Software Development Manager
Capitec
Stellenbosch, Western Cape
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Job description:
Shape the future of a critical banking channel
We are looking for an experienced Software Development Manager: Cash Devices to lead the teams responsible for our cash-device technology platforms, terminal applications, integrations and operational delivery capability. This is a strategic technical leadership role for someone with strong ATM and transaction-processing expertise who can provide technology direction, manage key vendor and platform relationships, ensure the stability, availability and security of critical banking systems, and develop high-performing teams. The successful candidate will drive delivery excellence, operational resilience, continuous improvement and people development across a critical customer channel.
If you are a proven cash-devices technology leader with strong ATM and transaction-processing expertise and a passion for building high-performing technical delivery teams, we'd love to hear from you.
Profile description:
What you'll do
- Lead multiple ATM technology delivery teams responsible for ATM applications and services
- Drive solution design, architecture governance, engineering standards and delivery quality
- Ensure system availability, performance, resilience and security across a critical banking channel
- Oversee software development, enhancements, maintenance and production support
- Lead major incident management, root cause analysis and recovery activities
- Build high-performing technical delivery teams through coaching and mentoring
- Manage vendor relationships, technical roadmaps and delivery outcomes
- Partner with product, technology and business stakeholders to deliver strategic objectives
- Translate the strategic product roadmap into executable delivery plans, release forecasts, milestones and team-level priorities across the cash-devices technology portfolio
- Lead agile planning – decomposing features into delivery-ready epics and user stories, managing dependencies, capacity, sprint and release planning, and tracking delivery
- Drive engineering best practices: secure coding, code reviews, CI/CD and production readiness
What we're looking for
- 8+ years of direct ATM domain experience
- Proven experience in ATM delivery, support and operational environments
- Strong technical delivery leadership in banking or financial services
- Proven ability to build high-performing teams through coaching, mentoring, succession planning and career growth
- Experience leading agile delivery teams – translating roadmaps into delivery plans, decomposing features into epics and user stories, forecasting, managing dependencies and tracking execution
- Experience managing critical production systems and high-availability platforms
Production resilience & security: Incident Management, Root Cause Analysis, Problem Management, Disaster Recovery, Performance Analysis, Production Monitoring, ATM Security Principles, Encryption, PCI DSS and PCI Pin. Technology Engineering & Integration
- Programming and scripting languages
- API Integrations
- Enterprise Integration Patterns
- Architecture Governance
- Secure Coding Practices
- CI/CD Principles
- Technical Design and Code Reviews
Critical technical expertise ATM Technologies
- ATM transaction lifecycle
- ATM application architecture
- Device integrations
- ATM deployment and estate management
- Production support and device availability
- NCR SelfServ and Diebold Nixdorf preferred; GRG, Hyosung or other enterprise estates will also be considered
Postilion (Essential)
- Postilion ATM Switching
- Terminal Drivers
- ATM Application Integration
- ISO8583 Messaging
- Routing and Transaction Flows
- Transaction Debugging
- Postilion Configuration
Postilion ATM App and/or Postilion SDK Development experience is highly advantageous. Delivery & Planning Leadership Advantageous experience Qualifications Minimum: Bachelor's Degree in Commerce or Information Technology (Computer Science) Preferred: Honours Degree in Commerce or Information Technology (Computer Science)
We offer:
What's in it for you?
- Lead technology that supports one of the bank's most important customer channels.
- Influence strategic technology decisions and long-term platform direction.
- Work with complex, large-scale, business-critical systems.
- Lead highly skilled technical delivery teams and strengthen capability across the cash-devices environment.
- Drive modernisation initiatives across ATM, digital and engineering platforms.
- Gain exposure to leading ATM technologies, switching platforms and vendor ecosystems.
- Join a culture that values innovation, ownership, collaboration and continuous improvement.
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