Technical Lead

Momentis Services Pty Ltd; City of Melbourne; Remote; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Merit seeks a Technology Lead to drive end-to-end design of its proprietary software, from architecture to leading a small development team, managing projects, prioritising features, and migrating legacy on-premises platforms to cloud solutions.

You will lead the transition of 32-bit to 64-bit workflows, introduce AI coding/testing tools, and ensure strong UX. Experience with .NET is essential, and agile/waterfall project management practices are valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Expertise in AI development and testing tools and methodologies.
• Experience with Confluence and agile software development practices and tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to the development team.
• Architect and plan to transition legacy .NET server-based tech to a modern cloud solution.
• Project manage feature development and replacement platform delivery.
• Prioritize features with Product Account Manager based on client priorities and commercial outcomes.
• Ensure documentation and reporting against development milestones.

Skills

Technical leadership

AI development

Agile methodologies

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT

Tools

Confluence

Job description

Merit is an Australian-based, privately-owned software company established in 1996, serving a client base of international Governments delivering Border Management Software (BMS) . Merit’s reputation has been built on developing long term trusted relationships with its clients through the delivery of exceptional service and quality solutions.

With a refreshed strategy and growing international demand, Merit is poised for significant growth, having already secured a new significant long term client and contract, the first of a number of opportunities in play. This has resulted in the creation of several new roles to add to our talented established team.

Role Overview:

Merit's Technology Lead is responsible for the end to end design of Merit's proprietary software, from architecture to leading and developing the capability of our small development team, project management, feature prioritisation and bringing Merit's legacy local server based platforms into state of the art cloud based platforms in readiness for our clients future needs.

As a senior technology leader, you will be experienced in working with legacy systems and have transitioned them into modern architecture. you'll also be experienced in AI based coding and automated testing, driving speed and efficiency in new feature development.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide technical leadership to the development team

Build the architecture and plan to transition Merit's legacy .NET server based technology into a modern cloud based solution

Project manage all existing system feature development as well as the development of replacement platforms

Prioritise feature development with the Product Account Manager, takinging into account client priorities and commercial outcomes

Ensure effective documentation around feature development and reporting against development milestones

Lead UX design to ensure an excellent customer and client experience

Introduce AI coding and testing tools and capability with the team, ensuring high quality outcomes mand governance

Uplift an existing 32-Bit to 64 Bit technology for Merits workflow and CRM application

Merit's ideal candidate:

Are you a technology leader with experience in uplifting legacy platforms to modern architecture, whilst ensuring modern UX design principles and practices are applied for simple and seamless user interactions and are looking for a values based, people oriented growth organisation to deploy your talents? If so this opportunity with Merit could be for you.

Ideally you will have experience in:

Leading and developing small, high performing software development teams

Experiencing in transitioning legacy, server based platforms into modern architecture

Experience in Web technologies and PowerBuilder is highly desirable

Experience in .NET technology is essential

Demonstrated record in implementing pragmatic approaches to agile and waterfall project management methodologies

Demonstrated record in delivering features on time and budget

Strong capability in UX and user centered design

Experiencing in leading and uplifting the capability of a highly experienced development team

Expertise in developing API's to integrate with other platforms

Candidate's Qualifications and Competencies:

Bachelor's degree, ideally in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)

Expertise in AI development and testing tools and methodologies

Expertise in confluence and agile software development practices and tools

Self-starter/self-driven with the ability to work independently and remotely whilst collaborating with team members

Strong verbal and written communication skills with a natural empathy for developers and their needs and the ability to explain technical solutions to non technical people

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Your application will include the following questions:

• How many years' experience do you have as a technical lead?
• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia?
• Have you completed a qualification in computer science?
• How many years of project management experience do you have?
• What's your expected annual base salary?