Lead Software Engineer at Indsafri

How You Will Contribute:

• Working close with Product Owners & Technical Leads to translate Technical Design Specifications to deliverable tasks
• Define learning paths and identify training courses and skills gaps for the engineering team
• Hands-on mentorship, adoption and alignment of the engineering team.
• Actively contribute to the code base.
• Own technical specifications, test plans and documentation.
• Track technical debt and identify opportunities to correct as part of the delivery life-cycle.
• Using your product experience, assist in the definition of minimum marketable features and minimum viable releases.
• Develop a deep understanding of the supported platforms, identify opportunities for improvement.
• Source opportunities for innovation.
• Define engineering standards for building world-class platforms (Peer reviews, coding standards,CI/CD pipelines, security).
• Define system SLAs, metrics and monitoring.
• Perform technical spikes and experimentation.
• Assist in the definition and conform to the software development process.
• Provide team visibility, rewards and recognition.

Key Skills And Experience: 

• 7+ years of software development experience, including at least 3 years of experience supervising staff.
• Deep hands-on understanding of Java, Golang or similar languages.) 
• Deep understanding of highly available platforms. 
• Deep understanding of solutions design. 
• Deep understanding of Cloud technologies.
• Deep understanding of relational and NoSQL databases. 
• Solid understanding of event-driven architecture. 
• Solid understanding of client-side technologies. 
• Proven ability to lead test-driven development and maintenance.