Software Development Team Leader

 

Recruiter:

Glorec

Job Ref:

jf

Date posted:

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Location:

stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Salary:

Highly negotiable depending on experience


SUMMARY:
Bored in your current job??? Are you smart, have integrity, hardworking and do you think like an owner of a business? Team Leader position available at this dynamic, hyper growth company which is one of SA’s leading online retailers.

POSITION INFO:

They understand flexibility according to your needs and also offer a great work environment. Promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • To join a versatile and creative IT management team.
  • As a development team lead you will lead a group of developers and testers constantly striving for quality solutions that are delivered on time, within budget and scope, and drive a culture of quality and personal accountability.
  • Strong understanding of large-scale e-commerce platform development, experience building RESTful web applications and an appreciation of the technical challenge developers face.
  • 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 this ambitious development roadmap.
  • This is a hands-on role: you should expect to spend at least 50% of your time writing code, or 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.

 

Attributes required

  • Solutions-oriented, can-do attitude and high energy
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking, using data to inform decisions
  • Ability to disaggregate and structure solutions to ambiguous problems
  • Solid quantitative skills
  • Ability to interview and interact professionally with internal and external people
  • Capability to present ideas succinctly, in writing and verbally
  • Versatile and with the appetite to learn by doing

 

Qualifications/Experience:

  • Relevant qualification or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years experience in a Software Engineering role
  • Experience leading a Software Engineering team
  • Experience with and an understanding of line management responsibility for a technical team
  • Experience working within an Agile and DevOps team, and an advocate of that culture
  • Experience developing using Python in a test-driven environment (or at least in one of the following: Java, C, C++, C#)
  • Significant technical experience and a proven track record of architectural ownership and understanding
  • Experience in developing distributed, transactional, and highly available systems
  • Good SQL and MySQL experience in a high-load environment
  • A thorough understanding of computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures and algorithms 
  • A thorough understanding of software engineering practises and best practises, including source code control systems, the use of IDEs, and testing tools
  • Experience with building RESTful APIs & working within a micro-services architecture

 

The Environment:

  • Employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
  • Fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where they can improve.
  • Short on ego and high on output.
  • Doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all.
  • Love what they do and what they are creating.

 

Looking for an Extraordinary Mind who:

  • is forthright but respectful
  • is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
  • is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
  • is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST - GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
  • is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
  • is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
  • is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
  • is curious and challenge the status quo
  • is innovative and enjoys iteration
  • is collaborative
  • will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts
  • If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join them!

 



 

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