Development Technical Lead

Job Purpose

• Responsible for high quality software, governance and development standards and practices throughout the software development life cycle. Mentor and coach less experienced developers. Utilise knowledge of architectural patterns and practices.  May analyse and design within an application area, working individually or coordinating development as part of a team.  When required, design software or customise software for client use with the aim of optimising operational efficiency. Develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialised utility programs. Analyse user needs and develop software solutions. Review design and code changes and produce relevant technical and functional documentation.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership and Direction

• Explain the local action plan to support team members in their understanding of what needs to be done and and how this relates to the technical and architectural standards decided upon and provide technical leadership. Provide guidance to ensure the team delivers appropriate customer service levels at all times.

Organisational Capability Building

• Provide coaching to team members to develop their skills. Assist in identifying training needs as well as skills improvement plans needed to improve and develop the team's skills.

Data Collection and Analysis

• Use data from a wide range of sources to analyse key themes and identify possible impacts on the business.

Applications Software Review

• Review, identify, and correct the most complex software defects to maintain fully functioning applications software.

Information Security

• Implement and provide input on the design of required security measures such as data leaks, message encryption, monitoring performance to notify security experts of any problems.

Quality

• Play an important part in the development of quality procedures and standards by certifying technological processes, qualifying products and supervising tests.
• Responsible for high quality software, governance and development standards and practices throughout the software development life cycle.

Application Software Development

• Design, review and when required, guide development of the most complex existing and new applications by analysing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop new applications to meet customer requirements.

Improvement / Innovation

• Identify shortcomings and suggest improvements to existing processes, systems and procedures, then delivers a plan for a small element of a change management program with guidance from a project/program manager.

Testing IT Performance

• Implement monitoring and ensure quality of website/applications software tests. Monitor, diagnose, and correct performance issues.
• Responsibilities may include dealing with complex queries and investigating and resolving system/application problems.

Personal Capability Building

• Act as subject matter expert in several areas of technology. Maintain external accreditations and in-depth understanding of current and emerging external regulation and industry best practices through continuing professional development, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.

Operational Compliance

• Identify, within the team, instances of non-compliance with the organisation's policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, reporting these and escalating issues as appropriate.

Application Software Roadmap

• Contribute to and maintain road map to facilitate application software development and ensure the development work is prioritised in line with business requirements.

Customer and Peer Service

• Provide a quality service to peers and customers while identifying  opportunities to provide technical solutions and guidance.

Education

• Grade 12/ SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential); A recognised software development certification/degree/ diploma (Essential); Microsoft Certifications (Advantageous)

Experience

• 7 or more years' experience using relevant programming languages or technologies (Essential); DevOps experience (Essential); Experience working with Agile principles and methodologies (Essential); Experience in enterprise application development (Essential); Experience with software architecture patterns and practices (Essential); Microservice architecture experience (Advantageous); Cloud Platform experience (Essential); Networking and Infrastructure design experience and knowledge (Advantageous); Containerisation experience (Advantageous); Experience in a Financial Services industry (Advantageous);. Experience of guiding and directing  people and other resources to achieve specific end results within limited timeframes (Essential)