# Backend Service Technical Lead

Introduction To provide hands-on technical leadership and first-line people management for a team of Junior, Intermediate and Senior Backend Service Developers. The role is accountable for the design, development, quality, delivery and operational support of secure RESTful services and microservices in a containerized environment, primarily using .NET and C#. The Technical Lead balances approximately 60% hands-on solution design and development with 40% team coaching, management and leadership, ensuring that delivery commitments, engineering standards and employee development are managed effectively. Duties & Responsibilities Key ResponsibilitiesHands-on Technical Design and Development - Approximately 60% · Lead the detailed technical design of backend services, RESTful APIs and microservices within approved solution architecture and enterprise standards. · Remain hands-on in developing, reviewing, testing, troubleshooting and improving .NET and C# services, particularly for complex or high-risk components. · Decompose solution designs and business requirements into implementable technical tasks, service boundaries, interfaces and acceptance criteria. · Guide the implementation of

- **Id**: 4016818
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/clicks-group-backend-service-technical-lead>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T12:09:54Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T12:09:54Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 10008
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Health & Wellness Products, Pharmacies, Pharmaceutical Distribution

## Company

- **Id**: 2916013
- **Name**: Clicks Group
- **Domain**: clicksgroup.co.za
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/clicksgroup>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Careers Interface

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **ASP.NET Core** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Dependency Injection** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **Entity Framework Core** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Least Privilege** — Optional: no
- **OWASP** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: yes
- **AWS** — Optional: yes
- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **Bicep** — Optional: yes
- **RabbitMQ** — Optional: yes
- **Terraform** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T12:57:53Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 3
- **Reasons**: seen:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T04:04:14Z

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