Principal Engineering Lead

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Job Description


Kick-start your career in the online gaming world and experience the very latest in technology and innovation.The Department:Technology drives the success of Digioutsource. In DigiTech we focus on understanding our business strategy, aligning with our business partners and executing on the right projects that will drive the most value be that revenue generating or improving internal operational efficiencies. Our goal is to find that perfect combination of great products using great tech that will surprise and delight the customers who use the software we build. We build this software always envisioning the future, focusing on our target architecture and ensuring we simplify, loosely couple and stabilize our systems to minimize costly downtime and poor customer experience.We are performance driven, and seek to measure the success of all initiatives, leaning on the DORA principles its not ok to just build a new feature and move onto the next one, we analyse the results and impact of these changes to ensure we understand the effectiveness and feed those results into the next feature request ensuring we are continuously improving.We take security seriously at DigiOutsource and through our security community we build awareness and define the standards to meet the requirements of the many data regulations, shifting left on and then focusing on production monitoring ensuring we catch any concerns first.At DigiTech our goal is to set the benchmark for innovation and commercial focus, so that other Technology focused companies will want to follow our examplePurpose of the Role:At DigiOutsource we continue to question if we are as effective as we can be, we seek ways to improve efficiency and reduce duplication of effort. For this reason we have created this new exciting opportunity within the DigiTech team.As the Principal Engineering Lead you will be tasked with reviewing the way of work within the DigiOutsource Engineering teams. Understanding the needs of our business and aligning our teams in a way that enables them to rapidly deliver on business requirements with minimal cross team dependencies.Maintaining a tight partnership between Architecture and Engineering will be a critical expectation to ensure we realize our target architecture consistently throughout all teams. By embracing the goals of our elastic enterprise, where products remain loosely coupled we will further enhance our ability to achieve true team autonomy.Working closely with the Technology Head, the focus will be on people management, engineering execution, technical leadership and strategy development.This new position will form part of the Technology leadership team who will continue to work tightly as one team with a primary focus on meeting the needs of our business both on new innovative ideas, incremental product improvements, operational support and reduction of technical debt.One of our other goals will be to improve the ability for business partners to configure our systems allowing our engineering teams to focus on building new functionality, always exploring the possibility of utilizing off the shelf solutions to reduce custom development time.Exciting times at DigiOutsource and a great opportunity to truly question Why?Duties include, but not limited to:

  • Co-develop the Technical Strategy alongside the Head of Technology and drive the successfully execution of this strategy within the engineering teams.
  • Establish incremental steps to progress the organization towards our desired architectural state, allowing for temporary concessions to maintain momentum and ensure ongoing advancement.
  • Work closely with the Project Management Office to ensure successful and timeous delivery of technology driven projects.
  • Act as an ambassador for DigiOutsource and its culture by leading the engineering teams in a humble respectful manner, fostering a positive constructive working environment where we have fun while working hard, encouraging innovation.
  • Knowing both the Business and Technical goals define a roadmap that is achievable and realizes both
  • Successfully transform DigiOutsource into an elastic computing world working closing with the Head of IT to achieve this in a secure and cost-effective manner.
  • Identify, compare, select and implement technology solutions to meet current and future needs
  • Oversee the management of designing/development and coding of new and current business systems as required
  • Manage the enforcement of technology standards and practices especially focusing on the SDLC that includes our Architectural and Information Security goals
  • Consolidate technology platforms in a way that aligns with our Business Service teams and strategies.
  • Optimize the use of technology products by aligning with the greater Group, embracing the Group Tech Radar and Tech Adoption process looking for opportunities of re-use or collaboration.
  • Track, analyse and monitor technology performance metrics, aligning with the DORA metrics and creating a performance culture where targets are set against these metrics and achieved
  • Oversee the management of all system design and changes in system architecture
  • Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in the technology landscape
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The job holder may be required to complete any other reasonable duties in order to achieve business objectives.Essential Criteria:
  • At least 7 - 10 years technical experience
  • Proven Leadership experience in managing multiple teams.
  • Knowledge of Technology Trends to build a successful strategy
  • Proven Solutions Focused approach able to turn problems into opportunities
  • Excellent communication skills and able to present confidently to large audiences
  • Proven experience in Stakeholder management and ability to nurture positive collaborative relationships
  • Excellent stress management skills with the ability to absorb and deliver consistently and positively
  • Experience and successful workforce planning and employee retention strategies
Person Specifications:
  • Adaptability
  • Building Relationships
  • Organizational Awareness
  • Communication
  • Continuous Renewal
  • Critical Thinking
  • Customer/Stakeholder Orientation
  • Decision Making
  • Efficiency & Effectiveness
  • Information Monitoring
  • Initiating Action
  • Integrity
  • Organization & Planning
  • Ownership & Accountability
  • Problem solving
  • Quality Focus
  • Team Orientation
  • Tenacity
  • Stress Management
  • Self-Awareness
  • Business Acumen
  • Influence
  • Coaching for Success
  • Conflict Management
  • Facilitating Change
  • Innovation
  • Knowledge Transfer
  • Resilience
  • Presenting with Impact
*Please note we will apply relevance to our Talent Management and Talent Development Programme as part of our recruitment process.*Shortlisted candidates may need to complete an assessment.This position requires trust and honesty it has access to customers financial details - therefore a credit and criminal record check will be conducted. The qualifications identified herein are an inherent job requirement; therefore, a qualification verification check will be done. By applying for this role, and supplying the necessary details, you hereby grant us permission to apply for these checks. This will be done in a confidential manner, and solely for the purposes of verification.Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please deem your application as unsuccessful.The perfect place to work, play and grow!

DigiOutsource

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1330203
  • Industry
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  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  • Education
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