency in version control systems (Git) and Agile development methodologies – although they don’t strictly adhere to the letter of the Agile law
• Their system is complex and distributed
• Be able to comfortably troubleshoot, bug-hunt and solve problems in such an environment.
• Sometimes under pressure.
• Pace is important – Somewhere between “bored to tears” and “breakneck speed” is where they want to work. But at times, the situation requires immediate
  urgency. The team can adapt to this, and you should be able to
• They are collaborative, you should be able to communicate effectively with the team and the business
• As a senior, they require you to mentor junior engineers -Help them along their career with technical input like code reviews, design, and best practice guidance. But also
  build them as individuals with wisdom and kindness

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Fully understand, own, improve and scale the Company’s back-end services
• Collaborate with sysadmin and network engineers to improve resilience and service availability
• Collaborate with frontend engineers, DevOps teams, and product managers to develop and deploy high-quality, reliable, and secure connectivity solutions
• Create and maintain APIs and integration points that facilitate seamless client-system interoperability
• Assist the Company’s system reliability engineers in building effective monitoring and alerting for our system
• Contribute to developing business-aware digital twins that provide valuable insights and integration capabilities for clients’ IoT ecosystems
• Drive the architecture, technical decisions, and deployment strategies for IoT solutions, ensuring they align with industry best practices and the company’s goals
• Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, and participate in technical discussions to uphold a high code quality and system performance standard
• Stay abreast of industry trends, and help the company understand the impact and appropriate response to these
• Help the Company evaluate and adopt those technologies that move us forward in a future-fit way