Technical Team Lead

Flash

2024/03/01 Western Cape

Job Reference Number: T135

Department: Technology

Industry: Information Technology

Job Type: Permanent

Positions Available: 1

Salary: Market Related

The Flash Group is looking for a talented Technical Team Lead to lead an equally talented team of Software Developers. This individual will be responsible for the overall planning, execution and success of complex software solutions to meet the needs of the business.

Job Description

Analysis and Design:

• Sound knowledge of OO design principles and patterns.
• Understanding of ORM frameworks (.NET Entity Framework).
• Understanding of Microservices, REST and MVC driven web frameworks.

• Providing real-time, ongoing coaching and feedback to team members throughout the year.
• On-time completion of performance management activities including regular 1:1s and Bi-annual performance reviews through GPS.
• Supporting employee development including facilitation of career development conversations and crafting development plans for current and future needs.
• Taking action to hire and retain high-performers and address poor performance.
• Proactively manage change initiatives within the team including sufficient planning/ preparation and communication to minimise disruption and support employee adoption.
• Role modelling the behaviours that support and drive the Flash culture and values.

• Strong C# .Net Core skills.
• Strong experience in RESTful web services.
• Strong experience with Relational DBMS, MSSQL.
• Experience with microservices architecture and design.
• Versed in DevOps methodology including setting up CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
• Ability to communicate about technology in non-technical terms to colleagues and Clients.
• Ability to work calmly and methodically when under pressure.
• Good leadership skills.

• Java (Java / J2EE).
• Identity Server authentication.
• Experience with Blazor, PHP and React.
• Solid grasp of Cloud Native architecture.
• Exposure to mobile apps development (primarily Android).
• Oracle/MySQL.

• Support and enhancement of an established, multi-faceted technology platform, and associated 3rd party integrations.
• Work with system architects to evolve and improve business orchestration APIs.
• Work closely with Solutions Architects, Team Leads and Product Manager to deliver on business requirements.
• Provide work estimates based on analyzed business and technical requirements.
• Working closely with QA to identify development and production issues.
• Assisting in out of hours’ production releases when required, as well as out-of-hours support when necessary.
• Manage, support and mentor team members in the team.

• unit and integration tested.
• documented.
• optimized to ensure benchmarks are met.

• Have a minimum of 10 years’ experience in software development.
• Experience in leading and guiding developers.
• Be passionate about technology, enthusiastic about problem solving, and constantly seeking to learn and improve skillset.
• Have experience of working with enterprise scale application stacks.
• Have had exposure to the full software development lifecycle.