The position reports to the software development manager (e-commerce).

Your responsibilities will include:

We are looking for an experienced software development team lead to join a versatile and creative IT management team.

As the development lead, you will lead a group of developers constantly striving for quality solutions that are delivered on time, within budget and scope, and drive a culture of quality and personal accountability.

You will need a strong understanding of large-scale full-stack platform development, have experience building Front-end, Backend and RESTful web applications. You will be from a development background and have a good understanding of architectural practices. You will be an advocate of Agile engineering practices and you will have prior line management experience with a track record of keeping highly skilled developers motivated.

Successfully launch new products quickly as well as manage a large existing code base.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a growing team of engineers working on our clients’ ambitious development roadmap.

This is a hands-on role: you should expect to spend at least 50% of your time writing code, and working with others on your team directly contributing to the production of code. The other 50% of your time will be split between architectural and strategic planning with peers and senior developers and the day-to-day people management and development required of a high-performing and successful team.

Basic qualifications:

• Degree in computer science or engineering
• Experience leading a team technically, with a focus on a very high quality output
• Experience mentoring and developing technical teams
• Experience working within an Agile and Devops team, and an advocate of that culture
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Experience developing Python in a test-driven environment (and/or at least in one of the following – Java, C, C++)
• Solid Web and Front-end Development experience with PHP, Html and Javascript and related libraries (React, Angular, Backbone)
• Good SQL and MySQL experience in a high-load environment
• Significant technical experience and a proven track record of architectural ownership and understanding.
• A thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented design and data structures and algorithms
• Experience in developing distributed, high transactional and available systems
• Experience mentoring and developing others technically

Preferred skills

• Post-graduate degree preferred
• Experience with and an understanding of line management responsibility for a technical team
• Experience developing software for a highly-transactional retail online platform
• A thorough understanding of software engineering practices and best practices, including Agile software development, source code control systems and the use of software IDEs and development and testing tools.
• An understanding of software deployment tools, deployment processes and best practices
• Experience working with no-SQL data stores like Mongo/Redis, etc.
• Experience working with the AWS and/or Azure platforms
• Experience with building Restful API web services

Posted on 29 Jan 11:22