Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 24 days ago

Lead Software Developer - Cape Town

Workable (global search)108,016 open roles

Where
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowLead Software Developer - Cape TownWorkable (global search) · Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Workable (global search)'s own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

7.9% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Workable (global search) postings stay open a median of 7 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 1.6%1 day
  2. 3.6%3 days
  3. 7.9%7 days
  4. 14.9%14 days
  5. 34.0%30 days
This job: posted 24 days ago

Workable (global search) median: 7 days open

The posting

Pinewood.AI is looking for an experienced and hands-on Lead Developer to play a key role in expanding our software development team based in Cape Town, South Africa. Reporting directly to our UK team, you will support the continued growth of the team in the region while driving collaboration with our Product and Engineering teams in Birmingham.

As a senior member of the team, you will lead a group of developers and senior engineers, shaping technical decisions, guiding delivery, and ensuring the team produces high-quality, scalable solutions for the Pinewood Automotive Intelligence Platform, our enterprise-scale SaaS product used by automotive retailers and OEMs worldwide.

This role is ideal for a strong technical leader who enjoys writing code, supporting the growth of others, and helping set the standard for engineering excellence within a growing regional team.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead a team of developers within the Cape Town hub, providing day-to-day technical direction and support.
  • Collaborate closely with UK-based Product and Engineering teams to deliver high-quality features and enhancements for the Pinewood Automotive Intelligence Platform.
  • Remain hands-on in coding, design, and architecture, promoting best practices across the full .NET stack.
  • Mentor and coach team members, helping them grow their technical capability and encouraging a culture of learning and improvement.
  • Ensure the team delivers scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions that meet enterprise SaaS standards.
  • Support the Engineering Manager with shaping local engineering processes, CI/CD pipelines, and development practices.
  • Participate in architectural discussions, contributing to long-term technical decisions.
  • Encourage strong communication and collaboration across the Cape Town and UK engineering teams.
  • Diagnose complex issues, review code, and lead the resolution of technical challenges.
  • Contribute to building a positive, high-performing team culture within the new hub.
  • Responsible for contributing towards the organisation's information security strategy, ensuring the protection of sensitive data and compliance with relevant regulations, while managing risk and adhering to all established security measures

Requirements:

  • Proven experience as a Lead Developer, Senior Developer, or Technical Lead within a SaaS or enterprise software environment.
  • Strong hands-on expertise in C#, .NET / .NET Core, and SQL / T-SQL.
  • Solid understanding of database design, performance optimisation, and query tuning.
  • Experience delivering front-end functionality using HTML, JavaScript, and Razor.
  • Practical experience working with Azure Cloud Services and Azure DevOps (or equivalent CI/CD tooling).
  • Proficiency with Visual Studio or VS Code.
  • Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, and agile delivery practices.
  • Experience guiding or mentoring developers, with the ability to lead through influence as well as example.
  • Excellent communication skills, confident working with distributed teams across regions and time zones.
  • Experience in the automotive or enterprise SaaS industries, or with complex, high-availability platforms, is highly desirable.

Desirable Experience:

  • Previous experience helping establish or grow a new engineering team or function.
  • Background working in a globally distributed development environment.

Why Join us?

This is a unique opportunity to take a leading technical role in the continued growth of Pinewood.AI’s development team in South Africa. You will work closely with experienced UK engineering teams, contribute directly to a globally trusted SaaS platform, and help support the continued development of the engineering culture and practices within our growing Cape Town team. If you thrive in a hands-on leadership position where you can influence architecture, mentor others, and drive real product impact, we would love to hear from you.

About Us: Our story began more than 20 years ago, but right from the start, it has been rooted in the specific needs of the automotive industry. As automotive professionals as well as technologists, we wanted to build practical technology solutions that were designed around how automotive businesses work, recognising what makes them different. Pinewood.AI is an unparalleled Automotive Intelligence Platform that enables automotive retail customers (dealerships) and OEMs to drive growth and profitability throughout every aspect of their business.

Pinewood’s cloud-based secure end-to-end ecosystem unlocks the value of every customer. Our vision is to be the full-service technology partner that helps automotive vehicle retailers and OEMs run more efficiently and increase revenue by making better commercial and business decisions more easily.

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Workable (global search)'s own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on Workable (global search)'s form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    Workable (global search)'s answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.