Job Description
Hello Future Technical Lead (ELMS)!
RMB is a place where exceptional people create their own opportunities by challenging the conventional and driving sustainable impact.
United by our proud heritage, strong ethics and philosophy of Traditional values. Innovative ideas, it’s the magic of our people and culture that sets us apart.
In this role you will take ownership, and engage regularly with software and/or application architects and development teams in order to ensure development is done according to architectural guidelines and ensure the planning, designing, leading, and executing technical solutions, as well as improvements within the respective Software Development Teams.
Define, design, and implement major parts of the software and/or application architecture for the IT team in tight collaboration with product management and engineering team members, keeping close contact with business teams working on IT Solutions.
To define, design, and implement major parts of the software and/or application architecture for the IT team in tight collaboration with product management and engineering team members, keeping close contact with business teams working on IT Solutions.
Are you someone who can:
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Provide technical leadership to the team through collaboration sessions and knowledge sharing initiatives.
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Engage regularly with software and/or application architects in order to ensure the development within the team is according to architectural guidelines.
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Work with other developers, designers/analysts, and architects to make sure that the solutions meet application requirements and performance goals.
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Ensure checked in code is reviewed to ensure standards are met and the code base is sound.
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Ensure that all technical solutions that are rolled out consider compatibility with other environments and dependencies; have a high usability factor; are reliable to reduce downtime and perform at maximum efficiency during peak periods of usage; consider security at its highest level (third party attacks; data protection etc).
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Drive the adoption of processes within the team which consider and meet the expectations of technical throughput rates and responses; processing times; effective resource utilization during operation and where the system or solution ensures maximum operational capacity requirements are met.
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Ensure rigorous testing of any solution before deployment and create standards and processes within the team to align to these.
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Ensure the delivery of a complete and technically appropriate solution which covers all the agreed specified tasks and user objectives and has been tested thoroughly.
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Ensure relevant documentation is provided to support teams to reduce development support load.
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Where possible work to develop and implement a quality mechanism for the solution to analyse its own faults and provide reports prior to a critical failure.
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Develop the solution in a manner which supports modification for future developers thereby reducing the numbers of defects or negatively affecting system quality.
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Implement improved processes that have a positive effect on the team’s performance and company bottom line.
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Are able to identify team members requiring a specific knowledge, skill or understanding and seek ways to impart or upskill the team members through coaching and mentorship
You will be an ideal candidate if you have:
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Completed a Computer Science or related Degree
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Minimum of 5 - 8 years experience in a similar environment, of which 2 - 3 years ideally at specialist level
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Minimum of 3 - 5 years’ experience within a development environment
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Hands-on expertise in multiple programming languages such as SQL, JavaScript, Java, ideally across the software stack, algorithm development, relational data models and different types of data management technologies
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SQL experience
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Java experience
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API experience
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Linux and Windows experience
We can be a match if you are:
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Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to
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Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it
Are you interested to take the step? We look forward to engaging with you further. Apply now!
Job Details
Application Closing Date
22/08/24
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