The Lead Software Developer will form a vital part of the software development team who is responsible for the development, maintenance, and support of software solutions to enable business strategies and priorities.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Software Development
- Implementation of solutions in compliance to quality standards, optimization of code supporting innovation.
- Ensure constant improvement of existing system processes and performance.
- Ensure innovative solution design and collaborative implementation.
- Collaboration with colleagues to implement technical designs and solutions.
- Proficiency in troubleshooting software issues.
- Work in close partnership with cross-functional teams.
- Ensure adherence to the Change Control process.
2. Innovation and Subject matter expert
- Enhance applications by identifying opportunities for improvement, making recommendations, and designing and implementing systems.
- Participate and contribute to competency forums as participant.
- Evaluate and identify new technologies for implementation.
- Remain updated on latest best practices and available technology.
3. Active participant in Development team
- Provide technical leadership and support.
- Responsible for technical input & design.
- Guide and mentor fellow developers.
- Active driver contributor of technical documentation and knowledge base.
Qualifications and Experience
- 3-year Tertiary Qualification in Information Technology (B.Sc. Information Science or National Diploma) from recognized institution is preferred
- 8+ years relevant software development experience, including a minimum of 1 year experience in leading a team of Software Developers
Key Technical Competencies:
- Experienced in: C#; .NET, XML, SOAP, WCF, RESTful API’s, HTML5, Angular, JavaScript, jQuery, JSON, PHP, Database development, Message Queues, Azure DevOps, GIT, AWS Web Services
- Solid experience with databases: MS SQL Server, MySQL
- Understanding of Continuous Integration, DevOps & SOA
- Experience in FinTech environment (advantageous)
- Exposure to agile development methodologies
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