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Technical Lead

Penrose Systems|Posted 23 hours ago

Skills and experience

Role:Engineering lead
Other roles:Engineering manager, Backend engineer, Full stack engineer
Experience in role:6+ years
Language proficiency:English
Must-have skills:
    TypeScript
    Kubernetes
    Azure
    Node.js
    Leadership
    Microsoft SQL Server

Location and salary

Remote policy:In-office
Location of job:Durban, South Africa or Umhlanga, South Africa or Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa
Visa requirements:Authorised to work in South Africa With status of citizen/passport holder or permanent resident
Visa sponsorship:Unable to sponsor visa
Employment type:Permanent

Role description

Join Penrose Systems as a Technical Lead in our exciting venture into the African mobile gaming sector. You'll be at the forefront of creating localized games and collaborating with mobile operators to produce region-specific experiences. Our mission is to provide gamers with consistent winning experiences while introducing the best products to the market.

As our Technical Lead, you'll be responsible for building and leading a team of developers, developing and maintaining web applications, and implementing new features. You'll work with NodeJS/TypeScript, Kubernetes, SQL, and Azure to build enterprise-grade applications. We're looking for someone who can design secure, scalable architecture and backend systems, while mentoring junior developers and championing technical best practices.

We offer a collaborative environment where your 6+ years of software development experience, including 3+ years in a leadership role, will be highly valued. If you have a passion for clean, scalable code and experience with modern JavaScript frameworks, backend logic, and cloud platforms, we want to hear from you.

Bonus points for knowledge in Redis, EventHubs, SocketIO, or MongoDB/DocumentDB/CosmosDB.

Join us in Durban and be part of shaping the future of mobile gaming in Africa!

About Penrose Systems

15-50 employees

What we do

Penrose Systems is building the future of African mobile gaming. We develop localised titles in-house and partner with homegrown operators to create region-specific experiences—opening new opportunities for both players and creators.

Play anytime, anywhere—and win. Our goal is a consistently rewarding player experience while bringing the best products and games to market. We’re a product-first company, building a globally competitive mobile entertainment business with a focus on developing markets. We deliver innovation across:

Sports Gamification Hyper-casual Mobile Gaming & Quizzes Esports

Why Work For Us

Penrose, established in 2015, is a young and dynamic company operating in the Media and Entertainment industry. We are a team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about what we do. We are always on the lookout for talented individuals who can contribute to our mission of providing an exceptional fantasy football experience. Working with us offers the opportunity to be part of a growing company in a vibrant industry.

Our Culture

At Penrose, we believe in fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and passion. We are a team of 28, working seamlessly to achieve our goals. We believe in leveraging the latest technologies to deliver our services!

Our Hiring Processes

At Penrose, we value diversity, talent, and passion above all. Our hiring process is designed to identify individuals who can contribute to our mission and fit into our culture. We look forward to welcoming new members to our team who can help us grow and achieve our goals.

Perks at Penrose Systems

Flexible Working
In Durban we have a rugby box at the Stadium which employees are able to enjoy for free

Tech Stack

application and data

AngularJS
AngularJS
Sass
Sass
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
Javascript
Javascript
Node.js
Node.js
Python
Python
MySQL
MySQL
Java
Java
React
React
RabbitMQ
RabbitMQ
MongoDB
MongoDB
HTML5
HTML5
C#
C#
Bootstrap
Bootstrap
nginx
nginx
ASP.NET
ASP.NET
MS SQL
MS SQL
Kafka
Kafka
TypeScript
TypeScript
Vue.js
Vue.js
RxJS
RxJS
Next.js
Next.js
GraphQL
GraphQL
.NET Core
.NET Core

utilities

Google Analytics
Google Analytics
Mailgun
Mailgun
Tableau
Tableau
Power BI
Power BI
Zeplin
Zeplin

dev ops

GitHub
GitHub
Git
Git
Docker
Docker
GitLab
GitLab
Vagrant
Vagrant
npm
npm
Xcode
Xcode
Bitbucket
Bitbucket
Team Foundation Server
Team Foundation Server
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
IntelliJ IDEA
IntelliJ IDEA
SonarQube
SonarQube
Prometheus
Prometheus
Datadog
Datadog
Azure DevOps
Azure DevOps
Visual Studio
Visual Studio
VS Code
VS Code

business tool

Google Apps
Google Apps
Slack
Slack
Trello
Trello
MailChimp
MailChimp
Zendesk
Zendesk
JIRA
JIRA
Microsoft Sharepoint
Microsoft Sharepoint
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams
Confluence
Confluence
Zoom
Zoom

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