(A) Head of Web Development

Upscale Sdn Bhd; Cyberjaya; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Head of Web Development to oversee a team of web researchers and lead innovative web product development. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in web technologies, combined with strong technical leadership skills and experience with full stack development.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in web technologies and product development.
• Strong business acumen and analytical skills.
• Expertise in full stack technologies and web platform development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of web researchers.
• Develop technology roadmaps for web products.
• Provide leadership in web product innovation.

Skills

Technical leadership

Agile methodology

Analytical skills

People influencing skills

Expertise in web frameworks

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Angular

CI/CD pipelines

Flutter

React

Vue

Linux

MariaDB

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Nest.js

Job description

About the job (A) Head of Web Development

• 1. Head of Web Development (Band 3)

Key Criteria:

• Extensive experience in software application development; experience with simple web content websites is not sufficient.
• Exposure to core web technologies such as Angular and microservices.
• Must have technical leadership or coaching experience to lead 10-30 web researchers.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Web technologies and Web product development.
• Expertise in Web platform development, full stack technologies, front-end architecture, containers, microservices design and deployment.
• Experience with Agile methodology and design thinking.
• Experience in setting up CI/CD pipelines (branching, unit test automation, system test automation, deployment).
• Expertise in web frameworks such as Flutter, React, and Vue is a plus.
• Expertise in backend and databases such as Linux, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Nest.js is a plus.
• Experience in full stack development, micro frontends, AI, VR development is a plus.
• Strong business acumen, analytical skills, and people influencing skills.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead Web researchers, including talent acquisition, development, coaching, and mentoring.
• Develop technology roadmaps for all Web-related products.
• Build capabilities and competencies of Web researchers to meet upcoming project demands.
• Provide leadership and expertise in Web-related product innovation, including:
• Development of web development best practices.
• Research & development of web systems architecture considering non-functional requirements (test automation, security, scalability, performance, etc.).
• Review and coach web researchers on system design, software frameworks, and tools.
• Review and coach on engineering practices and documentation.
• Assist product managers in project proposals requiring web expertise.
• Guide web developers on web-related issues.