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MTN Group Limited entered the telecommunications scene at the dawn of South Africa’s democracy, in 1994. In 1998, we began our expansion by acquiring licences in Rwanda, Uganda and Swaziland. Since then, we continued to grow, with a view of bringing world-class telecommunications and digital servi… read moreces to markets across Africa and the Middle East. Through our extensive investment in advanced communication infrastructure over the past two decades, the talent and experience of our people, as well as the strength of our brand, we have grown to now have a presence in 24 countries, connecting over 231.0 million people. We offer an integrated suite of communications products and services, including traditional mobile voice and data, digital and mobile financial services as well as enterprise services. MTN continues to believe in the investment potential of emerging markets and thus deliver quality services that respond to our customers’ present and future needs. Every initiative undertaken, every innovative stride made, every award-winning product developed, is aimed at making our clients’ lives a whole lot brighter, as we lead the delivery of a "bold, new Digital World”. MTN Group Limited Innovation Centre 216 14th Avenue Fairlands
Job Description
Deliver high-quality, secure, and scalable software solutions aligned to business and user requirements.
Contribute to technical design and architectural decisions, ensuring adherence to organisational standards.
Apply coding standards, testing, and automation practices to improve reliability and reduce defects.
Mentor and support project teams, building technical capability across the team.
Drive continuous improvement of development processes, tools, and practices for greater efficiency.
Optimize system performance and resilience through proactive debugging, monitoring, and enhancements.
Actively engage in agile delivery, contributing to backlog refinement, sprint planning, and knowledge sharing.
Responsibilities
Deliver high-quality software solutions that meet stakeholder requirements and customer expectations; own outcomes for scope, quality, timelines, and cost.
Govern adherence to the chosen SDLC (Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid): planning, requirements, design, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
Lead agile ways of working: set sprint goals, run/oversee ceremonies, clear impediments, and ensure predictable delivery and continuous improvement.
Drive estimation quality, backlog prioritization with Product, and re-planning to adapt to changing requirements while protecting team focus.
Ensure the team’s proficiency in core CS fundamentals (data structures/algorithms) and application within the frontend and services stacks.
Manager solution and service design: architect, develop, and evolve microservices in containerized environments; ensure secure, scalable patterns.
Institutionalize version control discipline, CI/CD, frequent incremental releases, automation, and effective work breakdown.
Guide cloud-native design across multiple cloud platforms; leverage managed services where appropriate for full-stack delivery.
Translate architecture requirements into actionable specifications; de-risk emerging technology adoption and ensure production readiness.
Strengthen cross-functional collaboration (Product, QA, Platform/SRE, Security) and transparent stakeholder communication.
Drive root-cause analysis, permanent fixes, and timely resolution of complex issues.
Optimise pipelines, developer experience, and delivery workflows; introduce pragmatic innovation.
Ensure solutions are customer-centred, value-adding, and aligned to business goals; measure outcomes, not only outputs.
Enforce secure-by-design practices and compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory standards.
Build and lead a high-performing engineering team, hire and onboard effectively, set clear goals and expectations, coach and mentor, run regular 1:1s and feedback loops, and foster an inclusive, psychologically safe culture (measures: engagement/eNPS, regrettable attrition, skills-matrix coverage, probation pass rate).
Align roles and OKRs, plan squad capacity, conduct fair reviews and IDPs/PIPs, manage succession and growth, and remove delivery blockers (measures: sprint predictability/on-time delivery, throughput per FTE, performance distribution health, time-to-fill).
Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
Postgraduate degree or relevant certifications (e.g. Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle, TOGAF) will be advantageous.
Experience:
5-8 years of progressive experience in software development, with a strong focus on designing, building, and maintaining scalable digital solutions.
Skills :
Proficiency in entire Java technology stack backed by multiple projects and visible accomplishments
Strong knowledge of telecom systems, protocols and industry standards (Preferred)
Solid understanding of web technologies, APIs, and webservices
Detailed knowledge of database management systems, SQL, and NoSQL databases
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with a focus on delivering robust and scalable solution
Apply Before 10/07/2025
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